Kakar
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The Kakar are a Pashtun tribe, with members living in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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Kakar (Afghan)

Kakar Afghan was one of the grandsons of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani, son of Gharghasht, who was the son of Qais in the Afghan appendix of tribes. According to Afghan and Muslim historians, Gharghasht was alive in 388 hijri (by the Islamic calendar). In some parts of Afghanistan, Kakar tribal people are also called Kakar-khel. In Herat, the Kakar are locally called Kak. Historically, the tribe has been called Kak-kor (lit. family of Kak). The tomb of Kakar (or Kak) is in front of Herat central Jamia Masjid's gate. Afghan historians concur that Kakar was first buried in Kohistan, which is in Ghor province of Afghanistan, but Herat's ruler Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq brought the body to be re-buried in a mosque in the city. Muhammad of Ghor was also Kakar, and he belonged to the sub-tribe called Taghluk or Taghruq. Dani had four more sons named Panai, Babai, Naghar and Davi. Kakar had 20 real sons and four adopted sons - 24 sons altogether.

The names of Kakar's eighteen biological sons are as follows:
  1. Jalalzai
  2. Mirzai
  3. Taraghzai or Taragharai
  4. Jadram
  5. Taminai also famous in Aimak
    Aimak
    Aymāq , also transliterated as Aimak or Aimaq, are a collection of Persian-speaking nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes. They are found throughout the north and northwest highlands of Afghanistan, immediately to the north of Herat, and in the Khorasan Province of Iran...

     tribes of Ghor
  6. Kapip
  7. Serad or Sherdad
  8. Zalghozi
  9. Musazai or Musakhel
    Musakhel
    Musakhel may refer to* Musa Khel, tribe of Pakistan* Musa Khel Bazar, capital of Musakhel District* Musakhel, Punjab, village in Punjab, Pakistan* Musakhel District, district of Pakistan...

  10. Sargarh or Sargaree
  11. Darpikhel or Arpikhel
  12. Jalalkhel
  13. Samkhel
  14. Rankhkhel
  15. Abu Bakarzai or Santia
  16. sanatia or santt
  17. Sanzarkhel or Taghruq or Taghluq
  18. Khatankhel
  19. Yaqubzai
  20. Kibzai
  21. Osean
  22. Younaskhel

The adopted sons' names are:
  1. Pindar
    Pindar
    Pindar , was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian described him as "by far the greatest of the nine lyric poets, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich...

     or Beadar
  2. Churmaikhel
  3. Lanbar
  4. Farmalai


Some well-known subtribes of Kakar are the Sanzarkhel,jalalzai, Sargarh(sargaree), Barakzai, Parizon, Samkhel,Abdullahzai, Jogizai,Meerdadzai,khuidadzai, Abubakar-zai, Kudezai, Shabozai, Hamzazai, Kibzai and much more. Large numbers of Kakar people live every province of Afghanistan.

History

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908), the Kakar are historically the first tribe in Balochistan with (105,444) persons and the Tareen are historically the second largest tribe in Baluchistan with 37,906 persons (though this likely includes the Durrani), and the Pani (20,682) and Shirani (7,309).

Taliban connections: The Kakar, along with the neighboring Tareen's, are noted supporters of the Taliban, an organization that was originally Ghilzai filled has since attracted significant Durrani representation.

According to the history of Afghanistan
History of Afghanistan
The written history of Afghanistan can be traced back to the Achaemenid Empire ca. 500 BCE, although evidence indicates that an advanced degree of urbanized culture has existed in the land since between 3000 and 2000 BCE. Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army arrived to Afghanistan in 330 BCE...

, the Kakar tribe established an empire in Afghanistan. The originator of the Kakar tribe was Dani, who was son of Gharghasht and grandson of Qais Abdur Rashid. Some Afghan clans related to the Kakar family include:

Subtribes

The Panezai is the biggest clan among Snatia, who live in Bostan
Bostan
Bostan is a book of poetry by the Persian poet Saadi, completed in 1257.It was Saadi's first work, and its title means "the fruit orchard". The book contains the fruits of Saadi's long experience and his judgements upon life, and is illustrated by a vast collection of anecdotes. It includes...

, Khanozai, Ziarat
Ziarat
Ziarat is the capital of Ziarat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 30°22'47N 67°43'38E with an altitude of 2543 metres and is a famous holiday resort of Balochistan and nearly every trip from Karachi to Quetta stops at Ziarat...

 Rode Malazai, Gulistan
Gulistan District
Gulistan, also transliterated as Golestan , is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is approximately 80% Pashtun with a Tajik minority, was estimated at 53,780 in October 2004. The main village, also called Gulistan, is situated at 1434 m altitude in the mountainous part...

