Mohammad Humayun Huma Ph.D
email: dr.humayunhuma@yahoo.com

comments: I came across this passage, while searching into history of Yusafzai Tribe, which is related to some personalities of Buner. It might interest you. Huma
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YOUSAF ZAI HISTORY
July-03-09 1:26 AM
They migrated from Kabul when Mirza Ulugh Beg was governor. He succeeded his father, Shah Rukh, who was a son of Timur (Taimur-e-Lang), in 1446 A.D. In the time of Babur, who first came to Kabul in 1504 A.D., Peshawar had been colonized by Afghan tribes, such as the Swatis and Dilazaks. On his second visit, fourteen years later, he found the Yusufzais had spread into Swat. The current settlement of the Yusufzais must have come about after this time. Some believe that the Yusufzais are one of the Ten Lost Tribes of the Hebrews.
The Yusufzai took much of their current lands from the Afghan tribes Dilazaks and Swatis, after a single but desperate and decisive battle fought on the plains between the villages of Gadar and Langarkot. Babur himself helped subdue the tribes against Yususfzais, using matchlocks for the first time against the Jahangiri sultan, Mir Haider Ali Gebri of Bajour. Bibi Mubarka had married King Babur, and had also been titled as "Afghani Agacha".
Yousafzais have shown great bravery against Sikhs and British in the 18th and 19th century, especially the clans of Swat and Black Mountain of Hazara. The famous battle of Ambela, Sura took place in 1863. The sikh General Harri Singh was killed by the Yusafzai in a battle that was fought outside Peshawar in Chamkani.

The village Sura has itself a huge history of its dominance in Buner, The first educated person in this village was Khawaja Muhammad Khan who was on the post of Mirza in the erra of Wali-e-Swat. Two of four of his descendents Miraj Muhammad, Siraj Ahmed, Khizar Muhammad, Mukhtar Ahmed has joined Pakistan-Army and shown the traditional Braveness of Kamalzai's in the war of field against India.
The first and second Graduates of District Buner were Mr. Taj Muhammad Shah and Mr. Taj Rahim Shah, both are brothers and sons of Mr. Zeenat Shah who belonged from Bajkata (village of Buner).