Articles

Pashtun saints, sufis and derveshes

1- Rahman Baba (Abdur Rahman Mohmand)

2- Khwaja Hasan Afghan  (1206–1290 A.D) 

3- Shaikh Michan Niazi

4- Haro Ana

5- Arzani Kheshgi

6- Saint of Pre-Ghal

7- Musa Darwesh

8- Shaikh Qasim Sulaimani

9- Khwaja Khizr Sarwani

10- A ziarat (shrine) in Bust, Helmand, Afghanistan, 1959-61

11- Shaikh Isa Mashwani

12- Shaikh Jamaluddin Kasi

13- Mausoleum of Shaikh Imam al-Din (a Khalil Pashtun), Palosai, Peshawar

Tribes and castes of Pakhtunkhwa and environs

1- Yousafzai

2- Morcha Khel Mohmands

3- Ustarani

4- Shinwari

5- Tarklanri

6- Khogiani

7- Gandapur

8- Qambar Khel Afridis

9- Malikdin Khel Afridis

10- Zakha Khel Afridis

11- Barak Khattaks

12- Orakzai (and Alisherzai)

13- Marwat

14- Ormur

15- Gigyani

16- Shalmani

17- Sherani

18- Shalmani

19- Tani

20- Turi

21- Ustarani

22- Wardak

23- Wazir

24- Zaimusht

25- Zarkun

26- Zazai (or Jaji)

27- Hazara

28- Chamkani

29- Zakha Khel Afridis

30- Kafirs of Kafiristan [Nuristan]

31- Mullagori tribe

32- Adam Khel Afridis

33- Dawar

34- Dehgans

35- Khajjak

36- Afridi

37- Wanechi Spin Tarins

38- Tara Khel

39- Jafars

40- Mando Khel

41- Babi

42- Sherani

43- Achakzai

44- Baitani

45- Barech

46- Kasi

47- Kakar

48- Dilazak

49- Dotani

50- Niazi

51- Barak Khattaks

52- Tarin

53- Utman Khel

54- Sarwani

55- Mashwani

56- Gujar

57- Tanoli

58- Sayyids of Kunar

59- Swati

60- Tirahi Dards

61- Farmuli

62- Its Luhani or Nuhani (لوحاڼي ) , not Lawani (لواڼي)

Pashtun notables

1- Mullah Powindah

2- Mir Mast Afridi

3- Mir Dast Afridi

3- Nur Gul of Panjpao

4- Haji Khan Kakar

5- Multan Khan Afridi

6- Ajab Khan Afridi

7- Sher Ali Afridi

10- Malik Samad Khan Malikdin Khel Afridi

11- Fateh Khan Khattak

12- Kippat Khan, Mahomed Khel Waziri

13- The only authentic photos of Faqir of Ipi

14- The Khans of Teri

15- Usman Khan (Shah Shuja's Wazir)

16- Mohammad Akbar Khan

17- Mehr Dil Khattak, a Khalifa of Faqir of Ipi

18- Muhammad Akbar Khan of Hoti

19- Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan

20- Ghazi Dilasa Khan of Bannu

21- Malik Jiwan Panni

22- Pir Roshan

23- Bibi Mubaraka Yousafzai

24- Gaju Khan Yousafzai

25- Malik Mehr Dil Mahsud (the Pashtun who rebuffed Jawaharlal Nehru and tried to slap him)

26- Umra Khan Jandul

27- Babrak Khan Zadran

28- Ataullah Khan Ozai-Durrani 

29- Darya Khan Daudzai

30- Abdullah Khan Alkozai (a Pashtun governor of Kashmir)

31- Khushal Khan Khattak II ; a contemporary of Ahmad Shah Abdali

32- Shahzada Sultan Jan Saddozai

33- Kalu Khan Yousafzai

Ahmad Shah Durrani

1- Historical portraits of Ahmad Shah Durrani

2- Ahmad Shah Abdali's embassy to Beijing, China (1762)

3- Ahmad Shah Abdali has praised the bravery of Maratha soldiers at the battlefield of Panipat (1761) in a letter written to Raja Madho Singh 

4- Ahmad Shah Abdali hiding his face behind a bejeweled mask in 1761 : response to William Dalrymple

5- Its a local myth that Ahmad Shah Abdali conducted census of Wazir and Mahsud tribes

