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Yusufzai/Yusufzi
يوسفزی (Pashto)

The Yusufzais in a hill tract north of Kandahar in 1895
Regions with significant populations
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Languages
Pashto
Religion
Islam 100%

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 Swat

In 1849, the Yousafzai established their own Yusafzai State of Swat under the leadership of Akhūnd Abdul Ghaffūr, who appointed Sayyid Akbar Shah, a descendant of Pir Baba, as the first emir. After Akbar Shah's death in 1857, Akhūnd Abdul Ghaffūr assumed control of the state himself. The state existed until 1969,.

Notable people

1. Najib ad-Dawlah
2. Malala Yousafzai
3. Bibi Mubarika
4. Malik Ahmad Khan mandanr
5. Malak bhako khan mandanr
6. Gaju Khan mandanr
7. Malak Shah Mansoor Khan mandanr
8. Shaikh Milli mandanr
9. Sartor Faqir
10. Karnal Sher Khan mandanr
11. Ameer Haider Khan Hoti
12. Mahmood Khan
13. Shaukat Ali Yousafzai
14. Afzal Khan Lala
15. Zahid Khan (politician)
16. Asad Qaiser
17. Nawab Shah Jehan
18. Malak Azmat Khan
19. Hussain shah Khan
20. Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)
21. Junaid Khan (cricketer) mandanr
22. Abasin Yousazai
23. Malak Jehanzeb
24. Murad Saeed
25. Haider Ali Khan

See also

• Pashtun tribes

References

1. ^ 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.
2. Richards, John F. (1993). The Mughal Empire. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 50–51.
3. Haroon, Sana (2011). Frontier of Faith: Islam, in the Indo-Afghan Borderland. Hurst Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 1849041830. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
4. Claus, Peter J.; Diamond, Sarah; Ann Mills, Margaret (2003). South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Taylor & Francis. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-41593-919-5.

• Yusufzai Pashtun tribes
• Social groups of Pakistan