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Yusufzai/Yusufzi
يوسفزی (Pashto)

The Yusufzais in a hill tract north of Peshawar in 1895
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan, Afghanistan
Languages
Pashto (Native), Urdu, Hindi
Religion
Islam 100%

The Yūsufzai, (literally "The descendants of Yusuf" (also spelled as Yousafzai), is a tribe of Pashtun people found in Pakistan, and in some eastern parts of Afghanistan, as well as in northern India.

History and particulars

Mughal Empire

In general, the Yusufzai were uncooperative with the rule of the Mughal emperor Akbar, who in late 1585 sent military forces under Zain Khan Koka and Raja Birbal to subdue them. In February 1586, Raja Birbal was killed 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.

Yusufzai tribes rose against Mughal rule during the Yusufzai Revolt of 1667, and engaged in pitched-battles with Mughal battalions near Attock.

Yousafzai State of Swat

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.

Notable people

1. Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai belongs to an elite Yusufzai family.

1. Malak Ahmad Khan mandanr
2. Malak bhako khan mandanr
3. Malak Gajo Khan mandanr
4. Malak Shah Mansoor Khan mandanr
5. Shaikh Milli mandanr
6. Karnal Sher Khan mandanr
7. Ameer Haider Khan Hoti
8. Mehmood Khan
9. Shaukat Yousafzai
10. Afzal Khan Lala
11. Senator Zahid Khan
12. Nawab Shah Jehan
13. Roshan Khan
14. Janshir Khan mandanr
15. Jehangir Khan
16. Malak Azmat Khan
17. Hussain shah Khan
18. Cricketer Fakher Zaman
19. Junaid Khan mandanr
20. Yasir shah mandanr
21. Fawad Khawaja mandanr
22. Malak Shaifullah Khan
23. Abasin Yousazai
24. Malak Jehanzeb

See also

• Pashtun tribes

References

1. ^ Haleem, Safia (24 July 2007). "Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India". Khyber Gateway. Retrieved 4 May 2014. Farrukhabad has a mixed population of Pathans dominated by the Bangash and Yousafzais.
2. Richards, John F. (1993). The Mughal Empire. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 50–51.
3. Haroon, Sana (2011). Frontier of Faith: Islam, in the Indo-Afghan Borderland. Hurst Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 1849041830. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
4. Claus, Peter J.; Diamond, Sarah; Ann Mills, Margaret (2003). South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Taylor & Francis. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-41593-919-5.
5. "Following in Benazir's footsteps, Malala aspires to become PM of Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

• Yusufzai Pashtun tribes
• Social groups of Pakistan