History of Pashtuns and related people
Iranica articles on Afghans.
1- AFŻAL KHAN ḴAṬAK – Encyclopaedia Iranica
(b. 1075/1664-65), chief of the Khattak tribe, Pashto poet, and author of Tārīkh-emoraṣṣaʿ.
2-ŠĒR MOḤAMMAD KHAN –GANDAPUR Encyclopaedia Iranica
. Mehrdād Khan b. Āzād Khan, author of the Persian Tawārīh-e ḵoršīd-e jahān, an important chronicle containing genealogical accounts and tables of Pashtun/Paxtun tribal groups.
3- AHMAD YĀDGĀR – Encyclopaedia Iranica
10th/16th century historian of the Afghans in India
4- ****ĀPŪR – Encyclopaedia Iranica
5-TARZI, MAHMUD – Encyclopaedia Iranica
(1865-1933), writer,journalist, politician, and a prominent figure in Afghanistan in the first quarter of the 20th century. Tarzi was hailed as the "father of journalism" and oversaw the bi-monthly Serāj al-aḵbār, for which he wrote most of the articles, and was a translator of Turkish, an essayist, and a poet.
6- ANGLO-AFGHAN WARS – Encyclopaedia Iranica
7- BARĒCH – Encyclopaedia Iranica
a Pashtun tribe in southern Afghanistan.
8- BAHTĪĀRĪS of AFGHANISTAN – Encyclopaedia Iranica
two small Pashtō-speaking groups in the eastern part of the Irano-Afghan area bearing the name Baktīārī or Baktīār.
1- AFŻAL KHAN ḴAṬAK – Encyclopaedia Iranica
(b. 1075/1664-65), chief of the Khattak tribe, Pashto poet, and author of Tārīkh-emoraṣṣaʿ.
2-ŠĒR MOḤAMMAD KHAN –GANDAPUR Encyclopaedia Iranica
. Mehrdād Khan b. Āzād Khan, author of the Persian Tawārīh-e ḵoršīd-e jahān, an important chronicle containing genealogical accounts and tables of Pashtun/Paxtun tribal groups.
3- AHMAD YĀDGĀR – Encyclopaedia Iranica
10th/16th century historian of the Afghans in India
4- ****ĀPŪR – Encyclopaedia Iranica
5-TARZI, MAHMUD – Encyclopaedia Iranica
(1865-1933), writer,journalist, politician, and a prominent figure in Afghanistan in the first quarter of the 20th century. Tarzi was hailed as the "father of journalism" and oversaw the bi-monthly Serāj al-aḵbār, for which he wrote most of the articles, and was a translator of Turkish, an essayist, and a poet.
6- ANGLO-AFGHAN WARS – Encyclopaedia Iranica
7- BARĒCH – Encyclopaedia Iranica
a Pashtun tribe in southern Afghanistan.
8- BAHTĪĀRĪS of AFGHANISTAN – Encyclopaedia Iranica
two small Pashtō-speaking groups in the eastern part of the Irano-Afghan area bearing the name Baktīārī or Baktīār.
9- ARMY vi. In Afghanistan from 1919 – Encyclopaedia Iranica
Using Turkish advisers,
Amānallāh Khan (r.
1919-29) unsuccessfully tried to create a nationalist-oriented army.
10- ĀZĀD KHAN AFḠĀN – Encyclopaedia Iranica
(d. 1781), a major contender for supremacy in western Iran after the death of Nāder Shah Afšār (r.1736-47).
11-DORRĀNĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
probably the most numerous Pashtun tribal confederation, from which all Afghan dynasties since 1747 have come. The Dorrānī confederation is a political grouping of ten Pashtun tribes of various sizes, which are further organized in two leagues of five tribes each.
2- DAWTĀNĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
Most Dawtānī nomads wintered in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, in either southern Waziristan or Dērajāt. A minority wintered in southern Afghanistan, mainly in the Qandahār oasis, where some owned houses, or in the middle Helmand valley. From a social geographical point of view, four different subgroups can thus be distinguished.
13- DAWLATZĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
14- CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN – Encyclopaedia Iranica
15- AFRĪDĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
16- KANDAHAR iv. From The Mongol Invasion – Encyclopaedia Iranica
17- ESHĀQZĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
18- COMMUNISM iv. In Afghanistan – Encyclopaedia Iranica
19- [URL="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/betani"]BĒTANĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
a Pashtun tribe on theeastern edge of the Solaymān mountains. The recent history of the Bēṭanī has been largely determined by the land that they now inhabit, adjacent to the plains of the middle Indus and the Wazīr uplands.
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20- BĀRAKZĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
21- BANGASH – Encyclopaedia Iranica
22- GILZĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica
Mir Mast Afridi on extreme left, with other pashtun soldiers in Iraq 1915. They were part of the mission for kabul comprising of german and ottoman diplomatic personnel, to convince emir of afghanistan to join the central powers.
Mir mast along with some other afridi soldiers had deserted british army in france and switched over to germany side in support of ottomans. Germany awarded him iron cross, in tit for tat British awarded victoria cross to his brother Mir Dast.