, Ajram, Kandahar
Kandahar
Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...

, Harnai
Harnai
Harnai is one of the two sub-divisions of Sibi District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The name Harnai refers to an influential Hindu personality, Harnam Das. It is located in the north east of Balochistan province...

 and Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

. Sarghari are the sub-cast of Kakar tribe living in Kuchlak
Kuchlak
Kuchlak is a town near Quetta, in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. It is governed by a union council in Chiltan Town, Quetta. Kuchlak is home to Halaqa Number 61, one of the largest halaqas in Quetta. Kuchlak is well-known for summer fruits such as apples and peaches; however, soil aridity...

 southern region of Killasaifullah District, Pishin
Pishin District
Pishin was a part of Quetta Pishin district. In 1975 it was separated from Quetta for administrative reasons. It derives its name from the locality Pishin. Pishin is a modernised form of ‘Pushang’, which is old Persian for the Arabic Fushang. Myth attributes the origin of the name to a son of the...

, Muslim bagh
Muslim Bagh
Muslim Bagh is a town of Qilla Saifullah District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. According to Census of 1998, the population of Muslim Bagh is 70,361 and 10,188 household....

 and Ajram and Toba. Bostan and a some villages are living in Zabol, Kandhar [Afghanistan] and some tribes are in Dehli. The Kakari, Sanzarkhel, Sarghari and Santia, a sub-tribe of the Abubakarzai Kakar, are the biggest sub-tribes of the Kakar in Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

. Out of these sub-tribes, Ahmedkhel is the biggest sub-tribe. Historians such as Abdul Hai Habibi and Bahdur Shah Zafar Kakakhel are confident that the Jadoon
Jadoon
The Jadoons are one of the largest Pashtun tribes in Pakistan. They originate from Jallalabad and are now located in the southern Hazara Division area of Khyber Pakhtoonkhuwa, Pakistan, partly in Gadoon area in Swabi on the southern slopes of Mahaban Mountains, and partly in Abbottabad District...

 are also part of the Kakar tribe.
Hanbhi are included in the Alizai Kakar.
Additionally, the Kakar also make up the largest tribe of Pashtons.
The Kudezai, Rahatzai, Shabozai, Utmankhel, Hamzazai, Kibzai and Jogezai are also sub tribes of Kakar living in Zhob
Zhob
-Roads:Zhob is 333 kilometers from Quetta, 225 kilometers from Dera Ismail Khan. However, the road linking with Dera Ismail Khan is for most part fair nowadays track passing through water streams and almost complete road is metalloid....

 and Loralai
Loralai
Loralai is the principal city of Loralai District in the northeast of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It was formerly known as Bori. It is four thousand seven hundred feet above the sea level....

. The Khajjak of Sibi
Sibi
Sibi is a city of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city is located at 29°33'0N 67°52'60E at an altitude of 130 metres and is headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name.. According to the 2001 census of Pakistan the population of Sibi is 52,100...

 in south west Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 are also Kakar(Sanzarkhel). The Kakar have descendants in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, Afghanistan and eastern Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. More around 4000 registered families of the kakar sanzarkhail (jalazai) tribe are living in shekhopora, more than 6000 families of the same tribe living in Shadra lahore and more than 2000 families living in sialikote, province punjab Pakistan of Sanzar khail jalazai tribes of kakar.

Notables

    1. Molana Asmat ullah # Markazi Amir JUI Nazaryati, Member national Asambly, former senior Minister Balochistan.prayed for"OSAM BIN LADIN" in National Asambly of pakistan 2011.
        • (Malik abdul ali khan kakar sargarh) from kuchlak a famous political leader of pashtoons he born in a notable family of kuchlak on 8-8-1908. he was the true leader of that period he was the central member of NAP.He spent his whole life for the rights of pashtoon nation he is son of (malik alo khan sargarh) in his son malik abdul baqi kakar, malik ghulam nabi kakar and malik abdul wali khan kakar who is central member of BNP and in grand sons malik abdul rashid kakar, malik abdul majid kakar.
      • Hebat Khan Kakar, writer of the first book on Afghan history Tarikh-i Khan Jahani wa Makhzan-i Afghani (Persian-Pashto), 1500–1600, by Khwaja Nimatullah Heravi and Hebat Khan Abubakarzai Kakar.
      • Khan Jahan Kakar, General in Mughal
        Mughal Empire
        The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

         Army in the time of Shah Jahan
        Shah Jahan
        Shah Jahan Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) (Full title: His Imperial Majesty Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan...

