Sheikh Ali
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The Sheikh Ali, also known as Dai Kalan, are a major tribe of Hazaras. They live in Afghanistan's Bamiyan, Parwan (Sheikh Ali District), Kunduz and Baghlan provinces, inhabiting the road from Kabul to Mazar-i-Sharif.
at Mazar-e Sharif. Abdur Rahman sent a force against the Ishaq Khan, passing through the Sheikh Ali territory. During their passage the force faced many skirmishs with the local Sheikh Ali over the scarce food and fodder. Once Abdur Rahman quashed the rebellion of Ishaq, he then focused on the Sheikh Ali Hazaras. The Sheikh Ali also resisted, this low level but violent expedition by Abdur Rahman, forced the Hazaras at large to rise against Abdur Rahman, in retaliation for the attacks on the Sheikh Ali Hazaras. This Hazara uprising resulted in the Jang-i-Uruzgan ("Battle of Uruzgan").
Thereafter, the Sheikh Ali faced a severe backlash from Abdur Rahman, who forcibly evicted many of them from their lands. During this process and there esattled in Kunduz, many of the Sheikh Ali Hazaras perished. Those who reached faced extinction or forced conversion to Sunni Islam. There were a few Sheikh Ali Hazaras who migrated to Quetta
, the Shia ones lived with the larger Hazara group in Quetta.
and Qazi Muhammad Musa were among the top Muslim League
leaders of Balochistan during the Pakistan Movement
. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi son of Qazi Essa is a promiment Pakistani diplomat and has remained Pakistan's ambassador to United States, India and the United Nations. He was also the UNSG special representative in Iraq and Sudan. Qazi Faiz Essa the current Chief Justice of the Balochistan High court is also from this family. Qazi Essa helped the Hazaras from Quetta in sending the first Hazara delegation to United Nations in the 1970s.
Shia sect, who mostly inhabit Bamiyan and Baghlan provences. Sayd Mansur Nadiri (in Pul-i-Khumri), a Sheikh Ali Sayd Hazara, is the representative of the Agha Khan in Afghanistan. He was appointed a brigadier in the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
and was the main person to contact in maintaining the channels between the Afghan governmentt and the West through the French governmentt.
History
In the late 19th century, Ishaq Khan rebelled against Afghan king Abdur Rahman KhanAbdur Rahman Khan
Abdur Rahman Khan was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901.The third son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan, Abdur Rahman Khan was considered a strong ruler who re-established the writ of the Afghan government in Kabul after the disarray that followed the second...
at Mazar-e Sharif. Abdur Rahman sent a force against the Ishaq Khan, passing through the Sheikh Ali territory. During their passage the force faced many skirmishs with the local Sheikh Ali over the scarce food and fodder. Once Abdur Rahman quashed the rebellion of Ishaq, he then focused on the Sheikh Ali Hazaras. The Sheikh Ali also resisted, this low level but violent expedition by Abdur Rahman, forced the Hazaras at large to rise against Abdur Rahman, in retaliation for the attacks on the Sheikh Ali Hazaras. This Hazara uprising resulted in the Jang-i-Uruzgan ("Battle of Uruzgan").
Thereafter, the Sheikh Ali faced a severe backlash from Abdur Rahman, who forcibly evicted many of them from their lands. During this process and there esattled in Kunduz, many of the Sheikh Ali Hazaras perished. Those who reached faced extinction or forced conversion to Sunni Islam. There were a few Sheikh Ali Hazaras who migrated to 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...
, the Shia ones lived with the larger Hazara group in Quetta.
Pishin Sheikh Alis
A Sunni Sheikh Ali Hazara family settled in Pishin, Pakistan, north of Quetta. This family rose to prominence and its members Qazi Muhammad EssaQazi Muhammad Essa
Qazi Muhammad Essa had great participation in the formation of political party of Muslims Balochistan before 1947. He paid its contribution for the freedom of Pakistan...
and Qazi Muhammad Musa were among the top Muslim League
Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League,, was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka , in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905...
leaders of Balochistan during the Pakistan Movement
Pakistan Movement
The Pakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan refers to the historical movement to have an independent Muslim state named Pakistan created from the separation of the north-western region of the Indian subcontinent, partitioned within or outside the British Indian Empire. It had its origins in the...
. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi son of Qazi Essa is a promiment Pakistani diplomat and has remained Pakistan's ambassador to United States, India and the United Nations. He was also the UNSG special representative in Iraq and Sudan. Qazi Faiz Essa the current Chief Justice of the Balochistan High court is also from this family. Qazi Essa helped the Hazaras from Quetta in sending the first Hazara delegation to United Nations in the 1970s.
Present
Today most of the Sunni Hazaras are from Sheikh Ali, beside from Surkh Parsa, Taimani and the Hazara-i-ghorband. Some of the Sheikh Ali Hazaras also converted to the IsmailiIsmaili
' is a branch of Shia Islam. It is the second largest branch of Shia Islam, after the Twelvers...
Shia sect, who mostly inhabit Bamiyan and Baghlan provences. Sayd Mansur Nadiri (in Pul-i-Khumri), a Sheikh Ali Sayd Hazara, is the representative of the Agha Khan in Afghanistan. He was appointed a brigadier in the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was a government of Afghanistan between 1978 and 1992. It was both ideologically close to and economically dependent on the Soviet Union, and was a major belligerent of the Afghan Civil War.- Saur Revolution :...
and was the main person to contact in maintaining the channels between the Afghan governmentt and the West through the French governmentt.