All tribes and clans.

Tribe · Yusufzai

The Akozai descend in tradition from Akko, son of Yusuf, and hold both banks of the Swat river; the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes calls them the Upper and Lower Swatis. Their divisions include the Ranizai, Khwajazai and Baizai.

Clan · Turi

The Ali are one of the five Turi clans named by Bellew.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Ali Khel are an eastern Ghilzai tribe. The Makhzan-i Afghani makes Ali a son of Haijub, and Bellew places the tribe in the Isap branch with the Sulaiman Khel and Aka Khel.

Clan · Panni

The Ali Khel are a Panni group of Bori and Musa Khel in Loralai, separate from the Ali Khel of the Ghilzai.

Clan · Shinwari

The Ali Sher Khel are one of the four Shinwari divisions named by Ibbetson and Bellew.

Tribe · Abdali (Durrani)

The Alikozai are a Zirak Durrani tribe of the Arghandab, Jaldak, Panjwai and Zamindawar. Bellew gives their sections as Kaso, Sarkani and Ziyura.

Tribe · Abdali (Durrani)

The Alizai are a Panjpai Durrani tribe of Zamindawar and the Helmand.

Clan · Mahsud

The Alizai are one of the three Mahsud branches given by the Imperial Gazetteer.

Clan · Orakzai

The Alizai are one of the Orakzai clans, separate from the Alizai of the Durrani.

Clan · Tor Tarin

The Alizai are the Tor Tarin of Duki, with four sections: Malezai, Muhammadzai, Bahlolzai and Hanzarzai.

Clan

The Alozai descend in tradition from Alozye, one of the twelve sons of Kasi, and the Khulasat al-Ansab places them on the borders of the Brahui country.

Clan · Mandanr

The Amazai are one of the two divisions of the Usmanzai Mandanr.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Andar are a Ghilzai tribe of Shilgar, around Sharana south of Ghazni. Bellew places them in the Musa branch of the eastern Ghilzai.

Clan · Babar

The Anjar are one of the two divisions of the Babar, named with the Sanjar in the Makhzan-i Afghani.

Clan · Hotak

The Arab are one of the four Hotak divisions given by Bellew and the Khulasat al-Ansab.

Clan · Sanzar Khel

The Arabi Khel are a section of the Sanzar Khel Kakar, divided into the Hamzazai and Maryam Khel.

Clan · Utman Khel

The Asil Khel are one of the two main clans of the Utman Khel named by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Sherani

The Babar hold the plains around Chaudhwan in Dera Ismail Khan, with a hill section beyond the Sulaimans, and some were pawindah traders. In the Makhzan-i Afghani Baber is a son of Haripal, grandson of Sherani. The tribe has two divisions, the Anjar and Sanjar.

Tribe

The Babi are a trading people of Kandahar city and Kalat, descended in tradition from Babi, son of Ghurghusht. Longworth Dames says they are mixed with the Durrani. The Khulasat al-Ansab gives four clans, Mir, Kato, Pir and Azrail.

Clan · Chamkani

The Bada Khel are one of the four Chamkani clans listed in the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes.

Clan · Barech

The Badalzai are one of the three surviving Barech divisions at Shorawak.

Clan · Yusufzai

The Badi Khel are a Yusufzai division that the Khulasat al-Ansab and Rose record as extinct.

Clan · Mahsud

The Bahlolzai are one of the three Mahsud branches given by the Imperial Gazetteer.

Clan · Marwat

The Bahram are one of the five Marwat clans named by Ibbetson.

Clan · Bangash

The Baizai are the Bangash of Kohat, descended from Bai, son of Sulaiman, and belong to the Gar faction.

Clan · Mohmand

The Baizai are one of the main clans of the Bar Mohmand.

Clan · Akozai

The Baizai are an Akozai division of Lundkhwar and the eastern hills. Their septs are the Abba Khel, Aziz Khel, Babozai, Matorezai, Musa Khel and Zangi Khel.

Clan · Sherani

The Bakhtiar live with the Mian Khel at Draban, with a section at Margha, and were among the pawindah traders. The Makhzan-i Afghani traces them to Sayyid Abu Said, nicknamed Bakhtiar, who was raised among the Sherani; the Khulasat al-Ansab names him Seid Habib.

Tribe

The Bangash hold Kohat, the Miranzai valley and lower Kurram: Upper Bangash is Kurram and Lower Bangash is Kohat. The Nawabs of Farrukhabad were Bangash. Rose's table traces them from Kakai through Sulaiman to Bai and Malik Mir, and they split into the Gar and Samil factions.

Tribe

The Bannuchi are the people of central Bannu, between the Kurram and Tochi rivers. Ibbetson calls them the descendants of Shitak, a Kakai Karlanri, by his wife Bannu.

Clan · Khattak

The Barak are a Khattak division listed by Bellew and the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes.

Tribe · Abdali (Durrani)

The Barakzai are a Zirak Durrani tribe of Kandahar, the Helmand and the Arghandab, descended in tradition from Barik, son of Abdal. Their Muhammadzai section supplied Afghanistan's rulers from 1826 into the 1970s.

Tribe

The Barech are the tribe of Shorawak, descended in tradition from Baraich, son of Sharkhbun. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Baraich two sons, Davudnagh and Hossain; the Khulasat al-Ansab names the three divisions that survive at Shorawak, the Badalzai, Zakozai and Mandozai.

Clan · Khalil

The Barozai are one of the four Khalil clans named by Ibbetson.

Tribe

The Bhittani hold the hills on the western border of Tank and Bannu, from the Gabbar to the Gomal, and part of the Tank plain. They carry Bitan's name as his male-line descendants. Bellew and the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes divide them into the Tatta, Dhanna and Warashpun.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Bitan (Batni in Dorn's translation) is the second son of Qais in the traditional genealogy. His male line is the Bhittani tribe. Through his daughter Bibi Matu and her husband Shah Husain of Ghor come the Ghilzai, Lodi and Sarwani, known together as the Matti.

