State · 1849 – 1969
Swat State
A state of 1849 – 1969 — 120 years in South Asia. It was replaced by Dominion of Pakistan. Its line of rulers holds 4 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 120 years
- 1849 – 1969
- Rulers
- 4
- the Wali of Swat
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Dominion of Pakistan · replaced by · 1947 – 1956
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1969. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Swat continued to exist as an autonomous region until it was dissolved in 1969, and incorporated into North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province).
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Ghaffūr | 1857 – 1878 | 21 years | ending not on record | |
| Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah | 1915 – 1917 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Miangul Abdul Wadud | 1918 – 1949 | 31 years | ending not on record | |
| Miangul Jahan Zeb | 1949 – 1969 | 20 years | ending not on record |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1857 – 1969. Median reign 20.5 years. 0 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedFlag of Swat · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood120 years
stood longer than 51% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median21 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 66% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Theories that apply to its ending
Of 3 theories of why states fall, 1 has every condition present at this ending; each is applied by its own logic, condition by condition, and whether its authors named this case is a footnote.
Dynastic cycle and the decay of group feeling
Ibn Khaldun 1377 · Turchin & Nefedov 2009
Applies by its own logic: the condition it names held here, and this is the kind of outcome it predicts — adverse regime change or the state's ending.
- the state 90 to 160 years old — ageBand 120
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1837 – 1981, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1909, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q3246260 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.