6- The rise and fall of the Abdali state of Herat in early 18th century

7- Debunking a malevolent statement of Jadunath Sarkar about Ahmad Shah Durrani 

8- Elite ghulam corps of Ahmad Shah Abdali

9- Correspondence between Zaman Shah Durrani and Tipu Sultan

10- Pir Sabir Shah (the spiritual pir of Ahmad Shah Durrani)

11- The so called "Sikh Holocaust of 1762" (Vadda Ghalughara), was actually a battle between two armies (Afghans and Sikhs)

12- Waris Shah has never referred to Ahmad Shah Durrani as 'Kabuli dog' in his poetry

13- The real particulars of the treaty between Nasir Khan (ruler of Kalat) and Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1758

14- The royal seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani

15- Library of Ahmad Shah Durrani

16- The flag of Ahmad Shah Durrani

Sher Shah Sur

1- Ancestral village of Sher Shah Sur in Roh (Pakhtunkhwa)

2- Praise of Sher Shah Suri by the author of Padmavat (1540 AD)

3- Cannons of Sher Shah Sur

4- Roads and Sarais (inns) of Sher Shah Sur

5- Asad Umar of PTI and Sher Shah Sur's road

6- Bairam Khan and Sher Shah Sur

7- Postal system of Sher Shah Sur

8- Welfare activities of Sher Shah Sur 

9- Justice of Sher Shah Sur 

10- Currency reforms of Sher Shah Sur

11- The army of Sher Shah Suri

12- Mirza Aziz Koka (foster-brother of Mughal emperor Akbar) acknowledged the achievements of Sher Shah Sur

13-  Gaju Khan (ګجو خان) at one point served under the banners of Sher Shah Sur In India

14- A late 16th century painting illustrating Sher Khan Sur's capture of Rohtasgarh fort through stratagem

15- Interesting historical titbits about Sher Shah Sur

16- Sher Shah Sur also built a serai (an inn) in Makkah

Sites and Places 

1- Shaikh Badin hills (Lakki Marwat-Dera Ismail Khan)

2- Nimla garden [Khogiani district, Nangarhar]

3- Bibi Mahru village [Kabul]

4- The Bridge over the Surkhab River [Nangarhar province]

5- Nowshera

6- Takht-i-Sulaiman [F.R.Dera Ismail Khan]

7- Bala Hissar Peshawar

8- Ghazni

9- Chahar Chata Bazar [Kabul]

10- Bannu

11-Tank or Tak

12- Jalalabad

13- Islamia College [Peshawar]

14  Quetta or Kwatta'h

15- Shabqadar fort and town

16- Burj Hari Singh, Peshawar

17- Darazinda village (Dera Ismail Khan tribal Subdivision, KP)

18- The district and town of Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is named after a 16th century Mughal fort

19- Ancestral village of Bahlul Lodi in Pakhtunkhwa

20- Qalat-i-Ghilzai

21- Kurram valley

22- Khojak tunnel

23- Bahadur Khel salt mine

24- Kurram fort

25- Girishk fort, Helmand 

26- Old Kandahar

27- Tomb of Panju Khan Khajjak

28- Pre-Ghal (Waziristan)

29- Correcting Bharadwaj (aka True Indology) on the "temple gate" of Kandahar city

30- A zoo in Peshawar in early 20th century

31- Bagh-i-Sardeh, Kandahar

32 -Jamrud fort

33-  Jamrud fort was built by Mughals or Sikhs?

34- Copper-smith's bazaar of Peshawar city

35- Silk market (Bazaar i Abresham Gran), Peshawar

36- The mosque and tomb of Ghulam Hussain Hazratji Baba, Kandahar

37- Gor Khatri of Peshawar city

38- Kohat fort

39- Killa Abdullah district of Balochistan is named after whom?

40- Tomb of Abdul Rashid known as Bajauṛi Baba in Peshawar

41- Khirqa Sharif, Kandahar 

Non-Pashtun notables of Pakhtunkhwa

1- Akhund Darweza

History of Indo-Afghans

1- Atia mosque of Bangladesh

2- Islam Shah Sur, the forerunner of Akbar in reforms and policies

3- Excerpts from Afsana-i-Shahan

4- Barmazid Kur

5- Sultan Nasir-ud-din Ismail Shah (Malik Makh Afghan)

6- Nawab Zahid Khan Saddozai

7- Amir Khan of Tonk

8- Barmazid Kur

9- Ghulam Qadir Rohilla

10- Diler Khan Daudzai

11- Multani Afghans

12- Ahmad Khan Bangash 

13- Malot fort in India, a 15th century fort built by a Pashtun

14- Hatimpur fort (a 17th century fort built by a Niazi Pashtun)

15- Mausoleum of Fateh Jang Khan (a Pashtun) in Alwar (Rajasthan, India).