         1628 - 1658
      • Sakhi Abdul Wahid Khan kakar sarghari of kuchlak Pakistan
      • Younis Khan Kakar, head of Mir Wais Hotak
        Mir Wais Hotak
        Hajji Mirwais Khan Hotak, also known as Mir Vais Ghilzai , was an influential tribal chief of the Ghilzai Pashtuns from Kandahar, Afghanistan, who founded the Hotaki dynasty that ruled a wide area in Persia and Afghanistan from 1709 to 1738...

         Army in 1709, from Barakzai of Kakar sub-branch of Kakar.
      • Muhammad Kakar, poet and writer of the Pashto language
        Pashto language
        Pashto , known as Afghani in Persian and Pathani in Punjabi , is the native language of the indigenous Pashtun people or Afghan people who are found primarily between an area south of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan and...

        .
      • Mullah Shmasuddin Kakar, a Pashto language poet from Kluchabad Kandahar.
      • Mian Abdul Hakim Nana Saab, Islamic preacher from Shmozai sub-tribe, exiled from Kandahar by Shah Hussain Hotaki, whose tomb is in Duki.
      • Sakhi Khan Ahmed Jan Khan Kakar, sarghari son of sakhi abdul wahid khan kakar sarghari of kuchlak Pakistan.
      • Malik Ahad Kakar (NIHAD CHOWKALWAL) sub clan PanYzai the great nationalist leader and poet,who opposed the diverind line firstly, was martyred by Britisher at pashin in 1893.
      • Abdul Salam Karzai, a Pashto language poet from Kandahar, from the Jogezai
        Jogezai
        Jogezai is a Pashtun tribe settled in Pakistan .It is A sub Tribe Of Kakar Jalalzai Sanzarkhail. The majority of the Jogezai live in the valley of Zhob in Pakistan. Their current Nawab is Nawab Mohammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai who is also prominent leader of Pashtunkhwa Party who are against the...

         sub-branch of the Kakar tribe.
      • Haji Khan Kakar, from Ahmadkhel sub-branch of Kakar, Army Chief of Afghanistan and Governor of Peshawar, Bamiyan
        Bamiyan
        Bamyan , also spelt Bamiyan and Bamian, at an altitude of about 9,200 feet and with a population of about 61,863, is the largest town in the region of Hazarajat in central Afghanistan and the capital of Bamyan Province. It lies approximately 240 kilometres north-west of Kabul, the national capital...

        , Kandahar in 1870s
      • Abdul Ali Akhundzada, Pashto language poet from Panezai sub tribe, educated in Kandahar, from Khanozai village.
      • ((MALIK ABDULLAH JAN SANZERKHAIL)) tribal chief of Sanzerkhail tribe from saranan pishin.
      • ((MALIK ABDUL RAHIM KHAN SANZERKHAIL ))PPP MPA IN 1970s AND GREAT TRIBAL PERSONALITY .
      • ((MALIK YOUSAF KHAN SANZERKHAIL)) GREAT TRIBAL PERSONALITY, SON OF MALIK ABDUL RAHIM KHAN SANZERKHAIL.
      • Abdul Ghani Khan GHANU Kakar sub clan Panyzai the great pashtoon nationalist, poet and writer died at Chowkal in 1986.
      • Abdul Hai Habibi, writer.
      • Khan Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar
        Khan Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar
        Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar was a former politician and head of the Pashtun Kakar tribe in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. He was from the Barshore and Toba Kakar Ranges area of Pishin District. He was born in 1942 and studied at St. Michael's School, Quetta. His political career began in...

        , deceased Senator who was eight times elected Minister and ex-Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly.
      • Molvi Abdul Ghaffar Baryalai Kakar Shaheed, Pashto language poet from Helmand, abducted by Soviet Union
        Soviet Union
        The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

         forces in 1980 after returning home from Hajj
        Hajj
        The Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so...

        , Islamic scholar from Darul Uloom Deoband
        Darul Uloom Deoband
        The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic school in India where the Deobandi Islamic movement was started. It is located at Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1866 by several prominent Islamic scholars , headed by Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi...

        , India.
      • Mullah Bor Jan Shaheed, Taliban Chief in 1995-96
      • Mullah Muhammad Rabbani, Prime Minister of Afghanistan
        Prime Minister of Afghanistan
        The Prime Minister of Afghanistan is a currently defunct post in the Afghan Government.The position was created in 1927, and was appointed by the king, mostly as an advisor, until the end of the monarchy in 1973...

        .
      • General Abdul Waheed Kakar, who was the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from 12 January 1993 to 12 January 1996.
      • Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, a Muslim League stalwart, Pakistani movement activist and Pakistani politician.
      • AIG(Police) Safwat Ghayur
        Safwat Ghayur
        Additional Inspector General of Police Safwat Ghayur , was a senior two-star police officer serving in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan as commandant of the Frontier Constabulary...

