What is Swat (princely state)?
[[Image:Flag of Swat.svg|thumb|Flag of Swat]] '''Swat''' ({{lang-ur|ریاست سوات}}) was a [[princely state]] and is now part of [[Pakistan]]. Swat was part of the [[Mughal Empire]] ruled by local Muslim [[Jat (caste)|Jat]] rulers known as Akhoond or Akhwand. From 1926 until 1947, Swat was a princely state in [[British India|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, Pakistan|Swat]], [[Buner]] and [[Shangla]]. {{multistub|geo|Asia}} [[Category:Former subdivisions of Pakistan]] [[Category:Pakistani princely states]]