16- Kusumba mosque (Bangladesh)

17- The Nuhani dynasty of Bihar

18- Pashtun soldiery and nobility of the Mughal empire

19- The role of Panni Pashtuns in Indian history

20- The Miyana (Afghan) nobles of Bijapur sultanate

21- Safdar Khan Babi

22- Rohillas, the Indo-Afghans

23- Defeat of Banda Singh Bahadur at the hands of Jalal Khan Orakzai  (1710)

24- Arakan (Burma) under Afghan rule

25- Dattu Sarwani,  a Pashtun soldier of early 16th century

26- Abundance and low prices during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi

27- Princess Subhan, daughter of Sultan Bahlol Lodi

28- Daud Khan Rohilla

29- Rashid Khan Ansari

30- The longest lasting Afghan dynasty in history : Lohanis of Jalore and Palanpur

31- Alam Khan Lodi (Sultan Alauddin Alam Shah)

32- The brave death of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi

33- Hemu did not declare himself an independent king

34- Baloch proteges of Najib Khan Yousafzai

35- Nawab Zahid Khan Saddozai of Multan

36- The twelve forts of Kasur

37- Daud Shah Karrani as depicted in the Mughal paintings

38- Ghulam Qadir Rohilla did not force the Mughal princesses to dance for him ;  Allama Iqbal made a blunder in his poem.

39- Pashtuns in Sri Lanka

40- Nawabs of Malerkotla

41- Karrani Sultans of Bengal belonged to which part of Pakhtunkhwa/Afghanistan?

42- Origin of the Langah sultans of Multan; they were Afghan (Pashtun) or Sindhi?

43-  Tafazzul Husain Khan, the Nawab of Farrukhabad

44-  When Mughal emperor Akbar expressed his desire to marry a Pashtun princess

45- South or Humayun gate of Purana Qila, Delhi

46- Baoli in Bayana (Rajasthan, India), built by Khan-i-Khanan Farmuli (Pashtun)

Anglo-Afghan Wars

1-  A Pashtun heroine of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1842)

2- Mohammad Akbar Khan's 1843 plan to liberate India

3- Return of a King - A critique of Dalrymple's book

4- The role of Hazaras during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42)

5- Hazaras collaborated with British invaders during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)

6- Maiwand and Malalai - Afghanistan's lady liberty destroy the British army on 27 July 1880

7- Captain Robert Warburton married Shah Jahan Begum [allegedly a Durrani princess] through deception and force

8- Battle of Maiwand

9- Shia Qizilbashs of Kabul corroborated with British invaders during First Anglo-Afghan war (1839-1842)

10- The account of two 19th century paintings

Military history of Pakhtunkhwa

1- The revolt of Shaikh Kamaluddin Daudzai and Khan Jahan Lodi against the Mughals

2- When Orakzais defeated the Mughal army in Tirah ( The battle of Sampagha pass , 1619 AD)

3- When Pashtun tribesmen wiped out an entire Mughal army in the Khyber Pass (1672)

4- When 6,000-strong Baloch army of Nasir Khan of Kalat was completely wiped out by Kakars

5- The wars between Panni Afghans and Mughals (1576–1617)

6- Karrapa disaster : Aimal Khan defeats Mughals [1674]

7- Pashtun–Mughal War (1672–1677)

8- Afghan–Sikh Wars (1813–1837)

9-  The battle of Saragarhi – The cover-up of a failure marketed as a brave sacrifice

10- A band of Yousafzais made an attempt to conquer Chitral in 1593

11- Niazi uprising against the Sikhs  (1829-1830)

12- Jihad of Haji Sahib of Turangzai and the Mohmand blockade during the First World War

13- A Turkmen who killed more than one thousand Pashtuns by boiling them alive in large cauldrons

