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Tarkani
The Tarkani ( ps, ترکاڼي '; ur, ترکانی) or Tarkalani ( ps, ترکلاڼي '; ur, ترکلانی) is a Pashtun tribe mainly settled in Bajaur Agency, Lower Dir district of Pakistan but originally hailed from the Laghman province of modern-day Afghanistan. ttp://www.khyber.org/books/latifyada.pdf پښتانه قبيلی وپېژنئ - ډاکټر لطيف ياد - خېبر وېب پاڼه- pp 86-89 & 261-262 & 310-312 (in Pashto) The Tarkani is split into four clans. These include Mamund (Kakazai and Wur), Salarzai, Isazai, and Ismailzai. References Sarbani Pashtun tribes Kunar Province Bajaur Agency Bajaur District ( ps, باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, then during restructuring that merged ... People from Bajaur District Ethnic groups in Laghman Province Ethnic groups in Kunar Province {{asia ...
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Yusaf Khel
The Kakazai ( ps, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tarkani ( ترکاڼي) tribe who are primarily settled in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, but originally hailed from the Laghman province of Afghanistan. However, it has grown and scattered around to such an extent that it is recognized as tribe of its own. Etymology The name "Kakazai" means "descendants/offspring/children of ''Kaka'' (کاکا / ککا)" (in Pashto, ''Kaka'' literally means Uncle and used to address an elderly person as well as Paternal Uncle whereas ''Kakae'' = a contemporary but obsolete Afghan name for a male.''"Tareekh-e-Kakazai Tarkani"''
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Daulat Khel
The Kakazai ( ps, :ps:کاکازي, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tarkani (:ps:ترکاڼي (ټبر), ترکاڼي) tribe who are primarily settled in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, but originally hailed from the Laghman province of Afghanistan. However, it has grown and scattered around to such an extent that it is recognized as tribe of its own. Etymology The name "Kakazai" means "descendants/offspring/children of ''Kaka'' (کاکا / ککا)" (in Pashto language, Pashto, ''Kaka'' literally means Uncle and used to address an elderly person as well as Paternal Uncle whereas ''Kakae'' = a contemporary but obsolete Afghan name for a male.'' ...
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Khulozai
The Kakazai ( ps, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tarkani (:ps:ترکاڼي (ټبر), ترکاڼي) tribe who are primarily settled in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, but originally hailed from the Laghman province of Afghanistan. However, it has grown and scattered around to such an extent that it is recognized as tribe of its own. Etymology The name "Kakazai" means "descendants/offspring/children of ''Kaka'' (کاکا / ککا)" (in Pashto language, Pashto, ''Kaka'' literally means Uncle and used to address an elderly person as well as Paternal Uncle whereas ''Kakae'' = a contemporary but obsolete Afghan name for a male.''"Tareekh-e-Kakaza ...
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Mahsud Khel
The Kakazai ( ps, :ps:کاکازي, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tarkani (:ps:ترکاڼي (ټبر), ترکاڼي) tribe who are primarily settled in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, but originally hailed from the Laghman province of Afghanistan. However, it has grown and scattered around to such an extent that it is recognized as tribe of its own. Etymology The name "Kakazai" means "descendants/offspring/children of ''Kaka'' (کاکا / ککا)" (in Pashto language, Pashto, ''Kaka'' literally means Uncle and used to address an elderly person as well as Paternal Uncle whereas ''Kakae'' = a contemporary but obsolete Afghan name for a male.'' ...