Clan · Khattak

The Bulaq are a Khattak division that includes the Saghri and their Bangi Khel sept.

Confederation · Ghilzai

Burhan, also called Ibrahim, is the eastern half of the Ghilzai. Bellew divides it into two great branches, Isap and Musa. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Ibrahim's sons as Haijub and Sahbak, read as Husab and Sahak by the Khulasat al-Ansab and Elphinstone.

Clan · Malizai

The Chagharzai are a Malizai section of the Yusufzai.

Tribe · Ghoria Khel

The Chamkani live in north-eastern Kurram, at Kaniguram and around Peshawar. The Khulasat al-Ansab makes Chamkani a son of Ghori, and the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes gives the clans as Khani Khel, Khwaja Khel, Bada Khel and Haji (Para) Khel.

Clan · Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)

The Charsadda are one of the eight clans of the Muhammadzai of Hashtnagar listed by Ibbetson.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Dani is a son of Ghurghusht in the traditional genealogy. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives his sons as Kakar, Naghar, Dawi and Panni.

Tribe · Wazir

The Darwesh Khel are the Wazir of North Waziristan, Wana and the Bannu border, descended from Musa Darwesh. The Imperial Gazetteer divides them into two main sections, the Utmanzai and Ahmadzai.

Tribe · Ghoria Khel

The Daudzai live on the left bank of the Kabul river near Peshawar, down to its junction with the Bara. In the traditional genealogy Daud is a brother of Mohmand. Ibbetson gives the clans as Mandkai, Mamur and Yusuf, with the Mandkai divided into Husain, Nekai and Balo.

Clan · Hotak

The Daulat are one of the four Hotak divisions given by Bellew and the Khulasat al-Ansab.

Tribe · Lohani

The Daulat Khel are a Lohani tribe of Tank. Ibbetson records that the Nawab of Tank is of their Katti Khel section.

Ancestor in the genealogy · Ghoria Khel

Daulatyar is a son of Ghori in the Makhzan-i Afghani and in Bellew, and the father of Mohmand and Daud.

Clan · Malizai

The Daulatzai are a Malizai section of the Yusufzai.

Clan · Orakzai

The Daulatzai are an Orakzai clan that includes the Shia Muhammad Khel.

Tribe

The Daur live in the Tochi valley of North Waziristan, in two divisions: the Tapi of Lower Dawar and the Mali of Upper Dawar. The Khulasat al-Ansab names Dur among Shitak's descendants.

Clan · Mohmand

The Dawezai are one of the clans that the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes calls affiliated to the Mohmand.

Tribe

The Dawi descend in tradition from Dawi, son of Dani, and live around Kandahar; Longworth Dames says they are mixed with the Kakar. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Dawi's sons as Damar, Haniar and Khovandi.

Clan · Panni

The Dehpal are a Panni tribe of Sibi, descended in tradition from Dahpal, son of Panni.

Clan · Bhittani

The Dhanna are one of the three Bhittani divisions counted by Bellew and the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes, said to descend from slaves of Tajin.

Tribe

The Dilazak once held the whole Peshawar valley. The Yusufzai and Ghoria Khel drove them out and Jahangir deported them, leaving remnants in Hazara, Attock and Chach; Caroe calls the tribe extinct. The Makhzan-i Afghani and the Khulasat al-Ansab count Dilazak as a son of Kodai.

Clan · Turi

The Dopa are one of the five Turi clans named by Bellew.

Tribe · Lodi

The Dotani are a pawindah tribe of the Warrah valley, between the Wazir hills and the Gomal, and the third division of the Lodi. The Khulasat al-Ansab places them in the fort of Arankah near Kaniguram.

Clan · Sanzar Khel

The Dumar are a tribe of Sanjawi who claim descent from the Sanzar Khel through Dum.

Clan · Kakar

Farmuli appears among the sons of Kakar in the Makhzan-i Afghani, which elsewhere rejects the Farmuli as non-Afghan.

Clan · Iliaszai

The Gadaizai are an Iliaszai section of western Buner.

Tribe · Panni

The Gadun (Jadun) live south-east of the Peshawar and Hazara border, on Mahaban and in the Dor valley up to Abbottabad and Dhamtaur; those in Hazara had lost Pashto. The Khulasat al-Ansab and Caroe place them under Panni, and Rose gives their clans as Salar, Mansur and Hassanzai.

Clan · Ushtarani

The Gagalzai are one of the two main clans of the Ushtarani.

Tribe · Ushtarani

The Gandapur are a tribe of Kulachi and Rori in Dera Ismail Khan and were among the pawindah traders. Rose calls them a Sayyid tribe of Ushtarani stock and lists Gandapur among the descendants of Hannar, ancestor of the Ushtarani proper; he adds that they began as a Sherani section. A small colony of Shaikhs, the Zarkanni, lives among them.

Tribe

The Gharshin are a Sayyid group of Loralai and Dera Ghazi Khan, adopted into the Miana line. The Makhzan-i Afghani names Gharshin as Miana's adopted son, and the Loralai gazetteer traces them to Sayyid Ishaq and a Shirani woman.

Tribes

The Ghilzai (Pashto غلجي, Ghəljī, also Ghalzai) are one of the three great Pashtun confederations of Afghanistan, about two-fifths of the country's Pashtuns, living between Kandahar, Ghazni, Kabul and the Durand Line; their Hotak tribe ruled Kandahar from 1709 to 1738 and Persia from 1722 to 1729.