15- British abandoned their traditional red coats and adopted Khaki uniform for their soldiers because of the dusty hills of Pakhtunkhwa

16- The conquest of Baluchistan by Shah Hussain Hotak

17- Pashtun volunteers for the India-Pakistan War of 1965

18- Account of the Kashmir War of 1947-48 by a Pashtun tribesman from Barawal in Dir who participated in it

Sikhs and Pashtuns

1-  Ranjit Singh did not rule Khyber Pass and Afghanistan

2- Historical reliability and authenticity of the details concerning the Battle of Saragarhi (1897)

3- "Chup sha, Hari Singh raghlay"

4- When Hari Singh Nalwa suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Mashwanis and Saidkhanis 

Miscellaneous

1- Bollywood Khans - Are they related to Pashtuns?

2- Shah Tahmasp's advice to Humayun on Pashtuns

3- Lost Tajiks or the forgotten Dards of Pakistan?

4- Allama Muhammad Iqbal Lahori and Afghanistan

5- Pata Khazana, a forgery

6- Chasing 'A boy across the river'

7- Afghanistan is not 'Graveyard of Empires'

8- Some of the disciples of Guru Nanak were Pashtuns ?

9- A thirteenth-century description of Pashtuns

10- Desecration of Pir Roshan's grave and dead body

11- Nadir Shah Afshar had hard time ruling the present-day Afghanistan

12- Guru Nanak was storekeeper of the Daulat Khan Lodi's grain before 1526

13- Description of Pashtuns by Niccolao Manucci (1638–1717)

14- Pashtuns were once principal inhabitants of Mastung (Balochistan)

15- Mir Chakar Rind : separating fiction from history

16- Nadir Shah Afshar had hard time ruling the present-day Afghanistan

17- Paolo Avitabile – The face of the brutal Sikh occupation of Peshawar

18- Nawabs of Dir

19- Pashtunistan and the Faqir of Ipi

20- Pashtun tribesmen of Kashmir War of 1948

21- Pashtun-Ottoman War (1725-1727)

22- Khalji Sultans of Delhi 

23- Pashtun Soldiers who refused to fight against Ottomans during World War I

24- Excerpts from Afsana-i-Shahan

25- Roh  (Medieval Pakhtunkhwa)

26- Mujahideen movement of Syed Ahmed Bareilwi

27- Dr. Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah Kakakhel thinks that there are no Afghans (Pashtuns) settled on the Sulieman mountains range

28- Response to Salman Rashid, a travel writer and a pseudo-historian

29- "Awghan" ( (اوغان)) is not a derogatory distortion of the word Afghan

30- Pashtuns in the armies of Sultan Shahabuddin Ghori and Prithviraj

31- Sikhs owed their rise in 18th century to Adina Beg Arain (a Punjabi Muslim) 

32- The Khans of Lalpura (Morcha Khel Mohmands)

33- An inscription in Maharashtra state of India dated to 1626 AD mentions the toponym Afghanistan

34- The British practice of burning the dead bodies of Pashtun Ghazis 

35- Ajab Khan Afridi – excerpt from "And Then the Pathan Murders"

36- Mollie Ellis, Ajab Khan Afridi and her Pashtun rescuers

37- The travel of Ottoman admiral through Pakhtunkhwa in 16th century

Pashtun culture and practices

1- Pashtun tribal flags

2- Tattoo markings amongst Ghilzais

3- A Pashtun custom of old

4- Shalwar Kameez is not a traditional Punjabi/Sikh dress

5- Yousaf Khan and Sher Bano (a Pashtun folktale)

6- Pashtuns used straight and heavy swords in 13th century

7- A twelfth-century description of Pashtuns

8- Khattak dance

9- Khattak horsemen

10- Sikhs adopted blue coloured dress towards the end of 17th century in the memory and honour of a group of Pashtuns

11- Pir Roshan was very fond of Music

12- Pashtuns were worshipping a giant tree in mid 12th century ?

13- Pashtun intermediaries dominated the horse trade between Central Asia and India

14- Pashtun dresses in early 19th century. Paintings by Imam Bakhsh Lahori

15- Pashtun flags bearing the insignia of blood-red hand 

16- The ceremony of passing camels beneath the Quran

17- Dresses of Afghanistan in early 19th century

18- Dress and appearance of 16th-century Pashtuns during the reign of Sher Shah Suri