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Garhi Habibullah Upper Pakhli
Union council and town
Garhi Habibullah
A view of Garhi Habib Khan Jehangiri from Aznali Hills
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Coordinates: 34°24′05″N 73°22′49″E / 34.4014°N 73.3803°E / 34.4014; 73.3803
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District	Mansehra District
Government
• Type	Mayor
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Area code	0997

Garhi Habibullah Khan is a small city and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is named after Khan Habibullah Khankhail Swati, the Khan of Garhi and Chief of Swati tribe from 1810 to 1830. It is located in Balakot Tehsil and lies to the east of district capital Mansehra, towards the Kashmir frontier (near to Muzaffarabad the capital of Azad Kashmir). It was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

Garhi Habibullah is basically divided into 5 separate Khanates. 1) Khanate of Samundar Khan Khankhail Swati, Khanate of Habib Khan Jehangiri Swati, Khanate of Ameen Khan Jehangiri Swati, Khanate of Hassan Ali Khan Arghushal Swati and Khanate of Behram Khan Sarkheli Swati.

Land Revenue

According to 1872 division of Hazara District, Garhi Habibullah was divided among 5 families into 5 Hundis/Jageers.

Only the Swati tribe was owner when the area was first ever settled by British Government in 1872. The total area of Garhi Habibullah was 30,000 kanal.

1- Estate Samundar Khankhail Swati (15232 Kanal) with Rs 932 Malia having main home in Khan Mohalla.

2- Estate Habib Khan Jehangiri Swati (850 kanal) with Rs 152 Malia having main home in Mohalla Jabbi.

3- Estate Ameen Khan Jehangiri Swati (1650 kanal) with Rs 120 Malia having main home in Mohalla Seri. This family also own another 1600 kanal in Moza Sughdar with same estate name.

4- Estate Hassan Ali Khan Arghushal Swati (1470 kanal) with Rs 158 Malia having main home in Mohalla Butsing. This family also own estate in Moza Dhodial named "Estate Toghan Shah".

5- Estate Behram Khan Sarkheli Swati (1520 kanal) with Rs 132 Malia having main home in Mohalla Naral.

Tribes

• Swati tribe (Old landlords/Khans of Garhi)
  • Khankhail Swatis
  • Jehangiri Swatis
  • Arghushal Swatis
  • Sarkheli Swatis (Teetwal and Lughmanis)
  • Iznali Swatis
• Tanoli
• Qureshi
• Awan
• Rajput
• Mughal

Notables

• Saadat Khankhail Swati (Governor of Hazara in Durrani Empire Afghanistan from year 1762-1790, Chief of Swati Tribe, Chief Judge of Tanoli and Jadoon tribe, Founder of Garhi Saddat Khan)
• Habibullah Khankhail Swati Shaheed (Son of Saddat Khan, Chief of Swati tribe, famous Warrior against Sikh Empire)
• Babar Naseem Khankhail Swati (Ex-Food Minister, Khan of Garhi, 2 time MPA 1985 and 1988)
• Khan Bahadur Khankhail Swati (MLA NWFP 1952-1956)
• Khan Samundar Khankhail Swati (Honorary Magistrate Hazara during 1860s)
• Khan Bahadur Muhammad Hussain Khankhail Swati (Member Indian Red Cross Society during 1920s)
• Khan Bahadur Muhammad Aslam Khankhail Swati (Conquerer of Muzzafarabad, died 1964)
• Wajid Hamayun Sarkheli Swati (Politician)
• Fahad Yalmaz Khankhail Swati (Chairman Garhi Habibullah)
• Danish Khan Arghushal Swati (Politician)

References

1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mansehra - Government of Pakistan Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. Earthquake Affected Area Overview - United Nations Joint Logistics Centre Archived September 13, 2012, at archive.today
3. British Government (1872). Five Khans of Garhi Habibullah, District Mansehra 1872.
4. "Swati Family : History of Garhi Habibullah". Swati Family. 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
5. "Swati Family : History of Garhi Habibullah". Swati Family. 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

v t e Administrative divisions of Mansehra District
Capital	Mansehra
Tehsils	Baffa Pakhal Darband Balakot Mansehra Oghi Tanawal
Union councils	Atter Shisha Bandi Shungli Baffa Balakot Battal Behali Belian Bherkund Bhogerr Mong Chater Plain Darband Datta Daud Shah Devli Jaberr Dhodial Dilborri Garhi Habibullah Garlat Ghanool Hamsherian Hangrai Hilkot Icherrian Inayat Abad Jaborri Jaloo Kaghan Karnol Karori Kathai Kewal Laber Kot Lassan Nawab Lassan Thakral Malik Pur Mansehra City No 1 Mansehra City No 2 Mansehra City No 3 Mansehra(Rural) Mohandri Nika Pani Oghi Peeran Perhinna Phulrra Sacha Kalan Sandasar Satbani Shamdarra Shohal Mazullah Shoukatabad Sum Alahi Mong Swan Miara Talhata Tanda Trangi Sabir Shah

• Union councils of Mansehra District
• Populated places in Mansehra District