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 confli ...
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 scatt ...
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 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
Sultan Ali Keshtmand ( fa, سلطانعلی کشتمند; born May 22, 1935, in Kabul), sometimes transliterated Kishtmand, was an Afghan politician. He served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers during the 1980s, from 1981 to 1988 a ...
, 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.
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Sultan Ali Keshtmand
Sultan Ali Keshtmand ( fa, سلطانعلی کشتمند; born May 22, 1935, in Kabul), sometimes transliterated Kishtmand, was an Afghan politician. He served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers during the 1980s, from 1981 to 1988 a ...
, the communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981–1990).
* Mir Yazdan Bakhsh, an early 19th-century Hazara chieftain.
* Sharbat Ali Changezi, Air Marshall Pakistan Air Force.
* Haji Kazim Yazdani, 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 ...
, Taekwondo practitioner and two-time Olympic bronze medalist.
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 scatt ...
Sources
* ''The Hazaras'' by Hassan Poladi
* ''The Hazaras of Afghanistan'' by Sayd Askar Musavi
* ''Hazaras of Afghanistan'' by Taimor Khanov, translated in