Afridis mentioned in 500 BC by Sanskrit grammarian Panini

[Samandri]

India and Central Asia: Classical to Contemporary Periods - Google Books

Note that Afridis call themselves Apridi or Apriday as in pashto. Herodotus mention them as Aparutai

 

[Umair Nawaz]

LOl this clown has to really change his religion and become a mushrik!

 

[Jaanbaz]

OK.

LOl this clown has to really change his religion and become a mushrik!

Did you know that highly ''warrior'' type communities also had big problems with homosexuality? Ancient Greek heroes kept young slave boys for their pleasures and company. It is also a secret taboo within our brothers from Afghanistan.

 

[notsuperstitious]

LOl this clown has to really change his religion and become a mushrik!

One more rule for becoming a good muslim, whitewash your pre-conversion history! Your guys are hilarious.

 

[Norwegian]

Shahid Afridi, ur tribe is mentioned in Hindu Sanskrit. You must become a good Hindu now

 

[Rahil khan]

Shahid Afridi, ur tribe is mentioned in Hindu Sanskrit. You must become a good Hindu now

 

[s.k]

i am mohmand pathan and i am Muslim Alhumdulilah

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Interesting. Are you trying to suggest they're not originally Pashtun?

 

[Jaggu]

So this could mean that tribes like Afridis were Pashtunised over time similar to how the Prussians were Germanised during the middle ages

 

[farhan_9909]

Sanskrit is considered to be the mother of all languages.

Sanskrit historically is not related to Hinduism as is Rig veda not originally related to Hinduism but rather Indus valley religion,a monotheist religion

 

[ghoul]

Wow so many dumb and totally unrelated comments by some people. And what's wrong with having hindu or buddhist ancestors? Abu Bakr, Ali, etc etc were all converts from a jaahilia religion.. South Asians really need to read and embrace history instead of romanticizing it and talking !@#$ all the time.

Back to the topic, I believe Yousafzai are also mentioned by Alexander's men, and were called "Aspasioi". The name "Aspa" is thought to have meant "horse riders" as sanskrit for horses is aspa, pronounced "asap" if I'm not mistaken. Alexander had a fight with those Aspasioi as well. And yes it's well possible that these people might be pashtunized.

 

[PakhtunGuy]

Thats one of the evidence that Pashtuns didn't kick out the natives of KPK but rather they were assimilated into Pashtun language and culture.

 

[Samandri]

Interesting. Are you trying to suggest they're not originally Pashtun?

Most of the tribes, even Ghilzais, tell their original homeland to be koh sulieman range from where they spread to other places. Then there are tribes of koh sufaid range, the karlanri tribes like Afridis etc, who are living in these mountains since very old times with their neighbors being the people of Gandhara of plain areas. The history of ethno-genesis of pashtuns is unknown, but it seems afridis evolved into pashtuns while gandharians descended into hindkowans.

Thats one of the evidence that Pashtuns didn't kick out the natives of KPK but rather they were assimilated into Pashtun language and culture.

The NWFP or KPK province, was most probably not populated by any pashtun tribe before 8th or 9th century AD. The first Pashtun tribe to settle in KPK, the dilazaks, were karlanris like Afridis and they descended from mountains of FATA and Eastren Afghanistan. They were once in possession of bajaur, swat, peshawer valley, hazara etc untill they were dispossessed by yousafzais and allied tribes in early 16th century. This once large tribe, is now reduced and have only few villages in haripur.

 

[Umair Nawaz]

@Samandri why dont u go to india and become a Hindu!

 

[Samandri]

@Samandri why dont u go to india and become a Hindu!

You are a preacher of hinduism or what?