History of the Pashtun people
pashtunhistory.com Dilazak (or Dalazak) Pashtuns of Karlanri division are said to have occupied Peshawar valley in 11th century. Dilazaks have tradition that when they first into Peshawar valley, they found red-complexioned Kafirs there. It is said that when Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni led his famous expedition against Somnath, he was joined by a large contingent of … Read more
There were Afghans in the Deccan at an early period, and there was a Lodi Afghan noble in the service of ruler of Bijapur as early as 1492-1493 AD. Adil Shah Yusuf, the founder of the dynasty which ruled over the Bijapur Kingdom , was the son of Usmanli Sultan, Murad, who died in 1450 … Read more
Mughul-Yusufzai conflict animosity is said to be deep rooted when Ulugh Baig Mirza (uncle of Zaheer-ud-din Babur) killed almost seven hundred Yusufzais in Kabul. Afterwards Mughuls kings like Babur, Akbar and Aurangzeb tried to subdue them which further intensified the antagonism. The tussle between these old foes ultimately culminated into a resistance movement by the … Read more
The Pashtuns had a chequered history within the Mughal nobility. The short-lived Sur dynasty, followed by the Mughal restoration, made the Pashtun chiefs suspects in the eyes of the Mughals. Akbar thoroughly disliked the Pashtuns as a body. According to Manucci, Akbar left it as a law to his descendants that the that Pashtuns should … Read more
Multan Khan Afridi, a Zakha Khel of Tirah, was a marauder, ‘Paladin’ and a hero of the anti-British locals of Peshawar valley. He was a tall and handsome Afridi, who had served as a Sepoy in the 26th Punjab regiment, and therefore was well versed in platoon level tactics, which he used with effect for … Read more
Ghaznavid sultanate was the first Muslim Turkish dynasty. The founders of this power were Turkic slave commanders from Central Asia in the service of Samanid empire of Khorasan (Persian dynasty). One of the Turkic slave Alptagin dispossessed indigenous rulers of Ghazni (the Lawiks) and ruled Ghazni as nominal vassals of Samanid empire. Sebuktagin, the fifth … Read more
In Sindh, following the death of Ghulam Shah Kalhora in 1772, a bitter civil war broke out between the Kalhoras and Talpur, a Baloch tribe. In 1773 Timur Shah Durrani relocated the capital of the Durrani empire from Kandahar to Kabul. This put the empire’s center even further from Sindh and Balochistan . But in … Read more
List of Pashtun tribes Sarbani tribes Abdali/Durrani (including Ishaqzai, Alizai, Achakzai, Alokzai, Popalzai, Barakzai, Nurzai, Saddozai) Tarin (including Zaimusht, Wanechi and Raisani) Sherani (including Babar, Jalwani and Haripal) Miana (including Luni, Nahar, Gharshin and Jafar) Ormur Yousafzai (including Mandanr) Tarklanri Gigyani Mohmand Khalil Daudzai Zamand (including Kheshgi and Muhammadzai) Kasi Shinwari Chamkani Ghurghushti tribes Kakar … Read more
Dotanis are the Lodis from the Mati branch of their allies they are divided into the following sections. 1. Madu Khel 2. Ibrahim 3. Badin Khel 4. Sado Khel 5. Hasan Khel 6. Bana Khel 7. Usmanzai 8. Sanki zai 9. Nuso Khel In 19th century, they were reported to be as one of the … Read more
In 1665 there was born at Mau-Rashidabad an Afghan named Muhammad Khan Bangash [1] who was destined to play a very important part in the affairs of the Mughal empire and to found what almost became an independent local dynasty. . At the age of about twenty Muhammad Khan joined the bands of Afghan freebooters … Read more