Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)

The Muhammadzai are a Pashtun tribe residing in Charsadda, Pakistan.

This article is about the Hashtnagar tribe in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. For the Durrani tribe, see Mohammadzai.
LocationCharsadda, Pakistan
LanguagePashto
ReligionIslam

Origins

This group has a Pashtun lineage from the son of Zamand, the third son of Kharshbun.

The Muhammadzai are descendants of Sharkhbun, the brother of Kharshbun; the latter had three sons, Kand, Zamand, and Kasi. Muhammad Ibn Zamand was Zamand's son, so they were popular with the tribe.[1][2]

Location

The tribe is found primarily in Hashtnagar, an area in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, that borders the Swat River's left bank. They were originally said to have resided in Afghanistan, but moved to the Charsadda region, then called Hashtnagar, as a result of a war against the Dilazak in which the Muhammadzai joined forces with Yousafzai and Gigyani and divided the lands between themselves. The Muhammadzai took control of Hashtnagar, the most fertile region, while the Gigyani took southern Bajaur and Doaba.[3]

Notable members

Notable tribesmen are the prominent Pashto poet Ghani Khan, the son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, politician Aimal Wali Khan, Muhammad Shawal, the son of Arshad Ali,[4][5] and Haji Sahib of Turangzai, a Pashtun independence freedom fighter who fought in the First Mohmand Campaign against the British Empire.

References
  1. Caroe, Olaf. The Pathans, 550 B.C. - A.D. 1957. London: Macmillan & Co, 1965. pp. 12-13.
  2. Rose, H. A. A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Volume 3. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1990. p. 251.
  3. A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. 1997. ISBN 9788185297682.
  4. Schofield, Victoria. Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia. London: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2003. p. 218.
  5. Easwaran, Eknath. Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a Man to Match his Mountains. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press, 1999. pp. 29-30.
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