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Miangul Abdul Wadud | |
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Wali of Swat | |
Predecessor | Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah |
Successor | Jahan Zeb of Swat |
Born | 1881 Saidu Sharif |
Died | October 1, 1971 Aqba, Saidu Sharif, Swat |
Miangul Abdul Wadud (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.