Confederation

The Ghoria Khel are the descendants of Ghori (Ghura), son of Gond, who moved from the headwaters of the Tarnak and Arghasan to the Peshawar plain south of the Kabul river. Bellew gives four divisions: Daulatyar (the Mohmand and Daudzai), Khalil, Chamkani and Zirani. The Khulasat al-Ansab says Ghori was first named Ibrahim.

Tribes

The Gharghasht (غرغښت) are one of the main Pashtun genealogical branches, traced to Ghurghusht, third son of Qais Abdur Rashid; they include the Kakar, Panni, Mando Khel, Babai, Naghar and Dawai, with the Safi and Jadoon (Gadun) often placed among them.

Tribe · Khakhay

The Gigiani live in the Doaba, the angle between the Kabul and Swat rivers, in two sections, Hotak and Zirak. The Makhzan-i Afghani makes Gigiani a son of Sheikha (Khakhay).

Ancestor in the genealogy

Gond (Kand) is a son of Kharshbun in the traditional genealogy. Ibbetson divides his descendants, whom he calls the Kandahar colony, into the Ghoria Khel and the Khakhay.

Clan · Turi

The Gundi are one of the five Turi clans named by Bellew.

Tribe · Wazir

The Gurbuz are a Wazir tribe west of the Khost range and north of the Dawar. Bellew gives two sections, Nasiri and Khari, and Caroe names their ancestor Mubarik.

Clan · Chamkani

The Haji Khel are one of the four Chamkani clans listed in the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes.

Clan · Sherani

The Haripal are a Sherani section living south of the Sherani proper. In the Makhzan-i Afghani Haripal is a son of Char, and his sons are Omar, Seidani, Baber and Miani.

Clan · Tor Tarin

The Harunzai of Pishin descend in tradition from Harun, son of Babu. They include the Batezai, hereditary governors of Pishin. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Harun nine sons, among them Karbala and the adopted Seidzai.

Clan · Isazai

The Hasanzai are one of the three Isazai clans of the Black Mountain and Mahaban.

Clan · Gadun

The Hassanzai are one of the three Gadun clans listed by Rose, separate from the Hasanzai of the Isazai Yusufzai.

Tribe

The Honai are a Sayyid group counted in the Karlanri line. The Makhzan-i Afghani makes Hani a son of Kodai and also a son of Sayyid Muhammad Gisudaraz by a Karlanri wife, and Ibbetson calls them an affiliated tribe of Sayyid origin. The Khulasat al-Ansab places them among the Khattak on the hill of Nilab, and Rose with the Mangal in Kurram and Kohat.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Hotak are a western Ghilzai tribe of Kalat-i Ghilzai and Kandahar, and the tribe of Mir Wais. Bellew gives their divisions as Malikyar, Yusuf, Daulat and Arab, and places Mir Wais in the Shah Alam khel under the Malikyar.

Clan · Sanzar Khel

The Huramzai, the Makhzan-i Afghani's Haramzye, are one of the twelve sections of the Sanzar Khel Kakar.

Tribe · Yusufzai

The Iliaszai are the Yusufzai of western Buner, descended in tradition from Elias, son of Yusuf. They include the Salarzai and Gadaizai; the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes also names Panjpai and Nasuzai sections.

Clan · Niazi

The Isa Khel are the Niazi of Isa Khel tahsil, descended in the Makhzan-i Afghani from Isakhail, son of Jam.

Tribe · Yusufzai

The Isazai are the Yusufzai of the Black Mountain and Mahaban, descended in tradition from Isa, son of Yusuf. Their clans are the Hasanzai, Madakhel and Akazai.

Clan · Tarkalani

The Isazai of Bajaur are a Tarkalani clan listed in the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes, separate from the Isazai of the Yusufzai.

Tribe · Abdali (Durrani)

The Ishaqzai are a Panjpai Durrani tribe of the Helmand, Sistan and Farah, also known as the Sahak or Sakzai.

Clan · Khalil

The Ishaqzai are one of the four Khalil clans named by Ibbetson.

Ancestor in the genealogy · Lodi

Ismail, son of Siani, is the father of Sur, Lohani and Mahpal in the Makhzan-i Afghani.

Clan · Orakzai

The Ismailzai are one of the Orakzai clans.

Clan · Panni

The Isot are a Panni tribe of Musa Khel tahsil. The Loralai gazetteer calls Isot a son of Panni, brother of Kakar.

Clan · Sulaiman Khel

The Jabar Khel are a Sulaiman Khel section named by Encyclopaedia Iranica with the Ahmadzai. Their place within the tribe, sometimes given under the Ahmadzai, is unconfirmed.

Tribe

The Jafar live on the Dera Ghazi Khan border of Musa Khel tahsil, at Draug. The Makhzan-i Afghani names Jafar as a son of Miana.

Tribe · Khugiani (Karlanri)

The Jaji (Zazi) live in Hariob and the Alikhel tract of upper Kurram. The Khulasat al-Ansab names Zazi among the khels of Khoghi, and Caroe follows it.

Clan · Sherani

The Jalwani are a Sherani section living south of the Sherani proper. The Makhzan-i Afghani names Jalvani as a son of Char.

Clan · Bhittani

Kajin is a Bhittani ancestor whose descendants, according to Rose, make up most of the tribe. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives his sons as Kais, Bashakkani and Dodari, with three adopted "home-born slaves".

Clan · Khattak

The Kaka Khel are a holy section of the Khattak, descended from the saint Shaikh Rahim Kar.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Kakai (Gughi in Dorn's text) is the second son of Karlanri in the traditional genealogy. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives him no descendants; the Khulasat al-Ansab gives him two sons, Sulaiman and Shitak, the ancestors of the Wazir, Bangash and Bannuchi.

