The Dilazak ( ps, دلزاک) is 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, primarily living in
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
History
The Dilazak originally dwelled in eastern
Afghanistan
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. They were among the earliest Pashtun tribes to have migrated to present-day northwestern Pakistan. The Dilazak expelled or subdued the local inhabitants of the area. According to
Aain-i-Akbari (Written around 1590 CE), the Dilazak were the only
Pashtun tribe that possessed lands in
Hazara Qaarlugh.
Around 1520, another Pashtun tribe, the
Yousafzai, was expelled from
Kabul
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by
Mirza Ulugh Beg
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh ( chg, میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہ رخ, fa, میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاہ رخ), better known as Ulugh Beg () (22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449), was a Timurid sultan, as ...
(March 22, 1394 in
Sultaniyeh (
Persia
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) – October 27, 1449 (
Samarkand
fa, سمرقند
, native_name_lang =
, settlement_type = City
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, image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...
)), a
Timurid ruler and paternal uncle of the Mughal Emperor
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. The Yusufzai migrated to
Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
valley where they sought and received help from the Dilazak. Later, the relationships between the two tribes deteriorated and a long war ensued. 20 years later, at the battle of
Katlang, the
Yousafzai pushed the Dilazak east of the
Indus River
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under the leadership of
Malik Ahmed Khan.
["The Kingdom of Afghanistan - A Historical Sketch" by G.P.Tate (1911), Reproduced by 'Indus Publications' (1973) Page 12 (Foot Note)]
Return under Shahjahan
Most of the Dilazak returned during the reign of the Mughal King
Shah ab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram alias Shah Jahan (Ruler of the Worlds) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666), and settled in parts of
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province and
Punjab Province of
Pakistan
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in their old lands.
Saleh Khan and Sher Muhammad Khan settled with their family in
Sara-e-Saleh and Tir, both in
Haripur District of
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
.
References
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External links
Dilazak.org
Karlani Pashtun tribes
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