Agror

Agror Valley is located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan. The valley is located within Oghi Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Mansehra District. The Khans of Agror, belonging to the Begal subsection of Mitravi Swatis had ruled this area following the 1703 conquest of Pakhli. Pashto is the main language of the Agror Valley. Wajhi Uz Zaman Khan Swati is the current hereditary "Khan of Agror". The valley consists of three mountain glens, 10 miles (16 km) in length and 6 miles (9.7 km) in breadth, located between 34°29′N 72°58′E and 34°35′N 75°9′E.

The lower portions of Agror Valley are heavily cultivated and contain many villages and hamlets. The valley area has few strictly level spaces, but consists of terraced flats, and water is abundant year-round.

The main tribe are Swatis, Tanolis, Gujars, Yousafzais, Syeds, Azizwani, Akhoon Khels, and Awan.

Agror is mentioned in old and ancient texts - in the Rajatarangini, written by Kashmiri historian Kalhana, it is known as Atyugrapura and in the works of Ptolemy it is the (Ithágonros) town in (Oúarsa).

From the time of Timur until the beginning of the eighteenth century the Agror valley was held by a family of Karlugh Turks. These were expelled in 1703 by a Saiyid named Jalal Baba, and the conquered country was divided among the Swatis, one Mullah Ahmad Sad-ud-din, who died in 1783, rising to the position of self proclaimed Khan of Agror and other are swatis Khans of Shamdhara. The Nawab of Amb Sardar Ghazi Painda Khan Tanoli captured the valley in 1834, but after seven years in 1841 it was restored by the Sikhs to Ata Muhammad, a descendant of Sad-ud-din. At annexation Atā Muhammad was recognized as chief of Agror, and the defence and management of this part of the frontier was originally left to him; but the arrangement did not work satisfactorily. An expedition had to be sent in 1852 to avenge the murder of two officers of the Salt department; and in consequence of the unsatisfactory attitude of the chief and of repeated complaints by the cultivators, it was resolved in 1868

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