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Mahmud Khel
The Kakazai ( ps, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tarkani ( ترکاڼي) tribe who are primarily settled in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, but originally hailed from the Laghman province of Afghanistan. However, it has grown and scattered around to such an extent that it is recognized as tribe of its own. Etymology The name "Kakazai" means "descendants/offspring/children of ''Kaka'' (کاکا / ککا)" (in Pashto, ''Kaka'' literally means Uncle and used to address an elderly person as well as Paternal Uncle whereas ''Kakae'' = a contemporary but obsolete Afghan name for a male.''"Tareekh-e-Kakazai Tarkani"''
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Bajaur Agency
Bajaur District ( ps, باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, then during restructuring that merged FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it became a district. According to the 2017 census, the population of the district is 1,093,684. It borders Afghanistan's Kunar Province with a 52 km border. The headquarters of the agency administration is located in the town of Khar. Geography Bajaur is about long by broad. It lies at a high elevation to the east of the Kunar Valley of Afghanistan and Pakistan, from which it is separated by a continuous line of rugged frontier hills, forming a barrier that is easily passable at one or two points. The old road from Kabul to Pakistan ran through the barrier before the Khyber Pass was adopted as the main route. Nawagai is the chief town of Bajour; the Khan of Nawagai was previously under British p ...
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Umar Khel
Umar Khel, along with the '' Daulat Khel'', '' Khulozai'', ''Maghdud Khel'', ''Mahmud Khel'', '' Mahsud Khel'' and '' Yusaf Khel'', is a sub-division of the Kakazai, Tarkanis/ Mamund tribe of the Pashtuns located in Afghanistan and Pakistan. References *''"A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India"'' published by The General Staff Army Headquarter, Calcutta, India - (Originally Published 1910) :: ''Kakazai / Kakayzai'' Pathan Tribe is mentioned on Page 22 (under ‘K’ - ''Kakazai''), Page 12 (under ‘D’ - '' Daulat Khel'' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans), Page 26 (under 'K' - '' Khulozai'' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans), Page 29 (under ‘M’ - ''Maghdud Khel'', '' Mahsud Khel'' and ''Mahmud Khel'' - sub-divisions of Kakazai Pathans), Page 47 (under 'U' - ''Umar Khel'' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans) and Page 50 (under 'Y' - '' Yusaf Khel'' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known ...
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Mamund
The Mamund (or Mamond) ( ur, , ps, ) is a Pashtun clan which is a part of the larger Tarkani tribe. The clan is located principally in the Watelai valley (also known as Mamund Valley), Bajaur, but also owns villages on both sides of the Durand Line. Majority of the Mamund Pashtuns live in Mamund Subdivision, Loi Mamund Tehsil and Wara Mamund Tehsil, Bajaur, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan and in Marawara, Asadabad, Shigal, Watapur and Ghazi Abad Districts of Kunar Province in Afghanistan.پښتانه قبيلی وپېژنئ - ډاکټر لطيف ياد - خېبر وېب پاڼه
- pp 86-89 & 261-262 & 310-312 (in Pashto)
The Mamund clan is split into two divisions:

Salarzai
The Salarzai are one of the four Tarkani clans. They inhabit what is now Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In 2014, they may have been the majority tribe among the area's 600,000 population. In common with some other tribes of the area, it has been reported that they have formed militias to oppose the Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pas .... The Salarzai have a close connection to some inhabitants of the neighbouring Kunar Province. References Sarbani Pashtun tribes People from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa People from Bajaur District {{Asia-ethno-group-stub ...
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Sarbani Pashtun Tribes
Saṛbanī ( ps, سړبني) or Sarban Confedracy is a tribal group of Pashtuns. They are situated in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Sarbani include many Pashtun tribes, including Sherani, Tareen, Durrani, Khalil, Kheshgi, Kasi which includes Mohmand and Shinwari, Daudzai, Muhammadzai, Chamkani, Yousafzai, Tarkalani. According to the Pashtun legend of origins, the members of the Sarbani group all descend from Sarban, said to be the first son of the legendary founding father of the Pashtun people, Qais Abdur Rashid. History The origin of the Sarbani, might be connected with Hephthalites, who had a large nomadic confederation that included present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan in the 5th-6th centuries AD, as well as with Scythians, who are known to have settled where most of Pashtuns live today. The Durrani Empire that existed in the 18th-19th centuries and that was centered in the territory of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan was founded by the Ahmad Shah Durrani, a ...
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