The Babai ( ps, بابئی) are a

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically r ...

tribe formerly known as Babi (). Their traditional primary homeland is in

Qalat, Zabul fa, قلات خلجی , nickname = , settlement_type = City , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size ...

, located in Southern Afghanistan and

Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the c ...

. They are a subtribe of the

Ghilji The Ghiljī ( ps, غلجي, ; fa, خیلجی, Xelji) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai or Ghilzay (), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes. Their traditional homeland is Ghazni and Qalati Ghilji in Afghanistan but they have also sett ...

Hotak clan of

people, largely settled in

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and

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. The tribe speaks the most archaic and soft dialect Pashto language, referred to as Kandahari

Pashto dialect Pashto dialects ( ps, د پښتو ژبګوټي də Pəx̌tó žәbgóṭi) can be divided into two large varieties: Northern Pashto and Southern Pashto. Each of the two varieties of Pashto is further divided into a number of dialects. Northern P ...

or the Southern Dialect. The rulers and nawabs of Junagadh State, India, belonged to the Babai tribe.

Notables

*Muhammad Dilawar Khanji Babi, 14th Governor of Sindh, Pakistan, and

Nawab Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi , Sindhi, Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...

of Junagadh State *Abdul Aziz Khan Babi, Khan of Babi Tribe & possessor of Mahal (Jo-e-Babi),

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of th ...

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...

* Parveen Babi, Indian actress *

Basir Babai Basir is an Iranian laser-guided, 155 mm high explosive artillery shell designed to destroy enemy tanks, vehicles and other moving or non-moving targets with high precision. These shells were unveiled on January 30, 2012, on the first day of t ...

, News reporter of

Radio Television Afghanistan National Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA; ps, ''Da Afġanistan Mīlī Radīo Telvizoon'', fa, ''Rādīo Telvizoon-e Mīlī-e Afġānestān'', branded as ملی (meaning ''national'')) is the public-broadcasting organization of Afghanista ...

's Balkh province branch

References

Ethnic groups in Zabul Province Pashto-language surnames Pakistani names {{asia-ethno-group-stub

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