Shah Mansur | |
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town | |
  Shah Mansur Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°4′0″N 72°27′0″E / 34.06667°N 72.45000°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Swabi District |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +6 |
Shah Mansur, also named Shah Mansoor or Shahmansoor, is a town and Union Council of Swabi District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located at 34°4'0N 72°27'0E with an altitude of 301 metres (990 feet).[2]
According to Elders there was once a large battle fought between the Yousafzais of the region and the Sikhs which eventually ended in the Afghans victory; however, there were many casualties of tribal warriors in the aftermath which had left behind grieving mothers, sisters and daughters over their corpses. As they wailed over their loved ones their white chails got soaked with the blood of the martyrs, this leading to a tradition of wearing a special red patterned chail to symbolise their sacrifices, which is now apart of the womenfolk culture of the region.[3]
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Swabi - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Location of Shah Mansur - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Dawn Newspaper (2018) Traditional ‘Chail’ still in vogue among Swabi women by Sher Alam Shinwari