Tribe

Darwesh Khel

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.

Branches

Other branches of Wazir

Sources

Bellew, An Inquiry into the Ethnography of Afghanistan (1891), p. 116
Imperial Gazetteer of India: North-West Frontier Province (1908), p. 244
Caroe, The Pathans (1958), Table V
Ibbetson, in Rose's Glossary, vol. III p. 245

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

Darwesh Khel

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.

Branches

Other branches of Wazir

Sources

Bellew, An Inquiry into the Ethnography of Afghanistan (1891), p. 116
Imperial Gazetteer of India: North-West Frontier Province (1908), p. 244
Caroe, The Pathans (1958), Table V
Ibbetson, in Rose's Glossary, vol. III p. 245

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.