Behsudi or Behsud ( prs, بهسودی) are one of the major
tribes
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...
of the
Hazara people
The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scatte ...
in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
.
History
The notable history of the Behsud tribe starts from the 19th-century when the 19th-century Behsud chieftain
Mir Yazdan Bakhsh
Mir Yazdanbakhsh () was a chieftain of the Behsud Hazaras in the Hazarajat of central Afghanistan in the 19th century. Son of Mir Wali Beg, he was born in 1790.
He expelled his older brother, Mir Muhammad Shah after his father was assassinated b ...
was one of the first Hazara chiefs, who tried in vain to unify all Hazaras.
In the Hazara resistance against the Soviet Union and later the Taliban most of the modern Hazara political leadership has emerged from the Behsuds. Afghan leaders from the Behsud tribe include Sultan Ali Keshtmand, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1981 to 1989.
Notable people
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Karim Khalili
Karim Khalili ( fa, کریم خلیلی) is an Afghan politician serving as leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan party. Most recently he was Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council from 2017 until its dissolvement in 2019. He was selec ...
, former vice president of Afghanistan.
* Sultan Ali Keshtmand, the communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981–1990).
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Mir Yazdan Bakhsh
Mir Yazdanbakhsh () was a chieftain of the Behsud Hazaras in the Hazarajat of central Afghanistan in the 19th century. Son of Mir Wali Beg, he was born in 1790.
He expelled his older brother, Mir Muhammad Shah after his father was assassinated b ...
, an early 19th-century Hazara chieftain.
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Sharbat Ali Changezi
Air-Marshal Sharbat Ali Changezi (Urdu: شربت على ݘݩگݐڒی; b. 10 March 1932), , is a retired three-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and a former fighter pilot who led the aerial operations in the Indo-Pakistani War of ...
, Air Marshall Pakistan Air Force.
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Haji Kazim Yazdani
Haji Kazim Yazdani ( prs, حاجی کاظم یزدانی) a historical researcher and a writer, was born in a Hazara family in central Afghanistan. He is among the top historical researchers and writers in the country. His work has been publishe ...
, historical researcher and writer.
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Rohullah Nikpai
Rohullah Nikpai ( prs, روحالله نیکپا; born June 15, 1987) is an ethnic Hazara taekwondo practitioner and two-time Olympic bronze medalist from Afghanistan.
Career
Nikpai started his training in Kabul, Afghanistan, at the age of 1 ...
, Taekwondo practitioner and two-time Olympic bronze medalist.
See also
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List of Hazara tribes
The Hazara people are an ethnic group who inhabit and originate from Hazarajat (Hazaristan) region, located in central parts of Afghanistan and generally scattered throughout Afghanistan. However, there are significant populations of Hazaras in P ...
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Hazara people
The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scatte ...
Sources
* ''The Hazaras'' by
Hassan Poladi
Hassan Poladi (also referred to as Hassan Foladi) was the writer of '' The Hazaras'', a book about the Hazara people. Poladi was born in Quetta, as a second-generation Hazara. He grew up and got his early education from local schools and colleges, ...
* ''The Hazaras of Afghanistan'' by Sayd Askar Musavi
* ''Hazaras of Afghanistan'' by Taimor Khanov, translated in