Tribe

The Kakar are a Ghurghusht tribe of Zhob, Bori, Pishin, Quetta and Hindubagh, with colonies at Kandahar and in Hindustan. In the traditional genealogy Kakar is a son of Dani, and the Makhzan-i Afghani gives him 24 sons, among them Togruk, Targhari, Musazye and the Sayyid Taren. The Sanzar Khel are the best-recorded branch.

Clan · Mandanr

The Kamalzai are one of the two divisions of the Usmanzai Mandanr.

Clan · Afridi

The Kamar Khel are an Afridi clan of the Safed Koh spurs between Maidan and the Bara.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Karlanri (Karlan) is the ancestor of the hill tribes from the Khyber and Tirah through Kohat, Kurram, Khost and Waziristan to Bannu. In the tradition given in Lee's copy of the Makhzan-i Afghani and in the Khulasat al-Ansab he was a foundling, taken in by a man of Ormur's tribe in exchange for an iron pot (karahi), which is said to explain the name. His sons were Kodai and Kakai.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Kasi (Kansi) is a son of Kharshbun in the Makhzan-i Afghani, which gives him twelve sons, the Shinwari among them. His descendants include the Kasi of Quetta and the Shinwari of Nangarhar and the Khyber.

Tribe

The Kasi of Quetta are the tribe that carries Kasi's name.

Clan · Alikozai

The Kaso are one of the three Alikozai sections given by Bellew.

Clan

Katani is a son of Zamand in the Makhzan-i Afghani. The Khulasat al-Ansab describes his descendants as scattered.

Confederation

The Khakhay are the descendants of Khakhay, son of Gond, whom the Makhzan-i Afghani calls Sheikha. They hold the northern Peshawar valley, Swat, Buner and Bajaur, and include the Yusufzai, Mandanr, Tarkalani and Gigiani.

Tribe · Ghoria Khel

The Khalil hold the Peshawar plain facing the Khyber, on the left bank of the lower Bara, with some families at Kandahar. Ibbetson names four clans: Matuzai, Barozai, Ishaqzai and Tilarzai. The 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes says they are of the same origin as the Mohmand.

Clan · Chamkani

The Khani Khel are one of the four Chamkani clans listed in the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes.

Clan · Khugiani (Karlanri)

The Kharbun are one of Bellew's three divisions of the Khugiani.

Clan · Gurbuz

The Khari are one of Bellew's two Gurbuz sections.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Kharoti live at Paltu and Dwa Gomal, around Urgun and along the western slopes of the Sulaimans to Katawaz, and many were pawindah traders. Encyclopaedia Iranica counts them among the western Ghilzai under Turan.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Kharshbun is a son of Sarban in the traditional genealogy and the ancestor of the eastern Afghans of the Peshawar valley and the hills to its north. The Khulasat al-Ansab says his name was Khair-ud-Din. In the Makhzan-i Afghani his sons are Gond, Jamand and Kasi.

Clan · Panni

The Khatani are described by the Makhzan-i Afghani as descended from the family of Panni. They are a different group from the non-Afghan Khatani "from Khata" that the Makhzan rejects.

Tribe

The Khattak live around Teri and Chauntra in Kohat, at Akora on the south-eastern Peshawar plain, at Makhad and Jamalgarhi, and in Bannu. Their ancestor Luqman was surnamed Khattak, and the Khulasat al-Ansab counts Khattak as the fifth son of Kodai. Their divisions include the Turman, Bulaq and Barak, with the holy Kaka Khel.

Tribe

The Kheshgi descend in tradition from Khuishki, son of Zamand. They moved from Kalat and the Tarnak to Kasur, where they were called Kasuria Pathans, and to Ghorband. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Khuishki six sons.

Tribe

The Khetran are the people of Barkhan in Loralai. The Khulasat al-Ansab and Caroe place them among the descendants of Kasi, and the Loralai gazetteer describes them as of very mixed race, probably Jat in the majority.

Tribe

The Khostwal are the people of Khost. Longworth Dames groups them with the Daur and Bannuchi as probably the Shitak, and Bellew lists their sections.

Clan · Dawi

The Khovandi are a Sayyid line adopted into the Dawi. The Makhzan-i Afghani lists Khovandi among Dawi's sons and among the Sayyids numbered with the Pathans.

Clan · Marwat

The Khuda Khel are one of the five Marwat clans named by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Abdali (Durrani)

The Khugiani of the Kandahar region are one of the five Panjpai clans of the Durrani. They are a separate group from the Karlanri Khugiani of Nangarhar.

Tribe

The Khugiani of Nangarhar live on the Safed Koh slopes around Gandamak and in Kunar, with some at Kandahar. The Khulasat al-Ansab traces them to Khoghi, son of Kodai, and lists his khels as Abd-ur-Rahman, Shirzad, Mandozai, Kharbari, Turi and Zazi. Bellew gives three divisions, Wazir (Laili), Kharbun and Sherzad.

Clan · Mohmand

The Khwaezai are one of the main clans of the Bar Mohmand.

Clan · Chamkani

The Khwaja Khel are one of the four Chamkani clans listed in the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes.

Clan · Akozai

The Khwajazai are an Akozai division living between the Swat and Panjkora rivers.

Clan · Sanzar Khel

The Kibzai are one of the twelve sections of the Sanzar Khel Kakar.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Kodai (Kodi) is a son of Karlanri in the traditional genealogy. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives him seven sons, including Dilazak, Wardak and Orakzai. The Khulasat al-Ansab's seven sons by two wives are Otman, Dilazak, Varokzye, Mani, Khattak, Mangholi and Khoghi, ancestors of the Utman Khel, Orakzai, Afridi, Khattak, Mangal and Khugiani.

