The Dilazak ( ps, دلزاک) is a
Pashtun 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
Afghanistan. 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
Hazara may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* The Hazaras, a Persian-speaking people of Afghanistan and Pakistan
* Aimaq Hazara, Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin
* Hazarawals, a Hindko-speaking people of the Hazara region of northern Pakistan
* Hazar ...
Qaarlugh.
Around 1520, another Pashtun tribe, the
Yousafzai, was expelled from
Kabul by
Mirza Ulugh Beg
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh ( chg, میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہ رخ, fa, میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاہ رخ), better known as Ulugh Beg () (22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449), was a Timurid sultan, as ...
(March 22, 1394 in
Sultaniyeh (
Persia) – October 27, 1449 (
Samarkand
fa, سمرقند
, native_name_lang =
, settlement_type = City
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, image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...
)), a
Timurid ruler and paternal uncle of the Mughal Emperor
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. The Yusufzai migrated to
Peshawar 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, the
Yousafzai pushed the Dilazak east of the
Indus River
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...
under the leadership of
Malik Ahmed Khan
Malik Ahmed Khan, known as Ahmed Khan, was a Pakistani cricket player and umpire. His first-class playing career spanned from 1932 to 1950, with all but one match coming prior to the partition of India in 1947. He made his first-class umpiring de ...
.
["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 Punjab Province may refer to:
* Punjab Province (British India), a former province of British India from 1849 to 1947
In Pakistan
* Punjab, Pakistan, a province in Pakistan from 1970 onward
* West Punjab, a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 195 ...
of
Pakistan in their old lands.
Saleh Khan and Sher Muhammad Khan settled with their family in
Sara-e-Saleh and Tir, both in
Haripur District of
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province in
Pakistan.
References
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External links
Dilazak.org
Karlani Pashtun tribes
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