Pashtun kings and nobility

[Braith]

Currency Reforms of Sher Shah Suri

Baloch proteges of Najib Khan Yousafzai

Diler Khan Daudzai

Cannons of Sher Shah Suri

Abbas Khan Sarwani, an Afghan historian of 16th century

Azad Khan Afghan - The Pashtun ruler of Azerbaijan

Daud Khan Rohilla, the founder of Indo-Afghan state of Rohilkhand

Pir Muhammad Khan Sherwani
http://Panni - Mughal confrontations in 16th century
Afghan monuments in Bengal
http://www.barmazid.com/2016/07/karrapa-disaster-aimal-khan-defeats.html
Safdar Khan Babi

Arzani Kheshgi

Sikandar Lodi as a founder

Lakhi Khan Afghan

Shah Hussain Saddozai

Babi dynasty of Jonagadh

Kakars in Medieval India

Alam Khan Lodi (Sultan Alauddin Alam Shah)

Sarwani Afghans and the part played by them in history of India

Role of Afghans in Adil Shahi Kingdom of Bijapur

Bettani Afghans in medieval India

Military organization of Lodis

Pashtun soldiers in the imperial army of Mughals

The Indian history of Panni Afghans

 

[haviZsultan]

This is some good information. Pashtuns and even other ethnic groups should be aware of their rich history and culture. There is no people in the world who can match pashtuns in their history. This history, culture and ways have attracted me to Pashtuns and I wish to be like you guys-have the same love for the motherland and the same characteristics common to pashtuns. It is an honor to have written a book about people so great.

 

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Ancestral home of Sher Shah Suri in medieval Afghanistan

 

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Fakhre-Afghan Bacha Khan among children in Kunduz , 1969

 

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[Indus Pakistan]

@Braith

1 - Where do you place Khorasan.
2 - Do you think all Pashtuns should strive for a pure Afghan state based around the proper definition of Afghan - that is a ethnic based state for Pashtuns?
3 - Where should it's borders run? One idea is districts on the east of Indus Attock, Haripur, Mianwali and Salang Tunnel on the west running south west to Kandhara/Farah thence south east to Quetta including the Indus tract west around Dera Islamail Khan.
4. Would such a state purely Pashtun reinvorgate and do better than the divided nature of Pashtun dispora living in two countries?

 

[Braith]

Abundance and low prices during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi

 

[Braith]

Gate of a Mosque built by Hafiz Rahmat Khan (from Barech tribe of Pashtuns), Pillibeat, 1802

Artist and engraver: Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)

This mosque at Pilibhit was founded by Hafiz Rahmat Khan, the Afghan Rohilla leader whose jagirs or estates included Pilibhit and Bareilly, where he is buried. He became the leader of the Rohilla Afghans in Rohilkhand, but was killed in a battle against the Nawab of Avadh, assisted by the English, in 1774. The gateway is built in late Mughal style, paying homage to the gateways of the Jami' Masjid in Delhi, while the wall around the mosque enclosure shows the curvilinear Bengali roof found in Shah Jahan's additions to the Mughal palace at Agra.

 

[ebrahym]

1 - Where do you place Khorasan.
2 - Do you think all Pashtuns should strive for a pure Afghan state based around the proper definition of Afghan - that is a ethnic based state for Pashtuns?
3 - Where should it's borders run? One idea is districts on the east of Indus Attock, Haripur, Mianwali and Salang Tunnel on the west running south west to Kandhara/Farah thence south east to Quetta including the Indus tract west around Dera Islamail Khan.
4. Would such a state purely Pashtun reinvorgate and do better than the divided nature of Pashtun dispora living in two countries?

well you have not mentioned me but i still being pokey will answer you like it or not
1-Khorasan refers to southern central Asia, northern Iran and most of Afghanistan,no matter how much we want, pakistan does not qualifies by ancient defination
2-no, all Afghan pashtuns should strive for present-day Afghanistan, its not early 1900, its the new world,
3-its borders should be what they are, but if you are asking its historic border, then it goes as far east as sialkot and sukkur, as far north as transoxonia
4-honestly most of Pashtuns live in Pakistan and mostly are associated with Pakistan, so if a Pashtun dominated Afghanistan is formed , we must utilize it for benefit, A simple fact we have not been able to apply

 

[Braith]

Sultan Nasir-ud-din Ismail Shah Afghan (1346-1347)

 

[Braith]

Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji is also noted in history for being one of the few rulers in the world to have repeatedly defeated large Mongol armies. He launched punitive expeditions against Mongols in modern-day Afghanistan.