Clan · Bhittani

The Koti are a Sayyid clan affiliated to the Bhittani. The Makhzan-i Afghani counts them as the adopted son of a Sayyid (Seidzadeh) taken in by Ibrahim, and lists them among the Sayyids numbered with the Pathans.

Clan · Afridi

The Kuki Khel are an Afridi clan holding the Khyber from its eastern mouth to Ali Masjid, and spending the summer at Rajgal.

Clan · Mohmand

The Kukozai are one of the clans that the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes calls affiliated to the Mohmand.

Clan · Sulaiman Khel

The Kulunder Khel are a clan of the southern Sulaiman Khel described by Elphinstone.

Tribe · Niazi

The Kundi of Tank, on the Suheli stream, claim descent from the ancestor of the Niazi.

Clan · Wazir

The Laili Wazir live among the Khugiani on the northern slopes of the Safed Koh. Bellew counts them as one of the two Wazir divisions but calls them entirely distinct from the Wazir proper.

Clan · Orakzai

The Lashkarzai are one of the Orakzai clans.

Confederation

The Lodi descend in the traditional genealogy from Ibrahim Lodi, a son of Bibi Matu and Shah Husain of Ghor. They once held the Ghazni hills and the plains of Tank and the Daman, and many moved to Hindustan under the Lodi and Sur dynasties. Their three divisions are the Niazi, Siani and Dotani.

Tribe · Lodi

The Lohani moved from Katawaz to Tank, the Daman of Dera Ismail Khan and Lakki. Ibbetson names four great Lohani tribes: the Marwat, Daulat Khel, Mian Khel and Tator.

Tribe

The Luni are a tribe of Duki in Loralai, descended in tradition from Lorni, son of Miana. The Loralai gazetteer gives their divisions as Drugzai, Palao and Rakhanwal, records that they call themselves Durrani, and names the Laths and Patozai among them as aliens.

Clan · Isazai

The Madakhel are one of the three Isazai clans of the Black Mountain and Mahaban.

Tribe · Wazir

The Mahsud hold central and South Waziristan around Kaniguram and Makin. They claim descent from Mahsud, son of Mahmud, son of Khizri, son of Wazir, and the Imperial Gazetteer gives three branches, Alizai, Shaman Khel and Bahlolzai.

Clan · Abdali (Durrani)

The Maku are a small Panjpai Durrani clan of Kandahar.

Clan · Daur

The Mali are the Daur division of Upper Dawar in the Tochi valley.

Clan · Afridi

The Malikdin Khel are an Afridi clan of the Kajuri plain and Tirah.

Clan · Hotak

The Malikyar are one of the four Hotak divisions given by Bellew and the Khulasat al-Ansab.

Tribe · Yusufzai

The Malizai are the Yusufzai of eastern Buner, Dir and the Panjkora. They include the Daulatzai, Chagharzai and Nurizai. The Khulasat al-Ansab's Matizai may be the same group, though the identification is unconfirmed.

Clan · Tarkalani

The Mamund are a Tarkalani clan of Bajaur. The Khulasat al-Ansab calls their ancestor Mahmud, known as Momund; they are a different people from the Mohmand of the Ghoria Khel.

Tribe · Khakhay

The Mandanr hold the Yusufzai plain of Mardan and Swabi, Chamla, and Gandgarh in Hazara. In the Makhzan-i Afghani their ancestor Mandar was a son of Omar who married his uncle Yusuf's daughter, and so was also called Yusufzai. Their clans are the Usmanzai, Utmanzai, Razar and Saddozai.

Tribe

The Mandokhel live along the Zhob river and descend in tradition from Mandu, the third son of Ghurghusht.

Clan · Barech

The Mandozai are one of the three surviving Barech divisions at Shorawak.

Clan · Shinwari

The Mandozai are one of the four Shinwari divisions named by Ibbetson and Bellew.

Tribe

The Mangal hold the Chamkani valley and Hariob in Paktia, towards Zurmat, and earlier lived in Bannu. The Khulasat al-Ansab counts Mangholi as a son of Kodai and the ancestor of the Muqbil and Zadran. The sources agree on the Mangal's place under Kodai.

Clan · Gadun

The Mansur are one of the three Gadun clans listed by Rose.

Clan · Panni

The Marghazani are a Panni tribe of Musa Khel tahsil, descended in tradition from Murghzani, son of Panni.

Tribe · Lohani

The Marwat are the tribe of Lakki Marwat in Bannu. The Makhzan-i Afghani makes Marwat a son of Lohani by his second wife, Shiri. Ibbetson gives the clans as Musa Khel, Acha Khel, Khuda Khel, Bahram and Tapi.

Tribe · Kakar

The Mashwani are a Sayyid tribe of Srikot and Gandgarh in Hazara and of Bajaur, said to have come from Masharahrud between Shorawak and Baluchistan. The Makhzan-i Afghani traces them to Sayyid Muhammad Gisudaraz by a Kakar wife and counts them with the Kakar.

Clan · Orakzai

The Massozai (Mamuzai) are one of the Orakzai clans.

Clan · Turi

The Mastu are one of the five Turi clans named by Bellew.

Clan · Mohmand

The Matanni are one of the Plain Mohmand sections south-west of Peshawar listed by Ibbetson.

Clan · Khalil

The Matuzai are one of the four Khalil clans named by Ibbetson.

Clan · Mohmand

The Mayazai are one of the Plain Mohmand sections south-west of Peshawar listed by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Lohani

The Mian Khel are a Lohani tribe of Draban in Dera Ismail Khan, in two sections, Draban and Musa Khel. The Bakhtiar are affiliated to them.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Miana is a son of Sharkhbun in the traditional genealogy. The Makhzan-i Afghani places his descendants on "Mount Kiseh" in the Sulaimans east of the Sherani and gives him twelve sons, among them Lorni (Luni) and Jafar, and an adopted son, Gharshin.

