The Zadran ( ''dzadrāṇ''; pronounced ''dzādroṇ'' in the Khost-Paktia dialect), also spelled Dzadran or Jadran, Jandran, zadroon, is a

Pashtun tribe The Pashtun tribes (), are tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who speak the Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali, the social code of conduct for Pashtuns. They are found primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan ...

that inhabits the Loya or greater Paktia region in southeastern

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(

Khost Khōst () is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram Agency, Kurram i ...

Paktia Paktia (Pashto – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 623,0 ...

, and

Paktika Paktika (Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000 residents, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but smal ...

provinces) and

Kurram Agency Kurram District () is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name Kurram comes from the river ''Kwarma'' () in Pashto, which itself derives from the Sanskrit word ''Krumu'' (). Until 2018, it functi ...

parts of

Waziristan Waziristan (Persian language, Persian, Pashto, Ormuri, , ) is a mountainous region of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Waziristan region administratively splits among three districts: North Waziristan, Lower South Waziristan Dis ...

in neighboring

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. "Zadran: Pashtun tribe mainly residing in the “Zadran Arc” a 9-district area encompassing portions of the Khost, Paktia, and Paktika and Pakistan’s Kpk Balochistan Punjab provinces." The Zadran’s are a branch of the

Karlani Karlāṇī or Karrani () is a Pashtun tribal confederacy. They primarily inhabit the FATA region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and certain parts of eastern Afghanistan. In the 16th century the Karlani founded the Karrani dynasty, th ...

tribal confederacy. They are the largest Pashtun tribal group in Afghanistan's mountainous southeastern region, usually found in areas that are unsuitable for settled

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. They have a reputation for militancy dating to the

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. Well-known Taliban fighter

Jalaluddin Haqqani Jalaluddin Haqqani () (1939 – 3 September 2018) was an Afghan insurgent commander who founded the Haqqani network, an insurgent group who fought in guerilla warfare against US-led NATO forces and the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan g ...

, who in later years headed the

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, is of the Zadran tribe himself, though he is recognized for ending the ''

malik Malik (; ; ; variously Romanized ''Mallik'', ''Melik'', ''Malka'', ''Malek'', ''Maleek'', ''Malick'', ''Mallick'', ''Melekh'') is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic d ...

'' system by forcing

Mohammad Omar Babrakzai Muhammad Umar Babrakzai ( 1980 – present) is the tribal chief of the Zadran tribe and Afghan jurist. Background and early life Babrakzai is the grandson of Babrak Khan, a previous Zadran chieftain who died in 1924 or 1925, though it's unclea ...

to leave

Paktia province Paktia (Pashto – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 623,00 ...

. Babrakzai was the most powerful ''malik'', or tribal chieftain, of the Zadran in the 1980s.

List of chieftains

Babrak Khan Babrak Khan ( Pahsto: ببرک خان ځدراڼ; died ) was a Zadran chieftain who was the father of Said Akbar Babrak (assassin of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan) and of Mazrak Zadran (a rebel leader during the Afghan tr ...

(unknown – ) *

Mazrak Zadran Mazrak Khan Zadran ( 1900s – 1972) was a Zadran chieftain who fought against the Afghan government during the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 in order to support the restoration of King Amanullah Khan. Some sources render his first name a ...

( – 11 January 1947) * Abdulla Khan Jadran Yawan (as of 1969) *

Muhammad Umar Babrakzai Muhammad Umar Babrakzai ( 1980 – present) is the tribal chief of the Zadran tribe and Afghan jurist. Background and early life Babrakzai is the grandson of Babrak Khan, a previous Zadran chieftain who died in 1924 or 1925, though it's uncle ...

(bef. 1980 – present) It is unclear if Abdulla Khan Jadran Yawan is the immediate successor or predecessor of Mazrak Zadran and Muhammad Umar Babrakzai respectively, or if there were other chieftains between them.

