The Dilazak ( ps, دلزاک) is a

Pashtun 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 re ...

tribe, primarily living in

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

History

The Dilazak originally dwelled in eastern

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. They were among the earliest Pashtun tribes to have migrated to present-day northwestern Pakistan. The Dilazak expelled or subdued the local inhabitants of the area. According to Aain-i-Akbari (Written around 1590 CE), the Dilazak were the only

Pashtun tribe The Pashtun tribes ( ps, پښتانه قبايل), historically also known as Afghan tribes, are the tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who use the Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali code of conduct. They ar ...

that possessed lands in Hazara Qaarlugh. Around 1520, another Pashtun tribe, the

Yousafzai The Yusufzai or Yousafzai ( ps, یوسفزی, ), also referred to as the Esapzai (, ) are one of the largest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to which they migrated to from Suliman mountains du ...

, was expelled from

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by Mirza Ulugh Beg (March 22, 1394 in

Sultaniyeh Soltaniyeh ( fa, سلطانيه, also Romanized as Solţānīyeh, Solţāneyyeh, Sultaniye, and Sultānīyeh; also known as Sa‘īdīyeh; ) is the capital city of Soltaniyeh District of Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran. At ...

(

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) – October 27, 1449 (

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)), a

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ruler and paternal uncle of the Mughal Emperor Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. The Yusufzai migrated to

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

valley where they sought and received help from the Dilazak. Later, the relationships between the two tribes deteriorated and a long war ensued. 20 years later, at the battle of

Katlang Katlang ( ps, کاټلنګ , ) is a tehsil in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located approximately 19 kilometers north of Mardan. The population of Katlang was 343,144 in 2017. Katlang topaz It is estimated that the ...

, the

pushed the Dilazak east of the

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under the leadership of Malik Ahmed Khan."The Kingdom of Afghanistan - A Historical Sketch" by G.P.Tate (1911), Reproduced by 'Indus Publications' (1973) Page 12 (Foot Note)

Return under Shahjahan

Most of the Dilazak returned during the reign of the Mughal King Shah ab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram alias Shah Jahan (Ruler of the Worlds) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666), and settled in parts of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province and Punjab Province of

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in their old lands. Saleh Khan and Sher Muhammad Khan settled with their family in Sara-e-Saleh and Tir, both in

Haripur District Haripur District ( ps, هریپور ولسوالۍ, ur, "The Town of Hari") is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The town of Haripur (meaning 'Hari's town') was founded in 1822 by Hari Singh Nalwa, the Com ...

of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province in

References

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External links

Dilazak.org
Karlani Pashtun tribes Articles with unsourced statements from January 2020