"Ala-ud-Din due to his military reforms, and, partly due to the confusion caused by the death of Deva Khan, the ruler of Transoxiana, adopted an aggressive policy to tackle the Mongols. He followed rather an expansionist policy towards the north-western frontier. He led several expeditions on regular basis to Kabul, Qandahar, and Garmsir and consequently ravaged and in some cases levied tribute from its inhabitants. At that time, there was turmoil, confusion, and chaos and the Mongols in Transoxiana were not in the position to challenge the authority of the Sultan of Delhi. Even in the territory of Ghazni, the Khutba was read in Sultan’s name. Due to his wise forward policy, Sultan Ala-u-Din completely secured the north-western border of India. Particularly after 1307; the Mongol completely ceased their raids against Delhi. When this constant problem eliminated, the region of north-western India remained calm and quite and the people of these areas once again carried on their agriculture and business pursuits in peace and tranquillity."(Zia-ud-Din Barani, Tarikh-i-Feroz Shahi , p. 67.)

 

[H!TchHiker]

Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji is also noted in history for being one of the few rulers in the world to have repeatedly defeated large Mongol armies. He launched punitive expeditions against Mongols in modern-day Afghanistan.

"Ala-ud-Din due to his military reforms, and, partly due to the confusion caused by the death of Deva Khan, the ruler of Transoxiana, adopted an aggressive policy to tackle the Mongols. He followed rather an expansionist policy towards the north-western frontier. He led several expeditions on regular basis to Kabul, Qandahar, and Garmsir and consequently ravaged and in some cases levied tribute from its inhabitants. At that time, there was turmoil, confusion, and chaos and the Mongols in Transoxiana were not in the position to challenge the authority of the Sultan of Delhi. Even in the territory of Ghazni, the Khutba was read in Sultan’s name. Due to his wise forward policy, Sultan Ala-u-Din completely secured the north-western border of India. Particularly after 1307; the Mongol completely ceased their raids against Delhi. When this constant problem eliminated, the region of north-western India remained calm and quite and the people of these areas once again carried on their agriculture and business pursuits in peace and tranquillity."(Zia-ud-Din Barani, Tarikh-i-Feroz Shahi , p. 67.)

Correct me if i am wrong :
1) Was not he (Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji) is of Turkic ethnic background ?

2) It was his uncle In 1292, the Sultan Jalal ud din Khilji who first defeated a Mongol army that invaded the Dipalpur-Multan region.

3) Later Sultan Ala-ud-din killed his uncle (Being a nephew he was awarded a high position in military by his uncle) and takeover the throne.

 

[Braith]

Correct me if i am wrong :
1) Was not he (Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji) is of Turkic ethnic background ?

2) It was his uncle In 1292, the Sultan Jalal ud din Khilji who first defeated a Mongol army that invaded the Dipalpur-Multan region.

3) Later Sultan Ala-ud-din killed his uncle (Being a nephew he was awarded a high position in military by his uncle) and takeover the throne.

They were Turko-Afghans.........Turk by roots but Afghan by manners, customs and language. Jahan-nama by Najib Bakran , written in 1204 AD, contains an interesting paragraph ;

: "The Khalaj are a tribe of Turks who from the Khallukh limits migrated to Zabulistan. Among the districts of Ghazni there is a steppe where they reside. Then, on account of the heat of the air, their complexion has changed and tended towards blackness; the tongue (zuban) too has undergone alterations and become a different language (lughat)."

The different lughat they had adopted ,was in all probability Pashto which is spoken in Zabul nowadays. They were not considered Turks when they came to power in 1290. Contemporary historian Barani in his Tarikh-i-Feroz Shahi says;

"At the same time Jalaludin, who was Ariz-i-Mamalik , had gone to Baharpur , attended by a body of his relations and friends. Here he held a muster and inspection of the forces. He came of a race different from that of the Turks ; so he had no confidence in them , nor would the Turks own him as belonging to the member of his friends".

At another place he says "' and that by the death of Sultan Kaikoabad , 'The Turks lost the empire"

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