         Kakar,commandant of the Frontier Constabulary
        Frontier Constabulary
        The Frontier Constabulary, FC, is a paramilitary force responsible for maintaining law and order in the country.- Introduction :The Frontier Constabulary is a Federal Paramilitary Force of Pakistan which is largely drawn from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, but operates in all the provinces of...

      • Palay Khan
        Palay Khan
        Palay Khan or Palay Shah Khosti belonged to the Khwastaye syed tribe of Zhob. He was a freedom fighter and chief of a freedom fighters' group, which fought against the British Raj, in 1930s, at Balochistan, Pakistan. Ethnically, he was syed Khosti, a tribe of Pashtun from Killi Dewal Khosti...

         (alias Palay Shah), a warrior and freedom fighter
      • Awais Ahmad Ghani Kakar, Governor of Pashtunkhwa and ex-Governor of Balochistan.
      • Genral Hashim Khan Kakar, former Army Chief of Afghanistan in 1960s
      • Genral Bilal Kakar, general in 1990s Pakistan Army
      • Shaheed Sher Jan Kakar, a freedom fighter against British Raj, then hang in Zhob.
      • Sardar Sherak Kakar from the Abdulazai tribe, who was head of insurgency against the British Raj in British Afghanistan and British Balochistan.
      • Pro Wali Mohammad Syaal Kakar, who belongs to Sanzerkhanil Kakar, is a Pashto poet and thinker.
      • Sardar Shah Wazir Kakar, from Abdulazai Sanzerkhail tribe, sub-branch of Kakar, Pashtun warlord
      • Dr. Sadiq Fitrat Nashnas, Pashto and Persian
        Persian language
        Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

         singer, from the Musazai sub-tribe of Kakar.
      • Professor Inayat Ullah Khan Malik, Secretary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He was also the first ever Muslim principal of Forman Christian College and a lecturer at Aitchison College Lahore.
      • Abdullah Khan Malik, an Afghan Pashtun who settled in Lahore and was one of the biggest landlords in Lahore.
      • Ahad kakar: A famous social worker and political leader of Balozai


Baran Khan Kudezai
Baran Khan Kudezai
Malak Baran Khan Kudezai was Chief of the Bori Kudezai Tribe. He was a great fighter and a politician. He was also remained an active member of Loya Afghan Jirga ....

, a Pashtoon politician and founding member of Anjuman-e-Watan.
  • Sattar takadar, well known sakhi in the area of Bostan,
  • Haji Agha Muhammad Kakar Bazai, a Pashtoon politician who remained in jail in 1969 along with Khan Shaheed during one unit movement. He constructed seven mosques in Quetta City and one ward in Civil Hospital Quetta. In 1967 he formed an Afghan football club.
  • Dr. Faizullah Kakar, previously Deputy Minister of Public Health for Afghanistan, and currently the Minister Advisor to President Karzai on Health.
  • Mullah Dadullah
    Mullah Dadullah
    Maulavi or Mullah Dadullah or Dadullah Akhund was the Taliban's senior military commander until his death by U.S and U.K special ops in 2007. He was an ethnic Pashtun from the Kakar tribe of Kalai-Kakaran village in Uruzgan province of Afghanistan...

    , a Taliban's senior military commander.
  • Malak Haji Noor Ali Kakar sarghari (haroonzai) of kuchlak Killi Landi Haji Noor Ali quetta

yousuf khan kakar , leader Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party. Son of Sakhi Khan Ahmed Jan Khan Kakar (Sargarh)
Dr Muhammad Dawood Noorzad:- The young cardiologist in Quetta Age 22 years
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  • Malik Haji Sahib jan kakar kibzai ,sardar of kibzai tribe living in murgha kibzai,zhob

Sources

  • History of Kakar (Gurmukhi), 1989, by Sardar J.S. Kakar
  • History of Pashtoon (Persian), 1979, by Sardar Sher Muhammed Gandapur
  • A history of Afghan (Persian), 1960, by Abdul Hai Habibi
  • The Pathans (English), 1967, by Sir Olaf Caroe
  • Pashtoon history (Pashto), 1965, by Syed Bahadur Shah Zafar Kakakhel
  • Tarikh-i Khan Jahani wa Makhzan-i Afghani (Persian-Pashto), 1500–1600, by Khwaja Nimatullah Heravi and Hebat Khan Abubakarzai Kakar.


Malik abdul ali khan kakar sargarh from kuchlak a famous political leader of pashtoons and he was the true leader of that period he was the central member of NAP
.sardar shah wazeer khan kakar the sardar of the abdullahzai trib of zhob
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