Tribe

Babi

بابي

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.

Other branches of Ghurghusht

Dani
Mandokhel

Sources

Makhzan-i Afghani, tr. Dorn, Part II p. 52
Khulasat al-Ansab, quoted in Dorn, Part II annotations p. 129
Bellew, An Inquiry into the Ethnography of Afghanistan (1891), pp. 123–124
Longworth Dames, in Rose's Glossary, vol. III p. 223

The genealogy follows the Makhzan-i Afghani and the Khulasat al-Ansab, as Caroe tabulates them. It records tradition: where sources place a tribe differently, the note above says so.

Tribe

Babi

بابي

Other branches of Ghurghusht

Dani
Mandokhel

Sources

Makhzan-i Afghani, tr. Dorn, Part II p. 52
Khulasat al-Ansab, quoted in Dorn, Part II annotations p. 129
Bellew, An Inquiry into the Ethnography of Afghanistan (1891), pp. 123–124
Longworth Dames, in Rose's Glossary, vol. III p. 223

The genealogy follows the Makhzan-i Afghani and the Khulasat al-Ansab, as Caroe tabulates them. It records tradition: where sources place a tribe differently, the note above says so.