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== ] == once used to live in Kabul but they migrated to the Plains now mainly in Pakistan. | == ] == once used to live in Kabul but they migrated to the Plains now mainly in Pakistan. | ||
'''Yousafzai''' captured these lands by force and defeated the residents of these regions(SWAT, MALAKAND, MARDAN, SWABI, MANSEHRA). | '''Yousafzai''' captured these lands by force and defeated the residents of these regions(SWAT,BUNER, MALAKAND, MARDAN, SWABI, MANSEHRA). | ||
In the |
In the past they had spent most of their time in fighting with Mughals and Khattaks, Khattaks were traitors amongst Pashtoons who fought for Mughals to get some reward or a high position in their army, but when YOUSAFZAI gave ASYLUM and shelter to KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK when Mughal wanted to kill him. Yosafzais are educated and politically aware Pashtoons.They are divided into two main branches: | ||
Yosafzais: living in Malakand,Swat,Buner,Shangla and Mansehra | |||
Mandanr Yosafzais :living in Mardan,Sawabi and Chamla(southern Buner) | |||
Other spellings include: | Other spellings include: | ||
Esoufzai | |||
*'''Euzefzai''' | *'''Euzefzai''' | ||
*'''Yusefzai''' | *'''Yusefzai''' | ||
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*'''Yousefzai''' | *'''Yousefzai''' | ||
The majority of |
The majority of the Yousafzai reside in ], in the areas of Mardan, Malakand and |
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The Yousafzai is the largest ethnic Afghan/Pashtun tribe and also the largest in NWFP of Pakistan. Yousafzai translates into English as "The Sons of Joseph": Yousaf = Joseph, zai = son of. Their spoken langagues is Pashto. The Yousefzai are considered to speak the purest form of Pashto. Clans include Isa (Jesus), Moosa (Moses), Malizai, Akozai, Chagharzai, Orba, Madakhel and Bazikhel.
== Yousafzai == once used to live in Kabul but they migrated to the Plains now mainly in Pakistan.
Yousafzai captured these lands by force and defeated the residents of these regions(SWAT,BUNER, MALAKAND, MARDAN, SWABI, MANSEHRA). In the past they had spent most of their time in fighting with Mughals and Khattaks, Khattaks were traitors amongst Pashtoons who fought for Mughals to get some reward or a high position in their army, but when YOUSAFZAI gave ASYLUM and shelter to KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK when Mughal wanted to kill him. Yosafzais are educated and politically aware Pashtoons.They are divided into two main branches: Yosafzais: living in Malakand,Swat,Buner,Shangla and Mansehra Mandanr Yosafzais :living in Mardan,Sawabi and Chamla(southern Buner)
Other spellings include:
Esoufzai
- Euzefzai
- Yusefzai
- Yosefzai
- Yousefzai
The majority of the Yousafzai reside in Pakistan, in the areas of Mardan, Malakand and