Darweshkhel

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The Darweshkhel (

Frontier Region Bannu in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan on its border with Afghanistan
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The tribe comprises two geographically separate subgroups. The

South Waziristan Agency and Bannu District.[1][2][3] Those subgroups are in turn divided further, for example into Utmanzai tribes such as the Bakakhel and Janikhel.[4]

Origin legend

The Darweshkhel are said to descend from Musā, son of Khidrai, son of Wazīr. Musā was a religious man and so was nicknamed Darwesh ("fakir"). Musa is said to have died in the hills near Khwāja Khidar, at the border between present-day South and North Waziristan.[5]

Another son of Khidrai was Masud, who is said to be the progenitor of the Masid tribe, another branch of the Waziri confederacy.[5]

Besides Musa Darwesh and Masud, Khidrai is also said to had a third son Mubarak, who in turn had a son called Gurbuz, the namesake of the third branch (Gurbuz) of the Waziri confederacy. The Gurbuz now live in westernmost North Waziristan and in southern Khost.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tribe: Ahmadzai Wazir" (PDF). Naval Postgraduate School.
  2. ISBN 9780313346972
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  3. ISBN 9780141962986
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  4. ISBN 9781860643804
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  5. ^
    ISBN 8185297703
    . Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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