The Zadran ( ps, ځدراڼ ''dzadrāṇ''; pronounced ''dzādroṇ'' in the Khost-Paktia dialect), also spelled Dzadran or Jadran, is a

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 inhabits the Loya Paktia region in southeastern

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( Khost,

Paktia Paktia ( Pashto/ Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of rough ...

, and Paktika provinces) and parts of Waziristan in neighboring

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. "Zadran: Pashtun tribe mainly residing in the “Zadran Arc” a 9-district area encompassing portions of the Khost, Paktya, and Paktika provinces." The Zadran are a branch of the

Karlani Karlāṇī ( ps, کرلاڼي) is a Pashtun tribal confederacy. They primarily inhabit the FATA region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a ...

tribal confederacy. They are the largest Pashtun tribal group in Afghanistan's mountainous southeastern region, usually found in areas that are unsuitable for settled agricultural production. They have a reputation for militancy dating to the

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. Well-known Taliban fighter Jalaluddin Haqqani, who in later years headed the

Haqqani network The Haqqani network is an Afghan Islamist group, built around the family of the same name, that has used asymmetric warfare in Afghanistan to fight against Soviet forces in the 1980s, and US-led NATO forces and the Islamic Republic of Afghanis ...

, is of the Zadran tribe himself, though he is recognized for ending the '' malik'' system by forcing

Mohammad Omar Babrakzai Muhammad Umar Babrakzai ( 1980 – present) is the tribal chief of the Zadran tribe and Afghan jurist. Background and early life Babrakzai is the grandson of Babrak Khan, a previous Zadran chieftain who died in 1924 or 1925, though it's unclea ...

to leave Paktia province. Babrakzai was the most powerful ''malik'', or tribal chieftain, of the Zadran in the 1980s.

List of chieftains

Babrak Khan Babrak Khan ( Pahsto: ببرک خان ځدراڼ; died ) was a Zadran chieftain who was the father of Said Akbar Babrak (assassin of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan) and of Mazrak Zadran (a rebel leader during the Afghan tri ...

(unknown – ) * Mazrak Zadran ( – 11 January 1947) * Abdulla Khan Jadran Yawan (as of 1969) * Muhammad Umar Babrakzai (bef. 1980 – present) It is unclear if Abdulla Khan Jadran Yawan is the immediate successor or predecessor of Mazrak Zadran and Muhammad Umar Babrakzai respectively, or if there were other chieftains between them.

Tribal tree

The known tribal tree for the Zadran tribe is: Zadran Tribal Tree (شجره)

Moosa Khel was the father of three sons, Bakir Khel, Sounda Khel and Barkhudar Khel Bakir Khel was the father of Noor Kalia Khel Noor Kalia Khel was the father of Ismail Khel Ismail Khel was the father of Jaan Muhammad Khel Jaan Muhammad Khel was the father of two sons, Shah Muhammad Khan Zadran and Noor Muhammad Khan Zadran Noor Muhammad Khan had five sons 1 Sadiq Hussain Khan Zadran 2 Ashiq Hussain Khan Zadran 3 Izhaar Hussain Khan Zadran 4 Dildaar Hussain Khan Zadran 5 Afzaal Hussain Khan Zadran Afzaal Hussain Khan Zadran was the father of two sons 1 Iklaq Khan Zadran and 2 Umair Khan Zadran Umair Khan Zadran was the father of Muhammad Khan Zadran

Notable persons

* Said Akbar Babrak * Mazrak Zadran *

* Saad Akbar Babrak * Jalaluddin Haqqani * Sirajuddin Haqqani * Pacha Khan Zadran * Najeebullah Zadran *

Shapoor Zadran Shapoor Zadran ( ps, ; born 8 July 1987) is an Afghan cricketer. Zadran is a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Zadran currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. Domestic career Zadran made his debut for Afghanistan against Chitral ...

* Djelaludin Sharityar * Musa Zadran * Noor Ali Zadran * Dawlat Zadran * Ibrahim Zadran * Mujeeb Zadran * Sher Muhd Khan

Hazrat Wali Zadran ''Hazrat, , ,'' or ' ( ar, حَضْرَة, ḥaḍra, pl. ''ḥaḍrāt''; Persian: pronounced or ) is a common Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Iranian, Afghan, and honorific Arabic and Turkish title used to honour a person. It literally denot ...

Izat khan Zadran Dr.ayub Zadran

Rashid Saqeeb Rashid or Rachid ( ar, راشد ) and Rasheed ( ar, رشيد ), which means "rightly guided", may refer to: *Rashid (name), also Rachid and Rasheed, people with the given name or surname *Rached, a given name and surname *Rashad, a surname Plac ...

Alefkhan Zadran Ibrahim Zadran

Yaqoob Zadran Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب‎, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct from the Hebrew or indirect ...

References

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Karlani Pashtun tribes Ethnic groups in Khost Province Ethnic groups in Paktia Province Ethnic groups in Paktika Province {{Afghanistan-ethno-stub

List of chieftains

Tribal tree

Notable persons

See also

References

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