Clan · Sherani

The Miani are a pawindah clan of the Sherani in the Gomal valley.

Clan · Bangash

The Miranzai, or Malik Miri, are the Bangash descended from Malik Mir, son of Sulaiman, and belong to the Gar faction.

Clan · Afridi

The Miri Khel were an Afridi clan later merged with the Malikdin Khel and Aka Khel.

Clan · Afridi

The Mita Khel were an Afridi clan deported by Jahangir and no longer found.

Tribe · Ghoria Khel

The Mohmand hold the hills north-west of Peshawar between the Kabul and Swat rivers, around Lalpura and Gandab, and lowland south-west of Peshawar south of the Bara. The two groups are the Bar (hill) Mohmand and the Plain Mohmand, whose sections Ibbetson gives as Mayazai, Musazai, Dawezai, Matanni and Sarganni. Bellew divides the tribe into the Darani and Khatuni.

Clan · Barakzai

The Muhammadzai are the Barakzai section that supplied Afghanistan's rulers from 1826 into the 1970s.

Tribe

The Muhammadzai are the tribe of Hashtnagar around Charsadda, descended in tradition from Mohammed, son of Zamand. Ibbetson lists their clans as Prang, Charsadda, Razar, Utmanzai, Turangzai, Umarzai, Sherpao and Tangi; the Khulasat al-Ansab gives the divisions Eliaszai, Barenzai and Banuzai.

Tribe · Mangal

The Muqbil live on the Kurram border and in Khost. The Khulasat al-Ansab and Caroe place them under Mangholi (Mangal).

Clan · Kakar

The Musa Khel of the Kakar, the Makhzan-i Afghani's Musazye, live south and west of Shilgar and are a different group from the Musa Khel of the Panni. Rose says they descend from an Andar woman.

Clan · Marwat

The Musa Khel are one of the five Marwat clans named by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Panni

The Musa Khel are the Panni tribe of Musa Khel tahsil in Loralai, descended in tradition from Musa, son of Panni. Their clans are the Bel Khel and Laharzai.

Clan · Mohmand

The Musazai are one of the Plain Mohmand sections south-west of Peshawar listed by Ibbetson.

Clan · Niazi

The Mushani are a Niazi clan of the Khaku branch, living north of the Isa Khel country.

Tribe

The Naghar descend in tradition from Naghar, son of Dani. They lived between the Kakar and the Baloch near Dera Ghazi Khan, and most emigrated to India. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Naghar six sons: Palkath, Maru, Chand, Salani, Randak and Damas.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Nasir are a nomadic tribe with no fixed country, wintering in the Derajat and spending the summer in the Ghilzai country. Elphinstone's account of them is the classic early description of the pawindah migrations.

Clan · Gurbuz

The Nasiri are one of Bellew's two Gurbuz sections.

Tribe · Lodi

The Niazi are a Lodi tribe of Isa Khel and Mianwali, on both banks of the Indus, who earlier lived at Tank and in the Marwat country. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Niazi three sons, Bahi, Jam and Khaku, and the Khulasat al-Ansab places the tribe from Makhad as far as Dera Ismail Khan.

Clan

The Niku are a Zamand line placed by the Khulasat al-Ansab near Upper Bangash.

Clan

The Nukhi descend in tradition from Nukhi, son of Zamand, and are placed between the Kurram and Khost.

Clan · Malizai

The Nurizai are a Malizai section of the Yusufzai.

Tribe · Abdali (Durrani)

The Nurzai are a Panjpai Durrani tribe of the west, in Farah, the Helmand and Herat. The Khulasat al-Ansab, as printed by Dorn, calls them Turzai.

Tribes

The Orakzai (اورکزي) are a Pashtun tribe of Orakzai Tirah, the Khanki, Mastura and Kharmana valleys north-west of Kohat, divided between Sunni and Shia clans; their country became Orakzai Agency in 1973 and a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018.

Tribes

The Ormur (اورمړ), who call themselves Baraki, live mainly at Kaniguram in Waziristan and Baraki Barak in Logar, speak the Southeast Iranian Ormuri language, and are counted in Afghan genealogies as descendants of Sharkhbun; Pir Roshan grew up among them.

Confederation · Abdali (Durrani)

The Panjpai are the second league of the Durrani. Elphinstone and Bellew give its clans as the Nurzai, Alizai, Ishaqzai, Khugiani and Maku, and the Khulasat al-Ansab traces all five to Isa, son of Abdal.

Tribe

The Panni live at Sibi and in Musa Khel and Barkhan in Loralai, with colonies in the Deccan. In the traditional genealogy Panni is a son of Dani and a brother of Kakar. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives him eighteen sons, and the Khulasat al-Ansab says the Safi and Gadun descend from him.

Clan · Sanzar Khel

The Parezun are the Sanzar Khel section of Pishin.

Tribe · Abdali (Durrani)

The Popalzai are a Zirak Durrani tribe of the Tarnak valley around Shahr-i Safa, of Kandahar, and of the Helmand up to Khakrez. In the Makhzan-i Afghani their ancestor Popal is a son of Abdal. Their Sadozai section was the royal house from 1747 to 1818.

Clan · Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)

The Prang are one of the eight clans of the Muhammadzai of Hashtnagar listed by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Lodi

The Prangi are the Lodi line of Bahlol Lodi, traced in the Makhzan-i Afghani through Omar, Ishak and Malik Shahu. They once lived at Tank; Rose found them in Ludhiana, Rupar and northern Ambala.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Qais Abdur Rashid is the ancestor to whom the Pashtun genealogies, beginning with the 17th-century Makhzan-i Afghani, trace every tribe. He is a figure of tradition, said to have been surnamed Pathan. The Makhzan gives him three sons, Sarban, Bitan and Ghurghusht.

