Sarfaraz Khan house (مانسہرا)

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  shilmani

  The Shilmani tribe is settled in the North of Khyber Pass and an important Dabor route passes through their area from Shahid Miana to Landikotal. According to Roshan Khan (Tazkira, P-379, 5th Ed, 1987), the Shilmanis and Besuds lived in the northern Syria. Shilam is the name of a mountain in area near Lebanon. He writes that according to Tarikh-e-Sham (Syria), the Banu Bakht owned Jagirs in Shilman, Besud and Einab areas of Syria. The Shilmanis and Besuds retained their name while they shifted to Khurasan and beyond. Saida Khan Shinwari gives their divisions as Shamsher Khel, Halimzai and Kam Shilmanis and considers them to be Mohmands. He states that Shamsher Khels are related to Morcha Khel Mohmands, Halimzai to Halimzai Mohmands and Kam Shilmanis to Tarakzai Mohmands. Officially the Shilmanis are treated as a separate tribe since the Khyber Agreement of 1881. The Shilmanis are closer to Mohmands in characteristics and based on historical evidence they appear to be close kinsmen of the Mohmands. farooq khan shilmani

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