Swat (princely state)

Swat () was a princely state and is now part of Pakistan. Swat was part of the Mughal Empire ruled by local rulers, known as Akhoond or Akhwand. 

From 1926 until 1947, Swat was a princely state in British Raj, and in 1947 it acceded to Pakistan. It lay to the north of the modern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan until it was dissolved in 1969. It incorporated the current states of Swat, Buner and Shangla.

Category:Former subdivisions of Pakistan
Category:Pakistani princely states