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Akhund Darveza was enemy of Pir Roshan , was a Yousafzai and had seen times of Khan Gaju who died in 1550s. Khan Gaju had 150,000 men under his banner from not just Khashi tribes but also tarklanris, swatis, shilmanis, gabris, tirahis, jadoons, kohistanis etc.........he lacked artillery and he failed to capture peshawar in siege which was under Mughals. But i assume Ghakkars also lacked artillary and i doubt they had they numerical strength to gather more than 1 lakh warriors. Suris wanted to establish their writ on ghakkar territory , stationed troops there, they can not be compared with tribesmen like Yousfzais who would plunder the territory or extract tribute and then return to their homes. Margalla was not under Khan Gaju but thats how far his influence extended eastward.Persian king was the one who hosted Hamayun in exile. Ain-e-Akbari mentions that they(Gakhars) were subject of "his highness"(the king of Persia) who told them to support Hamayun against Sher Shah. I highly doubt he'd have managed to get a tribute from Adam Khan, who was facing Islam Shah Suri, a much stronger and ferocious foe than Khan Kanju. Adam Khan also had a "bloody" clash with Mughals, who were led by Kamal Khan(Adam's nephew). Akhund Darweza was Pir Roshan was it? Was Kanju alive during his time? Sometimes nationalistic historians lie about their achievements, like hindus lie how Prithviraj killed Ghauri.
As for Gakhars supporting Lodhis, there was a division between them. Tatar Khan Gakhar was a tributary of Lodhis, but his cousin Hathi Khan of Pharwala made a surprise attack on him and killed him for he wanted no such relationship with the Lodhis, and took over the Gakhar leadership. Hathi Khan was said to be a ruthless man, and it was Malik Hast Khan Janjua, who's mentioned in Baburnama and who submitted to Babur, and asked him to attack Hathi. Hathi had defeated Janjuas in a number of, said to be bloody, battles, and had also killed Malik Hast's father. Babur complied and attacked Hathi in his fort of Pharwala, but failed to kill Hathi who escaped from a chor darwaza. Hathi was later poisoned by Sarang, son of Tatar Khan and brother of Adam Khan, and thus the chiefship of Gakhars passed on to the house of Tatar once again.
The plan here was of different nature, he intended to convert Punjab into Pashtunistan........if this account of Abbas Sherwani is to be believedFalse !
Tribes had been coming and settling since Mahmud Ghznawi times.
Lodhi and Suri were very Afghan-centric empires and relied exclusively on their own kinsmen, so dont expect an anti-pashtun to appreciate positive works of Sher Shah, a Pashtun. Alaudin Khilji and Sikander Lodi also had positive achievements as well as negative attributes.Just curious, why is that? He was a ruthless man alright but he was possibly the best pashto monarch in the subcontinent.
As a human being, the best Pashtun ruler was Bahlol lodi, humble, pious, forgiving, honourble man who didnt sit on throne but on carpet on equal level with others.
Just like Pashtuns have negative perception of the Mughal rulers , some communities also have grudge against Pashtun rulers of Delhi for historical reasons. For example among Muslims, Balochs hate sher shah as their power in Multan province was crushed by him, Baloch folk tales talk about their half-mythical hero King Mir chakar Rind defeating Sher Shah and drinking blood in his skull. (Mir Chakar was actually a loyal subordinate of Afghans and was petty wali of Satgarha in Okara, the defiant Baloch rebel was Medu Baloch allied with fateh Khan Jat)