Kakazai

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Read Family Tree of Kakazai Pashtun Tribe on Page 555 from "Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India" - Published 1907 :: Courtesy: The British Library
Kakazai Pashtuns - Page 22 from "A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India" - Published 1910 :: Courtesy: The British Library
Qais Abdul Rashid
to the Kakazai (Loi Mamund) Pashtuns
Daulat Khel, Maghdud Khel, Mahsud Khel and Mahmud Khel, Sub-divisions of Kakazai Pashtun Tribe :: Courtesy: The British Library

The Kakazai (

Laghman province of Afghanistan. However, it has grown and scattered around to such an extent that it is recognized as tribe of its own.[5][2]

Etymology

The name "Kakazai" means "descendants/offspring/children of Kaka (کاکا / ککا)" (in

Urdu: لوئی / لوئے مَاموند), meaning great, large, huge, big Mamund or descendants/offspring/children of great, large, huge, big Mamund. Spelling variants include: Kakizi, Kakaezai, Kakezai, Kakaizai, Kakay Zai, Kakayzai, Kakeyzai, Kaka Zai and Kakkayzai.[10][11][12][13]

History

Early history

The Kakazai, along with other

Bahlul Lodi, settling in various regions.[6][14][7][15]

Noting the martial legacy of the Kakazai

Bajour from the Dilazaks.[7][16][17]

For the invading armies, much of

Burki and Niazi Pashtuns.[6][14][7][17]

British-Raj era

Many Kakazai,

British India where they had set up colonies. A major Kakazai group from Gurdaspur, East Punjab, India settled in twelve villages, including Babal Chak, Faizullah Chak, Sut Kohiah (Satkoha), and Wazir Chak, near Dhariwal. At the independence in August 1947, having been initially told they (being Muslim) would be in Pakistan, they were caught up in the ensuing violence and the survivors displaced when their area became part of India.[12][13][18][19][20][21][2][22]

Modern era

Today, the majority of the Kakazai reside in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, they reside in Marawara District, and the Barkanai and Shortan areas of Kunar[23][24] as well as some areas of Laghman.[8]

In Pakistan, they reside in all provinces, particularly in the areas of Dara Kakazai (Valley of Watelai, also known as

Baluchistan).[8][13][31][32][2][22]

Consequently, the Kakazai

Siraiki, Hindko and Balochi.[10][7][8]

Sub-divisions

  • Daulat Khel
  • Khulozai
  • Mahsud Khel
  • Maghdud Khel
  • Mahmud Khel
  • Umar Khel
  • Yusaf Khel

See also

References

  1. ^
    • "A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India" (Part I. North of the Kabul River, including all Mohmands, and tribes west of the Indus), published by The General Staff Army Headquarter, Calcutta, India -(Originally Published 1910) :: The Kakazai Pashtuns are mentioned on Page 22 (under ‘K’ -Kakazai), Page 12 (under ‘D’ -
      Yusaf Khel
       - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans)
    • پښتانه قبيلی وپېژنئ - ډاکټر لطيف ياد - خېبر وېب پاڼه[usurped]- pp 86-89 & 261-262 & 310-312 (in Pashto)
    • "Military operations on the north-west frontiers of India, Papers regarding the British relations with the neighboring tribes of the north-west frontier of India, 1897-98"-Originally Published by Great Britain. India Office - 1898 (Page Number: 129)
    • Hanif, Mohammad (1980). "Life and Works of Hazrat Mian Mohammad Umar Chamkani". University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. pp. 404–405. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
    • قوم ککے زئی کی اصلیت، مُصنّف مولانا عبدالمجید، رسالہ افغان ککے زئی علی گڑھ ، بابتِ ماہِ نومبر ۱۹۲۸ء درج ازہدایتِ افغانی المعروف تاریخِ ککے زئی ترکانی از ہدایت اللہ سوہدری، فینسی اسٹیم پریس. وزیرآباد ۱۹۳۳ء صفحہ ۱۳۲ - ۱۴۳ (in Urdu)
    • حداد فرهاد, ارواښاد قدرت الله (1 March 2013). "دهند په مغولي امپراتورۍ کې". Sapi's Center for Pashto Research & Development (in Pashto).
    • تذکره - د پښتنو اصليت او د هغوئ تاريخ - ليکـوال: روشن خان , نرګس سيماب - pp ۲۱۲-۲۱۶ (in Pashto)
    • افغانستاند, ټول (23 June 2013). "پښتانه څوک دی ؟ لمړۍ برخه". ددي ويبپاڼي د مضامينو بيا نشرول چه مأخذ يی ټول افغانستان ياد شي مجاز دئ (in Pashto).
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  6. ^ a b c "Tareekh-e-Kakazai Tarkani" (a.k.a."Hidayat Afghani-Tareekh-e-Kakazai Tarkani" - (Originally Published May 1933 in Urdu)
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    , pp 176-181 (in Urdu).
  8. ^ a b c d پښتانه قبيلی وپېژنئ - ډاکټر لطيف ياد - خېبر وېب پاڼه[usurped]- pp 86-89 & 261-262 & 310-312 (in Pashto)
  9. ^ "- English Large Dictionary". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  10. ^ a b Kakezai/Kakazai Afghan/Pathan Tribe, Tazkara by Khan Roshan khan online scans of Urdu text
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  12. ^ a b Davies, Captain Henry (1892). Customary law of the Gujrat district. Civil and Military Gazette Press, British India. p. 2.
  13. ^ a b c "Report of the commissioners appointed by the Punjab sub-committee of the Indian national congress" - Indian National Congress. Punjab Subcommittee, K. Santanam, British India, 1920 (Page Number: 290, 291)
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    Yusaf Khel
    - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans)
  15. ISBN 978-0706927528
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  16. ^ "Tawareekh-e-Hafiz Rahmat Khani" by Pir Moazzam Shah rearranged with notes by 'Roshan Khan', Published by Pashto Academy, Peshawar University (1976), (Page 89-91 - Originally Published in 1624 AD)
  17. ^ a b The Pathans 550 BC-AD 1957 by Sir Olaf Caroe, (Page 184-185 - First published in 1958), Macmillan Company, Reprinted Oxford University Press, 2003
  18. ^ Muslims in the Indian subcontinent 617-1290 C.E. (PDF format)
  19. ^ The 1947 Partition: drawing the Indo-Pakistani boundary
  20. ^ Lieutenant Zarar Ahmad Account of 1947 events in Gurdaspur
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  22. ^ a b Hanif, Mohammad (1980). "Life and Works of Hazrat Mian Mohammad Umar Chamkani". University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. pp. 404–405. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  23. ^ Studies center (NPS), Culture and Conflict (17 April 2024). "Tribal Konar (Map)". Culture and Conflict Studies center at the United States Naval Postgraduate School.
  24. ^ خوږياڼى, قتيل (26 August 2009). "کونړ د تاريخ په اوږدو کښې". Sapi's Center for Pashto Research & Development (in Pashto).
  25. ^ Dara Kakazai (Valley of Watelai or Mamund Valley), Federally Administered Tribal Area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan ::
  26. ^ "نئے اضلاع کے انتخابی حلقے" (in Urdu). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  27. ^ Khawar, Farhad Ali (Writer, Research and Director) (3 June 2017). Peshawar - Cradle of Culture (mp4) (Documentary) (in Urdu). Peshawar, Pakistan: Department of Tourism, Sports, Culture, Archeology and Youth Affairs, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 5 June 2017. Alt URL
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  32. ^ "Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan" - Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan, 1961 (Page Number: 550, 906)
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