History of the Pashtun people
pashtunhistory.com The Turi tribe, hold the tract known as Kurram on both sides of the stream of that name, lying north of Khost and south of Koh-i-Sufaid. There is some doubt as to the lineage and race of this tribe and the Jaji . 1– The Turis themselves have two stories as to their origin, one … Read more
Sher Shah’s father name was Hasan and they belonged to the Shera Khel sept of the Sur tribe [1] which was located in the present-day Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Sher Shah’s grandfather Ibrahim Khan was a horse-dealer in his native country. He migrated to India along with his son … Read more
There were tested 2,000 Ujjaini Rajputs led by Raja Gajpati of Bhojpur in the army of Sher Shah at the battle of Surajgarh in 1534 against the invading Bengal army led by Ibrahim Khan and Jalal Khan (Bihar through ages, p-479). Battle of Surajgarh was turning point in the career of Sher Khan, he became … Read more
By REV. H . Heras, S.J The history of Durrani influence in northern India is of extraordinary interest to understand well the decline of Mughal empire and the successive growth of the power of the East India Company. The first time Ahmad Shah invaded Hindustan, the Mughal imperial army checked his advance successfully. Yet … Read more
Emperor Jahangir died in 1627 A.D and the same year prince Khurram became the emperor of Hindustan with the title of Shah Jahan. Soon after his becoming emperor, Shah Jahan received the news of Abdul Qadir’s revolt in Khyber and Tirah hills and of the humiliating defeat Muzaffar Khan, the ruler of Kabul at the … Read more
Sarwani Pashtuns (corrupted into ‘Sherwani’ in India) are descendants of Sarwanaey, son of Shah Hussain Ghori, by his second wife Bibi Mahi who was daughter of a servant of Shaikh Batan. Descendants of Sarwanaey were brought up by Bibi Mato and are also grouped under the general name of Mati tribes. Out of Shah Hussain’s … Read more
Durrani tribe was known by the name of Abdali before the reign of Ahmad Shah Durrani. Abdal or Awdal, son of Tarin, is the progenitor of the Abdali tribe. Tradition claims that Abdal bore this surname because he had been in the service of one of the Abdal, who represent the fifth degree in the … Read more
In 1556 AD Seydi Ali Reis, an Ottoman Admiral, travelled through the Khyber Pass and saw two rhinos there. In his book “Mirat ul Mamalik”, Seydi Ali Reis writes : “After crossing the rivers Khushab and Nilab (Indus) in ships, I set foot upon the shore of Bakhtar (Kabulistan). In the beginning of the month … Read more
After the fall of Tughlaq dynasty, the empire of Delhi fell into the hands of Malik Khizr Khan, who founded the Syed dynasty. The author of Tarikh Mubarik Shahi trace the family of Khizr Khan to that of the Prophet Muhammad but according to Muntakhab al-Lubab, Khizr Khan was an Afghan (i.e. a Pashtun). “He, … Read more
Walwar means (the bride price). In tribal usage walwar is the right of the father to receive for his daughter’s marriage or the right of the brother to receive for his sister’s marriage. [1] After the girl is approved , the father of the bridegroom with some of his relations ( maraka) goes to girl’s father, and if the … Read more