Clan · Afridi

The Qambar Khel are an Afridi clan of the Kajuri plain and Tirah.

Clan · Akozai

The Ranizai are an Akozai division holding the western hills between the Yusufzai plain and Swat.

Clan · Mandanr

The Razar are a Mandanr clan living south of the Amazai, towards the Khattak country.

Clan · Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)

The Razar are one of the eight clans of the Muhammadzai of Hashtnagar listed by Ibbetson.

Clan · Mandanr

The Saddozai are a Mandanr clan of east Peshawar, including the Khudu Khel sept. They are a separate group from the Sadozai of the Durrani.

Clan · Popalzai

The Sadozai are the chief's lineage (khan khel) of the Popalzai and were the royal house from 1747 to 1818. They live at Shahr-i Safa and Kandahar, with a colony at Multan. Bellew places Ahmad Shah in their Khwaja Khidar section.

Tribe · Panni

The Safi live in Bajaur, the dales of Kunar and the Mohmand hills. They descend in tradition from Sabi (Safi), son of Panni. Caroe says they were probably the last of the Afghan tribes to accept Islam.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Sahak are a Ghilzai tribe that Bellew places in the Musa branch of the eastern Ghilzai.

Clan · Gadun

The Salar are one of the three Gadun clans listed by Rose.

Clan · Tarkalani

The Salarzai are a Tarkalani clan of Bajaur, listed in the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes.

Clan · Iliaszai

The Salarzai are an Iliaszai section of western Buner.

Clan · Bangash

The Samilzai of Shalozan in Kurram form the Samil faction of the Bangash. Rose thinks them apparently identical with the Kaghzi, who descend through Malik Mir's daughter.

Clan · Kakar

The Sanatia are a Kakar division named in the Loralai gazetteer and by Bellew.

Clan · Shinwari

The Sangu Khel are one of the four Shinwari divisions named by Ibbetson and Bellew.

Clan · Babar

The Sanjar are one of the two divisions of the Babar. They are a different group from the Sanzar Khel of the Kakar.

Tribe · Kakar

The Sanzar Khel are a Kakar tribe of Zhob, Bori and Hindubagh, known to outsiders as Saran or Zhobi. The Makhzan-i Afghani calls their ancestor Sondan, surnamed Sanjar, a son of Togruk. The Loralai gazetteer gives twelve sections, among them the Alizai, Abdullazai, Nas Khel, Barat Khel, Nisai and the Hindu Sanzar Khel of Shikarpur.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Sarban is the eldest son of Qais in the traditional genealogy, written Sarbanni in Dorn's translation of the Makhzan-i Afghani. His sons Sharkhbun and Kharshbun are the ancestors of the western and eastern Afghans. Caroe notes that the Sarbani tribes regard themselves as the Afghans proper, and the Loralai gazetteer gives Sarban's Islamic name as Ibrahim.

Clan · Mohmand

The Sarganni are one of the Plain Mohmand sections south-west of Peshawar listed by Ibbetson.

Clan · Kakar

The Sargara are a Kakar division of Dirgi Sargara in Bori.

Clan · Turi

The Sarghali are one of the five Turi clans named by Bellew.

Clan · Niazi

The Sarhang are a Niazi clan of Mianwali on the cis-Indus side.

Clan · Alikozai

The Sarkani are one of the three Alikozai sections given by Bellew.

Clan · Sarwani

The Sarpal (Saripal) are the Sarwani clan of the ruling family of Malerkotla. The Makhzan-i Afghani makes Sarpal a son of Sarwani.

Tribe

The Sarwani descend in the traditional genealogy from a son of Shah Husain of Ghor. They once lived at Draban and Chandwan and were driven into Hindustan, and the ruling family of Malerkotla belongs to their Saripal clan. Dorn's Makhzan spells the name Sarbanni, which is easily confused with Sarban.

Clan · Tor Tarin

The Seidzai are a Sayyid clan adopted into the Harunzai of Pishin. The Makhzan-i Afghani lists them among the Sayyid lines numbered with the Pathans.

Clan · Shinwari

The Sepah are one of the four Shinwari divisions named by Ibbetson and Bellew.

Clan · Mahsud

The Shaman Khel are one of the three Mahsud branches given by the Imperial Gazetteer.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Sharkhbun is a son of Sarban in the traditional genealogy and the ancestor of the western Afghans. The Khulasat al-Ansab says his name was Sharf-ud-Din. In the Makhzan-i Afghani he has five sons: Sherani, Tarin, Miana, Barech and Ormur.

Tribe

The Sherani are a tribe of the Takht-i-Sulaiman, the Dera Ismail Khan border and Zhob. In the traditional genealogy Sherani was a son of Sharkhbun and so a Sarbani, but as a daughter's son of Kakar he grew up among the Kakar and swore to call himself Ghurghushti, and the tribe is counted with that line. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives him one son, Char, whose sons were Dum, Jalwani and Haripal.

Clan · Sherani

The Sherani proper are the main body of the tribe, in the valleys east of the Takht-i-Sulaiman.

Clan · Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)

The Sherpao are one of the eight clans of the Muhammadzai of Hashtnagar listed by Ibbetson.

Clan · Khugiani (Karlanri)

The Sherzad are one of Bellew's three divisions of the Khugiani; the Khulasat al-Ansab lists Shirzad among the khels of Khoghi.

