Wadud of Swat

Miangul Abdul Wadud
Wali of Swat
PredecessorSyed Abdul Jabbar Shah
SuccessorJahan Zeb of Swat
Born1881
Saidu Sharif
DiedOctober 1, 1971
Aqba, Saidu Sharif, Swat

Miangul Abdul Wadud KBE (Urdu: ميانگل عبد الودود) was the Wāli of Swat from 1926 until his abdication in 1949. A grandson of the Akhund of Swat, he was elected as ruler of Swat by a loya jirga in November 1918 and was formally recognized as Wāli of Swat on 3 May 1926 by the British authorities. He ruled from 1918 to 1949, when he abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Miangul Jahan Zeb.


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