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| In 1660, the Yousafzai established their own ] The princely state is said to have been established in the 17th century as a Muslim khanate by Akhund Baba (also known Mulla Ilyas), the leader of a Pakhtun clan, and ruled afterwards by his descendants. A member of the Painda khel's leading family, Mulla Ilyas, was recognized as spiritual leader because of his religious merits, who procured him the title of Akhund ("scholar" in Persian) Baba. Thanks to his charisma, Akhund acquired a prominent position in the Malizai sub tribe of Yousafzia and founded the Dir village. His successors managed to preserve and expand the leadership, giving birth to an embryonic autonomous political entity which would eventually become the princely state of native yousafzai. The clan of Mulla Illas Khan would take the name of Akhund khel from the name of its progenitor, and a dynasty stemming from him was recognized as Khans (rulers) of Dir. | |||
| In 1849, the Yousafzai established their own ] under the leadership of ], who appointed Sayyid Akbar Shah,<!-- No link - ] is about the 16th century Mughal emperor --> a descendant of ], as the first emir. After Akbar Shah's death in 1857, Akhūnd Abdul Ghaffūr assumed control of the state himself.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haroon |first=Sana |title=Frontier of Faith: Islam, in the Indo-Afghan Borderland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5uSeJCTvKoC&pg=PA40 |accessdate=16 February 2013 |year=2011 |publisher=Hurst Publishers |isbn=1849041830 |page=40}}</ref> The state existed until 1969,.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Claus|first1=Peter J.|last2=Diamond|first2=Sarah|last3=Ann Mills|first3=Margaret|title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka|date=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-41593-919-5|page=447|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ienxrTPHzzwC&pg=PA447}}</ref> | |||
| Dir took its name from its main settlement, also called D(h)ir, location of the ruler's palace. | |||
| The territories surrounding Dir were populated by their current ethnic majority, the Pakhtuns, beginning from the end of the 14th century. The Pakhtun were divided in several clans (khels), often battling one against the other. The three great clans which conquered the zone were the Yusafzai( Paindakhel,Sultankhel, Osakhel, Nasirdinkhel), Tarkanrai > The Dir territory was populated in the 16th century by the Malizai Sub-tribe of the Yusufzai, who took control of the zone assimilating or chasing away the previous inhabitants (Dilzak in Bajour; Jandool ; Maiden and Swatis from areas East of Panjkora ) and within this tribe the most prominent fractions became the Painda khel and Sultan khel. | |||
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Ethnic group_(14596635677).jpg) The Yusufzais in a hill tract north of Kandahar in 1895 | |
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The Yūsufzai or Yousafzai (literally "the descendants of Yusuf") is a tribe of Pashtun people found in Pakistan, and in some eastern parts of Afghanistan, as well as in northern India.
History and particulars
Mughal Empire
In general, the Yusufzai were uncooperative with the rule of the Mughal emperor Akbar, who in late 1585 sent military forces under Zain Khan Koka and Raja Birbal to subdue them. In February 1586, Raja Birbal was killed fighting with the Yusufzais, who were led by the general Gujju Khan. It was not until about 1690 that they were partially brought under the control of the Mughal Empire.
Yusufzai tribes rose against Mughal rule during the Yusufzai Revolt of 1667, and engaged in pitched-battles with Mughal battalions near Attock.
Yousafzai State of Dir
In 1660, the Yousafzai established their own Yusafzai State of Dir The princely state is said to have been established in the 17th century as a Muslim khanate by Akhund Baba (also known Mulla Ilyas), the leader of a Pakhtun clan, and ruled afterwards by his descendants. A member of the Painda khel's leading family, Mulla Ilyas, was recognized as spiritual leader because of his religious merits, who procured him the title of Akhund ("scholar" in Persian) Baba. Thanks to his charisma, Akhund acquired a prominent position in the Malizai sub tribe of Yousafzia and founded the Dir village. His successors managed to preserve and expand the leadership, giving birth to an embryonic autonomous political entity which would eventually become the princely state of native yousafzai. The clan of Mulla Illas Khan would take the name of Akhund khel from the name of its progenitor, and a dynasty stemming from him was recognized as Khans (rulers) of Dir.
Dir took its name from its main settlement, also called D(h)ir, location of the ruler's palace.
The territories surrounding Dir were populated by their current ethnic majority, the Pakhtuns, beginning from the end of the 14th century. The Pakhtun were divided in several clans (khels), often battling one against the other. The three great clans which conquered the zone were the Yusafzai( Paindakhel,Sultankhel, Osakhel, Nasirdinkhel), Tarkanrai > The Dir territory was populated in the 16th century by the Malizai Sub-tribe of the Yusufzai, who took control of the zone assimilating or chasing away the previous inhabitants (Dilzak in Bajour; Jandool ; Maiden and Swatis from areas East of Panjkora ) and within this tribe the most prominent fractions became the Painda khel and Sultan khel.
Notable people
- Najib ad-Dawlah
- Malala Yousafzai
- Bibi Mubarika
- Malik Ahmad Khan mandanr
- Malak bhako khan mandanr
- Gaju Khan mandanr
- Malak Shah Mansoor Khan mandanr
- Shaikh Milli mandanr
- Sartor Faqir
- Karnal Sher Khan mandanr
- Ameer Haider Khan Hoti
- Mahmood Khan
- Shaukat Ali Yousafzai
- Afzal Khan Lala
- Zahid Khan (politician)
- Asad Qaiser
- Nawab Shah Jehan
- Malak Azmat Khan
- Hussain shah Khan
- Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)
- Junaid Khan (cricketer) mandanr
- Abasin Yousazai
- Malak Jehanzeb
- Murad Saeed
- Haider Ali Khan
See also
References
- ^ Haleem, Safia (24 July 2007). "Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India". Khyber Gateway. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Farrukhabad has a mixed population of Pathans dominated by the Bangash and Yousafzais.
- Richards, John F. (1993). The Mughal Empire. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 50–51.
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