Besudh

The Besudh (alternatively Besud, Behsud, Behsudi or Basud) are one of the major tribes of the Hazara people of Hazarajat, central Afghanistan. They inhabit the Markaz Besud and Besud Hisa-i-Awal districts of Maydan / Wardak Province and Nawur District of Ghazni province of Afghanistan. Mention of Besud is found in the Secret History of the Mongols, one of the sub clans of Besuds, Borchegen inhabit Nawor. The great Mongol Khaqan (Emperor) Genghis Khan was himself Borchegen. The 19th century Besud Mir (chieftain) Mir Yazdan Bakhsh was one of the first Hazara Chiefs, who tried, but in vain to unify all Hazaras. Mr. Sultan Ali Kishtmand, the communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981-1990) and the present vice president Mr. Karim Khalili are from the Besud tribe. In Quetta, Pakistan notable Hazaras are Air Marshall Sharbat Ali Changazi, Brigarier Khadim Hussain Khan Changazi and Capt (R) Quyyum Nazar Changazi (Addl Chief Secy Govt of Balochistan).

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* HAZARAS by Hasan FOLADI
* The Hazaras of Afghanistan by Sayd Askar MUSAVI
* Hazaras of Afghanistan by Taimor Khanov Translated in Urdu by Hasan Raza CHANGAZI.