Tribe

The Shinwari live on the southern slopes of the Safed Koh in Nangarhar, in the Loargai valley around Landi Kotal and at Shigal in Kunar. The Makhzan-i Afghani names Shinwari among the twelve sons of Kasi. Ibbetson gives four divisions: Sangu Khel, Ali Sher Khel, Sepah and Mandozai.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Shitak, also called Sharaf-ud-din, is the second son of Kakai in the Khulasat al-Ansab, which names his descendants as Dur, Surani, Mulhi, Kiwi and Adukhail and says they are all called Banussies (Bannuchi).

Ancestor in the genealogy · Lodi

Siani is a son of Lodi in the traditional genealogy, and through his sons Ismail and Prangi the ancestor of the Sur, Lohani and Prangi.

Clan · Afridi

The Sipah are an Afridi clan of the Bara valley.

Tribe · Tarin

The Spin (white) Tarin live in Duki, Sanjawi, Shahrig and Thal. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Spin four sons, Duvair, Suleiman, Jam and Adhami, and the Loralai gazetteer lists the sections Wanechi, Lasiani, Marpani, Semani, Adwani and Saam.

Ancestor in the genealogy

Sulaiman, son of Kakai, is the ancestor of the Wazir and Bangash in the Khulasat al-Ansab. Raverty calls him the progenitor of the Waziris, Ba-i-zis, Malik Miris and others, who are styled the tribes of Bangash.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Sulaiman Khel are an eastern Ghilzai tribe holding a long tract through the Ghilzai country, the hills east of Ghazni and Katawaz. They were the most numerous of the pawindah traders. The Makhzan-i Afghani makes Sulaiman a son of Haijub, and Bellew places the tribe in the Isap branch.

Tribe · Lodi

The Sur are the Lodi line of Sher Shah, whose dynasty ruled Delhi from 1539 to 1555. They once lived at Tank and Rori and are now dispersed. The Makhzan-i Afghani traces Sher Shah's descent through Yunes and the Mahmudzai.

Tribe

The Swati are described by the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes as the original inhabitants of Swat, of Indian origin. Rose records that they were driven into Hazara under Sayyid Jalal Baba.

Clan · Sanzar Khel

The Taimani are a Sanzar Khel section that migrated to Herat and merged into the Chahar Aimaq.

Clan · Bhittani

Rose names Tajin as a Bhittani ancestor, from whose slaves the Tatta and Dhanna clans are said to descend.

Tribe

The Tanaoli claim descent from a Barlas Mughal. Ibbetson considers them of Aryan and probably Indian stock and lists them among the races allied to the Pathan. Their clans are the Hindwal and Pallal.

Clan · Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)

The Tangi are one of the eight clans of the Muhammadzai of Hashtnagar listed by Ibbetson.

Clan · Daur

The Tapi are the Daur division of Lower Dawar in the Tochi valley.

Clan · Marwat

The Tapi are one of the five Marwat clans named by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Taraki are a largely nomadic Ghilzai tribe of the country around Mukur and Kandahar. Bellew and Encyclopaedia Iranica place them in the eastern half of the confederation.

Clan · Mohmand

The Tarakzai are the Bar Mohmand clan of Lalpura, to which the Khan of Lalpura belongs. They include the Halimzai, Isa Khel and Burhan Khel.

Clan · Kakar

Taren is one of the sons of Kakar in the Makhzan-i Afghani, which calls him a Seidzadeh (son of a Sayyid) and gives him a Sayyid pedigree to Imam Husain.

Clan · Kakar

The Targhara descend in tradition from Targhari, one of the sons of Kakar in the Makhzan-i Afghani.

Tribe

The Tarin are a tribe of Pishin, Duki, Shahrig, Harnai and Thal-Chotiali, with a small colony at Haripur in Hazara. In the traditional genealogy Tarin is a son of Sharkhbun and the father of Tor, Spin and Abdal, so the Durrani are reckoned a Tarin branch.

Tribe · Khakhay

The Tarkalani (Tarkani) are the tribe of Bajaur, with a section left in Laghman. In the Makhzan-i Afghani Tarkalani is a son of Sheikha (Khakhay) and a brother of Yusuf.

Tribe · Lohani

The Tator are a Lohani tribe of the Tank and Kulachi frontier, described by Ibbetson as almost extinct. Their clans are the Bara Khel and Dari Khel.

Clan · Bhittani

The Tatta are one of the three Bhittani divisions counted by Bellew and the 1910 Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes, said to descend from slaves of Tajin.

Clan · Khalil

The Tilarzai are one of the four Khalil clans named by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Ghilzai

The Tokhi are a western Ghilzai tribe of the Tarnak valley and the northern Arghandab, centred on Kalat-i Ghilzai. The Khulasat al-Ansab gives Tokhi's sons as Nahmand, Nur, Eyub and Hassan, and Bellew's list is Mahmand, Ayub, Hasan and Nur.

Tribe · Tarin

The Tor (black) Tarin are the Tarin of Pishin. The Makhzan-i Afghani gives Tor four sons, Malmuni, Gondari, Siki and Babu, and the Loralai gazetteer names Babu's sons as Ali and Harun.

Confederation · Ghilzai

Turan is the western half of the Ghilzai, named after Toor (Turani), a son of Ghilzai. In the Khulasat al-Ansab Turani's son Babu is the father of the Tokhi and Hotak, and Bellew says these two clans are together called Barn.

Clan · Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)

The Turangzai are one of the eight clans of the Muhammadzai of Hashtnagar listed by Ibbetson.

Tribe · Khugiani (Karlanri)

The Turi are the Shia tribe of upper Kurram around Parachinar. The Khulasat al-Ansab and Caroe count them as Karlanri through Khoghi, and Bellew gives five clans: Gundi, Ali, Mastu, Sarghali and Dopa.

Clan · Khattak

Turman (Turan in Bellew) is the Khattak division made up of the Tari proper and the Tarkai. It includes the Akor Khel, the chief's family, and the Mir Khel.