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The '''Yūsufzai''', also called '''Yousafzai''', is a tribe of ] found in ] of ], and in some eastern parts of ].
The '''Yūsufzai''', also called '''Yousafzai''', is a tribe of ] found in ] of ], and in some eastern parts of ].
After the brutal betrayal by the then Afghan ruler Ulagh Baig and uncle to the first Mughal emperor Babur, the entire Yousafzai tribe migrated from Afghanistan to Peshawar valley in modern day Pakistan. Led by the charismatic leader Malak Ahmed Khan they took refuge in the plains of Charsadda near Doab.
After the brutal betrayal and killing of the Yousafzai elders by the then Afghan ruler Ulagh Baig in 1480’s and uncle to the first Mughal emperor Babur, the entire Yousafzai tribe migrated from Afghanistan to Peshawar valley in modern day Pakistan. Led by the young and charismatic leader Malak Ahmed Khan they took refuge in the plains of Charsadda near Doab.
==History==
==History==
Revision as of 20:39, 11 January 2019
This article is about the Pashtun tribe. For other uses, see Yusufzai (disambiguation).
Ethnic group
The Yūsufzai, also called Yousafzai, is a tribe of Pashtun people found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, and in some eastern parts of Afghanistan.
After the brutal betrayal and killing of the Yousafzai elders by the then Afghan ruler Ulagh Baig in 1480’s and uncle to the first Mughal emperor Babur, the entire Yousafzai tribe migrated from Afghanistan to Peshawar valley in modern day Pakistan. Led by the young and charismatic leader Malak Ahmed Khan they took refuge in the plains of Charsadda near Doab.
History
Entering the Peshawar valley under the leadership of Malak Ahmed Khan in 1480’s the Yousafzai’s quickly expanded their territory. First by taking over the Shabqadar town from the Dalazak Qom and later defeating the Dalazak governor of Swat at Thana village in upper Malakand. Driving out the swati’s from Swat into the modern day Mansehra district and securing Swat , Bunner , Dir and Bajaur districts for themselves.
In later years an incident in the town of Mardan resulted in the next phase of the conquest of Yousafzai tribe under the leadership of Ahmad Khan. A girl of Yousafzai house was
Teased by Dalazak boys in Mardan resulting in Malak Ahmad Khan demanding the handing over of the men to Yousafzai’s by the Dalazak Governor of Peshawar. Upon his refusal a war ensued between Yousafzai and the Dalazak once again. This time another defeat was rendered to the Dalazak and the defeat resulted in the remaining Dalazak of the Mardan and Sawabi districts migrating across the Indus River towards the towns of Ghazi, Hazro and modern day Haripur where they still reside.
At the end of his conquests and after securing the entir of seven districts for the Yousafzai tribe , Malak Ahmed Khan went about dividing the entire area from Bajaur to Sawabi amongst his people or various Khels(houses/sub tribes)
The task was handed over to Sheikh Malay by Ahmed Khan himself who after years of deliberation divided the seven districts amongst Malak Ahmed Khans tribe. To this day Sheikh Malay’s division holds and the Yousafzai’s are the strongest tribe of modern day KPK provinces and one of the most affluent Pashtun tribes of Pakistan.
The Mughal Empire believed the Yusufzai population in the 1580s to number about 100,000 households. In general, they were uncooperative with the rule of Akbar who in late 1585 sent military forces under Zain Khan Koka and Raja Bir Bar to subdue them. In February 1586 Raja Bir Bar was killed in fighting with the Yusufzais who were led by the general Gujju Khan. It was not until about 1690 that they were partially brought under the control of the Mughal Empire. In 1849, the Yousafzai established their own Yusafzai State of Swat under the leadership of Akhund Abdul Ghaffur who appointed Sayyid Akbar Shah, a descendant of Pir Baba, as the first emir. After Akbar Shah's death in 1857, Akhund Ghaffur assumed control of the state himself. The state existed until 1969.