Dilazak
The Dilazak (Urdu : دلزاک) is a Pashtun tribe, primarily living in Pakistan.
History
The Dilazak originally dwelled in eastern Afghanistan. They were among the earliest Pashtun tribes to have migrated to present-day northwestern Pakistan. The Dilazak expelled or subdued the local inhabitants of the area[verification needed].[1] According to Aain-i-Akbari (Written around 1590 CE), the Dilazak were the only Pashtun tribe that possessed lands in Hazara Qaarlugh[verification needed].[2][3]
Around 1520, another Pashtun tribe, the Yousafzai, was expelled from Kabul by Mirza Ulugh Beg (March 22, 1394 in Sultaniyeh (Persia) – October 27, 1449 (Samarkand)), a Timurid ruler and paternal uncle of the Mughal Emperor Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur.[4] The Yusufzai migrated to Peshawar valley where they sought and received help from the Dilazak.[5] Later, the relationships between the two tribes deteriorated and a long war ensued.[6] 20 years later, at the battle of Katlang, the Yousafzai pushed the Dilazak east of the Indus River under the leadership of Malik Ahmed Khan.[7]
Return under Shahjahan
Most of the Dilazak returned during the reign of the Mughal King Shah ab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram alias Shah Jahan (Ruler of the Worlds) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666), and settled in parts of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province and Punjab Province of Pakistan in their old lands.[8] One of them, Saleh Khan, settled with his family in Sara-e-Saleh and Tir, both in Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province in Pakistan.[9]
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References
- ^ "Afghanistan and its Inhabitants" by Muhammad Hayat Khan (Author), Henry Priestley (Translator) (1874) (Reproduced by Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan (1981) Page 55/56 and Page 197/198
- ^ Hazara Qaarlugh was a term used during the Mughal period for an administrative unit collocated with the modern Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Attock District and Hassan Abdal (Tehsil) of Punjab Province.
- ^ "Aian-i-Akbari" (Urdu) by Abul Fazal, translated by Maulvi Fida Ali, published by Sang-e-Meel Publications (2007) Page 1036, table serial 37
- ^ "The Pathans" by Sir Olaf Caroe Page 153,173/174
- ^ "Mukhtasur Taareekh-e-Pashtoon (Short History of Pashtoons) by Professor Hameedullah (2004) Page 49
- ^ "Tawareekh-e-Hafiz Rahmat Khani" (Urdu) by Pir Moazzam Shah rearranged with notes by 'Roshan Khan', Published by Pashto Academy, Peshawar University (1976) Pages 83-570
- ^ "The Kingdom of Afghanistan - A Historical Sketch" by G.P.Tate (1911), Reproduced by 'Indus Publications' (1973) Page 12 (Foot Note)
- ^ "Punjabi Musalmans" by Lieutinent Colonel J.M.Wikeley, British-Indian Army (Before Indo-Pak Partition), Page 152
- ^ "Taareekh-e-Hazara" (Urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni First Edition (1969) Page 295-313