Swat State (1915–1969)—From Genesis to Merger

Born in the Hazara village in Swat, Sultan-i-Rome received his primary and secondary education at government schools in Hazara and Kabal. He completed his bachelor’s degree at Government Jahanzeb College, Swat, followed by a master’s degree in General History from the University of Karachi and a PhD from the University of Peshawar. Sultan-i-Rome holds the position of a life member in the Pakistan Historical Society and currently serves on its Executive Committee. With a prolific academic career, he has authored over fifty research articles published in various academic journals, books, encyclopaedias, anthologies, and proceedings, along with two working papers. In addition to the present book, Sultan-i-Rome’s other notable publications include Land and Forest Governance in Swat: Transition from Tribal System to State to Pakistan (Oxford University Press, 2016), Swat Through the Millennia: From Prehistory to the Early Twentieth Century (Oxford University Press, 2021), and The North-West Frontier (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa): Essays on History (2nd rev. edn., Oxford University Press, 2022) in English. He has contributed to Pukhtu (Pashto) literature with two titles, Matalunah (2013) and Tapay (2018), and has one book in Urdu with the title Swat: Tarikh kay Durahay Par (2020).