Monday 30 September 2013

HSITORY OF JOGEZAI ISHAKZAI AND JAHANGIRI:

Ishakzai
The Ishakzai are a Afghani subtribe of the Durrani tribe who, in turn, are a subtribe of the Pashtun tribe. They are predominant in Southern Afghanistan, particularly the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand.


Jadoon
Jadoon is a Pashtun tribe. They live in the Abbottabad District, Haripur Districts and Swabi District of Sarhad, Pakistan. Their spoken language is Pashto in Swabi and mostly Hindko in Abbottabad. The Jadoons were freedom fighters and they showed bravery against their rivals, especially the Sikhs and the British with other prominent Pashtun tribes of the region like Swati, Tareens and Shilmani. Their leader Sakhi Jan Jadoon has been martyred during the freedom efforts against the Sikhs in the 18th century. They are divided into two clans, namely Salar and Mansoor. Hassa Zai is also one of the major sub tribes of Jadoon. They are mostly living in Gadoon Amazai, Abbottabad (Sheikh-ul-Bandi, NawanShehr, Dhamtor and Mir Pur, Havalian), Haripur(Bagra, Karakki, Gandian, Langrial) and Kala Dhaka area.


Jahangiri
Jahangiris are one of the leading Pashtun (Pathan) clans of the Swati tribes of the Sarhad of Pakistan, mainly residing in the Hazara division of the districts of Batagram and Mansehra. The Jahangiris were well known as the Jahangiri chain of Sultans in the history of Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to Major Raverty, their kingdrom stretched from Jalalabad to Jehlum. At times, the Jahangiris even ruled over Kashmir. The last of the Jahangiri Sultans of Swat were Owais Jahnagiri and Mir Haider Ali Gebri of Bajaur, who were defeated by Babur and their allies in the late 15th century.

Some famous subsections of the Jahangiris are Amier Khani, Sab Dini, Adlai, Akhun khel, Aspi khel, Ali khel, Hassani, Manshahi, Khabardin khel, Hassab din khel, Esap ali khel, Barkhan khel and Khazan khel or Khazani. Pashto, Hindko and in some places Dari is spoken in the tribe.

The tribe is living mostly in Mansehra distict (Kotkey, Jobari, Laborkot etc). They are also resident in the Agror Valley in the basin of Tur Ghar (Kala Dhaka)or the black mountain, the Pakhli Plain and parts of Upper Tanawal.



Jogezai
Jogezai is a Pashtun tribe settled in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as India. The majority of the Jogezais live in the valley of Zhob. Due to certain tribal fudes, they had to migrate to other parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Jogezai is a sub and ruling tribe of the Kakar tribe (one of the largest tribes) among the Pashtuns of both Pakistan and Afghanistan. Kakars reside in Afghanistan and in Pakistan apart of those who migrated to India and a large section of those in India are Hindus. Their chief (Sardar) or head of the tribe was Baikar Khan, who along with other tribes went with Ahmed Shah Abdali and conquered India. He was given the title of King of Zhob by the Afghan Monorchs. At that time Zhob was part of Afghanistan until the British took it over. The Jogezais hold a very prominent position among the Pashtun tribe of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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