Panjpai Tehsil
The Panjpai (Dari: literally "five feet") are a Durrani Pashtun tribal confederation found primarily in southern Afghanistan. The confederation's five tribes are generally given as the Alizai, Ishakzai, Nurzai. 1 {{Afghanistan-ethno-stub ...
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Durrani
The Durrānī ( ps, دراني, ), formerly known as Abdālī (), are one of the largest tribes of Pashtuns. Their traditional homeland is in southern Afghanistan (Loy Kandahar region), straddling into Toba Achakzai in Balochistan, Pakistan, but they are also settled in other parts of Afghanistan and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Ahmad Shah Durrani, who is considered the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, belonged to the Abdali tribe. In 1747, after establishing the Durrani Empire based in Kandahar, he adopted the epithet ''Shāh Durr-i-Durrān'', "King, Pearl of Pearls," and changed the name of the tribe to "Durrani" after himself... Descent and origin In the early modern period, the Abdali tribe of Pashtuns was first explicitly mentioned in Mughal and Safavid sources. For example, in the 1595 Mughal account ''Ain-i-Akbari'', the Abdali were mentioned as one of the "Afghan ''ulūs''" (Pashtun tribal confederacies) settled in Kandahar area, along with ' ...
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Pashtuns
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically referred to as Afghans () or xbc, αβγανο () until the 1970s, when the term's meaning officially evolved into that of a demonym for all residents of Afghanistan, including those outside of the Pashtun ethnicity. The group's native language is Pashto, an Iranian language in the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Additionally, Dari Persian serves as the second language of Pashtuns in Afghanistan while those in the Indian subcontinent speak Urdu and Hindi (see Hindustani language) as their second language. Pashtuns are the 26th-largest ethnic group in the world, and the largest segmentary lineage society; there are an estimated 350–400 Pashtun tribes and clans with a variety of origin theories. The total popul ...
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Alizai Tribe
Alizai may refer to: *Alizai, Kurram, a village in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan *Alizai (Pashtun tribe), a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan People with the surname *Ahmadullah Alizai Ahmadullah Alizai (born 1972) is a politician in Afghanistan who served as a ministerial advisor to the President. He has worked as Governor of Badghis and Governor of Kabul Province. He previously served as the Deputy Governor of Kabul Provinc ...

Ishakzai
The Ishaqzai ( ps, اسحاقزى; Ey-sock-zah-ye) is an Afghan tribe of Abdālī clan (later Durrani) of the Pashtun people. They are known to populate the South-west of Afghanistan, particularly the provinces of Farah, Nimruz, Helmand,T.A.C. (including various citations) articlepublished by thNovember 2009 etrieved 2015-11-02/ref> Kandahar and Herat. One of the main leaders has been Sher Ahmad Haqyar, who lives in Kandahar. He was member of parliament Afghanistan during the reign of Mohammed Zahir Shah, who was deposed in 1973. See also * Alizai (Pashtun tribe) Alizai may refer to: *Alizai, Kurram, a village in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan * Alizai (Pashtun tribe), a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan People with the surname *Ahmadullah Alizai Ahmadullah Alizai ... References Durrani Pashtun tribes Ethnic groups in Helmand Province Ethnic groups in Kandahar Province Ethnic groups in Herat Provence Ethnic groups in Fa ...
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Nurzai
Nurzai also spelled as ''Noorzai'' ( ps, نورزئی) (meaning ''son of the light'') is the name of a Pashtun tribe, part of the Panjpai section of Durrani Tareen Pashtuns. The word "''nūr''" derives from the Arabic word for ''the light''. While the word "''zai''" derives from the Pashto word for ''son'' or son of. ''Zai'' is affixed to the end of Pashtun tribal names. They are known for their hospitality. Notable individuals *Hibatullah Akhundzada Hibatullah Akhundzada, also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada, is an Afghan Islamic scholar, cleric, and jurist who is the supreme leader of Afghanistan. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its victory over Western-backe ..., Supreme Commander of the Taliban and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan *Hazrat molvi muhammad janرحمت الله علیه of mirbazar, kandahar . A great sufi of his time and khalifa of hazrat Ghulam Ali Shah Dehlaviرحمت الله علیه References {{authority control D ...
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