clan. Marwats turned against the Niazis. The Niazi clan first defeated the Marwat clan against whom they were hired and slaughtered them in great numbers. After the friendship with their brothers Marwats, Niazis fled towards Mianwali. Somewhere between 1601 and 1607, Marwats had taken possession of all the 'Tal' tract. Marwats were nominally part of Mughal empire. After decline of Mughals, the area came under Durranis. Ahmad Shah Abdali didn't enforce taxes on Marwats but put the condition of providing contingents of Marwat warriors for his military campaigns. In the most important military campaign of Abdali, 120 Marwat horsemen accompanied him under their chief Begu Khan to India. Ahmad Shah's successor, Timur Shah Durrani, enforced Tax on Marwats. After the battle of Panipat, Marwats split into two factions, White and Black and fought each other for next 60 years. Taking advantage of their internal rift, Wazirs conquered some area from Marwats in the sandy tracts of the present day Bannu district. In 1819, Nawab of Mankera interested in the civil war of Marwats on the invitation of one party and later occupied the area for themselves. The weakened Marwats were unable to resist the occupation and thus Marwats lost the independence. Soon after, Sikhs conquered Lakki Marwat and built a fort on the bank of river Gambila near Present day Lakki city. In 1847 Marwats rose in rebellion against the Sikhs but it was successfully suppressed by the latter. In Anglo-Sikh Wars, Marwats provided great deal of help to British against the Sikhs. The relationship of Marwats and British remained friendly for the most part, though some of Marwats joined faqir of ipi's movement. Notable Marwats Rahmatullah Dard, a Pashto poet, and an Urdu Professor, who has rendered many works in the Pashto language. Anwar Kamal Khan, former senator, Provincial Senior Minister and a former member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Anwar Saifullah Khan, former DMG officer, Deputy Commissionar and Commissionar, current member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and three times a federal minister. Hisham Inamullah Khan, was the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Health and currently Provincial Minister for Social Welfare. Dil Jan Khan, a former Inspector General of Police and Secretary to the government of Pakistan. He was also President International Narcotics Control Board at the United Nations. Salim Saifullah Khan, currently a senator, and formerly a federal and provincial minister of KPK