Tribal tree

The known

tribal The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

tree for the Zadran tribe is: Moosa Khel was the father of three sons, Bakir Khel, Sounda Khel and Barkhudar Khel Bakir Khel was the father of Noor Kalia Khel Noor Kalia Khel was the father of Ismail Khel Ismail Khel was the father of Jaan Muhammad Khel Jaan Muhammad Khel was the father of two sons, Shah Muhammad Khan Zadran and Noor Muhammad Khan Zadran Noor Muhammad Khan had five sons 1 Sadiq Hussain Khan Zadran 2 Ashiq Hussain Khan Zadran 3 Izhaar Hussain Khan Zadran 4 Dildaar Hussain Khan Zadran 5 Afzaal Hussain Khan Zadran Afzaal Hussain Khan Zadran was the father of two sons 1 Iklaq Khan Zadran and 2 Umair Khan Zadran Umair Khan Zadran was the father of Muhammad Khan Zadran

Notable persons

Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy Major General Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi (born 1951) is an Afghan former military officer and politician. He was a prominent political figure in the government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, and played a notable role in the Saur Revoluti ...

, former

Afghan Afghan or Afgan may refer to: Related to Afghanistan *Afghans, historically refers to the Pashtun people. It is both an ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity wise, it refers to the Pashtuns. In modern terms, it means both the citizens of Afghanist ...

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and Politician *

Sayyid Akbar Babrak Said Akbar Babrak (; 1921 or 1922 – 16 October 1951) was an Afghan who assassinated the first Pakistani prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan in the city of Rawalpindi on 16 October 1951. Khan, who had become the country's prime minister immediately a ...

, assassin of the first Pakistani prime minister

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, a Zadran chieftain *

Sirajuddin Haqqani Sirajuddin Haqqani (, ; aliases '' Khalifa'' and Siraj Haqqani; born December 1979) is an Afghan leader who is the first deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting interior minister in the post-2021 Taliban regime. He has been a deputy lead ...

Anas Haqqani Anas Haqqani ( ; born ) is a leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban movement and was also a member of the Taliban's negotiation team in its political office in Doha, Qatar. He is the son of fighter warlord Jalaluddin Haqqan ...

Pacha Khan Zadran Pacha Khan Zadran () is a militia leader and a politician in the southeast of Afghanistan. He was a former anti-Soviet fighter and militia leader who played a role in driving the Taliban from Paktia Province in the 2001 invasion, with American back ...

Najeebullah Zadran Najibullah Zadran (; born 28 February 1993) is an Afghan cricketer and the vice captain of the Afghanistan Twenty20 International (T20I) side. Zadran is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off breaks. He made his international debut in Jul ...

Shapoor Zadran Shapoor Zadran (; born 8 July 1987) is an Afghan cricketer who currently plays for the national cricket team. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Early life Zadran was born on 8 July 1987 in Logar Province, Afghanistan. He was a refugee in P ...

Djelaludin Sharityar Djelaludin Sharityar () is an Afghan footballer who plays as a defender and was the captain of the Afghanistan national football team. He was a member of the national team from 2007 to 2015. His career started in 1998 in Germany when as a youth ...

Noor Ali Zadran Noor Ali Zadran (Pashto: نور علی ځدراڼ; born 10 July 1988) is a former Afghan cricketer who played for the Afghanistan national cricket team. Ali is a right-handed Batting (cricket), batsman and a right-arm Seam bowling, medium-fast ...

Dawlat Zadran Dawlat Zadran (; born 19 March 1988) is a former Afghan cricketer. Zadran is a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman, though he is better known for his bowling. He was born in Paktia Province. Career Zadran was a refugee in Peshawar ...

Ibrahim Zadran Ibrahim Zadran (; born 12 December 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019. He is the current vice-captain of Afghanistan Cricket Team in T20I cricket. Domestic career He mad ...

Haroon Zadran Harun (, ), also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun or Hamroun, is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron. Both are most likely of Egyptian origin, from '' ꜥḥꜣ rw'', meaning "warrior lion". ...

Mujeeb Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman Zadran (; born 28 March 2001) is an Afghan cricketer, who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. Two months after his international debut, at the age of 16 years and 325 days, he became the youngest player to take a ...

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List of chieftains

Tribal tree

Notable persons

See also

References

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