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'''Sultan Mehmud Khurd''' was the last ruler of the [[Sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]] of [[Pakhli]] in [[Hazara, Pakistan]]. One of his brothers, [[Sultan Qiassuddin]], was [[Wali-e-Tanawal]], and the [[Wali-e-Upper Tanawal]] was [[Sultan Sahwaj]]. His brother, [[Sultan Muqarrab]], was [[Wali-e-Dhamtor]].

==History==
Sultan Maqarrab revolted against [[Sultan Mehmud Khud]], and was defeated by the [[Delhi Sultanate]]. This incident weakened the Turks{{clarify|date = September 2010}}.

Pakhli had two important governments: one between [[Battagram]] and [[Thakot]] ruled by [[Shamsher Khan]] and the other of [[Kashmir]] was ruled by [[Sultan Kamal]]. Both of the rulers were close relatives of [[Turkic peoples|Turkish]] rulers of Pakhli.

In 1713, Sultan Khurd went to [[Delhi]]. One of the Sultan's daughters was married to Syed Jalal Baba, who took advantage of Khurd's absence to invite the Swatis to invade Pakhli. The conspiracy succeeded. Shamsher Khan, a general loyal to [[Khurd]], resisted at the Jhanjal fort of [[Thakot]]. After a siege of several{{weasel inline|date = September 2010}} months, Baba's forces defeated Shamsher Khan, who was killed in combat.

After the fall of Jhanjer, there was no resistance; due to the ages of the Sultan's sons and the conspiracy of Baba, the Turks could not offer resistance. Swatis entered Hazara, pushing the Turks into the areas of Hazara and Kashmir. The Turks retained small [[jagir]]s and have never been fully eliminated from the locations. They settled in [[Behali]] of the [[Mansehra District]], and in [[Mankrai]] of the [[Haripur District]]. Pakhli was the only state in [[India]] which retained its independence; Mughals exempted the citizens from paying taxes.

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