Kakazai

Kakazai
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 ::
Daulat Khel, Maghdud Khel, Mahsud Khel and Mahmud Khel, Sub-divisions of Kakazai Pashtun Tribe :: Courtesy: The British Library ::

The Kakazai (Pashto: کَکا زی / کَکے زی, Urdu, Persian: کَکا زَئی / کَکے زَئی | see English spelling variants below), also known as Loye Mamund (Urdu: لو ئے مَاموند), are a Pashtun (پشتون / پختون) tribe originally from the Laghman province (Urdu: لغمان) of Afghanistan.[1][2][3][4]

They came to South Asia during Afghan invasions such as those of Mahmud of Ghazni, settling in various regions.[5]

A major Kakazai group from Gurdaspur, East Punjab settled in twelve villages, including Babal Chak, Faizullah Chak, Sut Kohiah (Satkoha), and Wazir Chak, near Dhariwal [1]. At the partition of India 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.[6][7][8]

Today, the majority of the Kakazai reside in Pakistan and Afghanistan (Marawara, Barkanai and Shortan areas of Kunar and some areas of Laghman), in the areas of Dara Kakazai (Valley of Watlai)[9], Bajaur Agency (Lagharai, Kalozai, Kaga, Mukha, Maina and Ghakhi areas of Tehsil Mamund)[10], Lahore, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Sialkot, Dera Ghazi Khan, Quetta, Karachi, Kashmir, Jehlum, Bhalwal, Sargodha, Chakwal, Isa Khel, Musa Khel, and Killi Kakazai (Pishin, Baluchistan). Consequently, they do not exclusively speak Pashto, but may speak other languages indigenous to Pakistan such as Punjabi, Siraiki, Hindko and Balochi.

"Malik" is a common given name or surname among Kakazai Pashtuns.

Notable Kakazai Pashtuns include Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang, Abdullah Malik and the historian Khan Roshan Khan.

The name "Kakazai" means "offspring/children/sons of little/younger boy and/or Paternal Uncle" (in Pashto, Kakay or Kaka = younger/little boy and/or Paternal Uncle[11] , Zai = offspring/children/sons of, a root also used in Yousafzai). Spelling variants include: Kakezai, Kakaezai, Kakaizai, Kakay Zai, Kakayzai, Kakeyzai, Kaka Zai and Kakkayzai.[12]

Contents

Sub-divisions of Kakazai Pashtun Tribe

  • Daulat Khel (دولت خیل)
  • Khulozai (خلو زئی)
  • Mahsud Khel (محسود خیل)
  • Maghdud Khel (مغدود خیل)
  • Mahmud Khel (محمود خیل)
  • Umar Khel (عمر خیل)
  • Yusaf Khel (یوسف خیل)

See also

  • List of Kakazai people

References

  1. ^ "Tareekh-e-Kakazai" (a.k.a. "Hidayat Afghani - Tareekh-e-Kakazai Tarkani" (Originally Published May, 1933)
  2. ^ "A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India" published by The General Staff Army Headquarter, Calcutta, India - (Originally Published 1910) :: Kakazai / Kakayzai Pathan Tribe is mentioned on Page 22 (under ‘K’ - Kakazai), Page 12 (under ‘D’ - Daulat Khel - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans), Page 26 (under 'K' - Khulozai - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans), Page 29 (under ‘M’ - Maghdud Khel, Mahsud Khel and Mahmud Khel - sub-divisions of Kakazai Pathans), Page 47 (under 'U' - Umar Khel - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans) and Page 50 (under 'Y' - Yusaf Khel - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans)
  3. ^ "Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India" Volume One published by Government Mono Type Press, Simla, India - (Originally Published 1907) :: Kakazai / Kakayzai Pathan Tribe is mentioned between Page 515 - 555 - You can read these volumes online, thanks to Internet Archives though their market value is around $11000 ::
  4. ^ Family Tree of Qais Abdul Rashid :: Spelled as Kaka Zai under the offsprings of Kharashboon (Khair ud Din) ::
  5. ^ "Tazkara" (also called "Tazkira-e-pathan"), Khan Roshan Khan, pp 176-181 (in Urdu).
  6. ^ Muslims in the Indian subcontinent 617-1290 C.E. (PDF format)
  7. ^ The 1947 Partition: drawing the Indo-Pakistani boundary
  8. ^ Lieutenant Zarar Ahmad Account of 1947 events in Gurdaspur
  9. ^ Dara Kakazai (Valley of Watelai), Federally Administered Tribal Area in NWFP province, Pakistan ::
  10. ^ Tarkanri (Tarkalani or Tarkani) Tribe of Bajaur Agency and Dir - By "FATA Awareness Initiative"
  11. ^ Pashto names for boys
  12. ^ Kakezai/Kakazai Afghan/Pathan Tribe, Tazkara by Khan Roshan Khan online scans of Urdu text

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