Kakar Khan

The Kakar ( Pashto: کاکړ) is a Gharghashti Pashtun tribe, based mostly in Northern Balochistan, Pakistan and Loy Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Legendary origin

Kakars are sons of Gharghashti who was the son of Qais Abdul Rashid.
In Herat, the Kakar are locally called Kak. Historically, the tribe has been called Kak-kor (lit. family of Kak). The tomb of Kakar (or Kak) is in front of Herat central Jamia Masjid's gate. Some historians argue that Kakar was first buried in Kohistan, but Ghiyath al-Din Ghori brought the body to be re-buried in a mosque in the city of Herat.

History

Until the fifteenth century, Kakars along with Tajiks, Baloch and Farsiwans mainly inhabited the Qandahar region and because of the predominant position of Abdali and Ghilzai Pashtuns in Qandahar region during and around fourteenth century, Tajiks, Hazaras, Kakars and Baloch lost their previous possessions and were forced to pay tax or revenue to warlords from either Abdali or Ghilzai tribal divisions. In these areas, the locals were not displaced yet subjugated. They were reduced to the status of peasant "''riay'at''" or tenants "''himsaya''". Eventually, some of these indigenous people assimilated and became part of dominant Pashtun confederacy, while others moved further west or north Afghanistan.Norris 1967: 295

Prior to the partition of British India, Hindu members of the Kakar tribe, known as Sheen Khalai, resided in the Qila AbdullahQila Saifullah Quetta, Loralai and Maikhter regions of province of Baluchistan now in Pakistan. After 1947, they migrated to Unniara, Rajasthan and other parts of India.

Notable people

*Anwar ul Haq Kakar, Pakistani Politician and Senator
*Rozi Khan Kakar, Pakistani Senator from Quetta
* Usman Kakar, Pakistani politician and Senator from Muslim Bagh
* Arfa Siddiq Kakar, Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist from Muslim Bagh
* Nashenas, Afghan Singer
*Faizullah Kakar, Afghan epidemiologist and public leader
*Sanzar Kakar, Afghan business leader
* Kader Khan, Indian Actor
*Dadullah Afghan Taliban senior commander
*Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar, was a Pakistani Senator
* Hafiz Sahar, Editor-in-Chief of national newspaper in Afghanistan (1970s), Fulbright Scholar, Professor of Journalism and Mass communication in Afghanistan and USA.
*Mohammad Rabbani, Prime Minister of Afghanistan under Taliban regime.
*Abdul Waheed Kakar, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army (1993–1996)
* Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muslim League member, Pakistani movement activist and politician.
*Safwat Ghayur, commandant of Pakistan's Frontier Constabulary
* Mullah Bakht alias Mansoor Dadullah, Senior Afghan Taliban Commander
* Owais Ahmed Ghani, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (N-W.F.P.), Pakistan. Governor Balochistan, Pakistan. Federal Minister, Provincial Minister (N-W.F.P) Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (founding member)
*Palay Khan (Palay Shah), was from Khosthi Syed Tribe anti-Raj fighter
*Nawab Muhammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai, Pakistani Politician

Further reading

Kakar tribe
*''History of Pashtoons'' by Sardar Sher Muhammed Gandapur
*''A History of Afghan'', 1960, by Abdul-Hai Habibi
*''The Pathans'', 1967, by Sir Olaf Caroe
*''Tarikh-i Khan Jahani wa Makhzan-i Afghani'', 1500–1600, by Khwaja Nimatullah Heravi and Hebat Khan Abubakarzai Kakar.
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References

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Gharghashti Pashtun tribes
Pashto-language surnames
Pakistani names
Social groups of Pakistan