Kakar
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Kakar is a Pashtun tribe located in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is named after Kakar Afghan, who was the great grandson of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father was Dani, son of Ghorghushet, son of Qais Abdur Rasheed according to the Afghan appendix of tribes.
According to Afghan historians, Ghorghushet was alive in 388 hijri (Islamic calendar). Kakar is also known in some parts of Afghanistan as Kakar-khel. Locally, in Hirat, Kakar is called "KAK" by the public. In historical context, it is sometimes called "Kak-kor" (family of Kak).
The tomb of Kakar (or Kak) is located in front of Jamia Masjid in central Hirat. Afghan historians claim that Kakar was buried first in Kohistan of Ghor province of Afghanistan, but that the King of Hirat, Sultan Ghyasudin Taghlok brought his corpse to Hirat and again buried him near the Central Mosque. King Ghyasudin was also a Kakar and belonged to the sub tribe of Taghluk or Taghruq.
Dani had 4 more sons named Panai, Babai, Naghar and Davi, and now they are also a part of Kakar tribe. Kakar had 24 sons; six were adopted.
Some historians claim that Kakar in fact had 26 sons. Others claim that this figure is 29, but most believe that the actual figure is 24.
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1 Sher Shah Suri And Kakar |
Some Notable Sub-Tribes of Kakar Afghan
- Sanzarkhel
- Barakzai
- Parizon
- Abdullahzai
- Jogizai
- Abubakar-zai
- Abusyedzai
Historians such as Abdul Hai Habibi and Bahdur Shah Zafar Kakakhel are confident that Jadoon or Gadoon also may be part of Kakar.
Tamini is a large tribe in Ghor, Sakhar, Memoona and Koh-e-feroza, and are also a part of the Kakar tribes in Afghanistan.
In India Kakar are found in Punjab, Haryana, Bulandshehr, the town of Kohana, District Rohtik, Hyderabad Daccan, Malwah, the town of Khwaja, Bihar, Bengal, Assam , Mumbai and Junagarh. In India most Kakar are Hindu but some are Muslims. After Afghan (Pashtoon) tribes -including the Kakar tribes- attacked India several times, they seized control there and the Hindu people of the area, adopted a sar name of Kakar. Some of the Hindu also adopted Islam, but others remained Hindu. Among the Muslims, Kakars are mostly real Afghans. In the town of Kohana Abusyedzai Kakar, the Afghans exist large numbers. They belong to the family of Malik Abdul Mali. Alikhel Kakar live in the District of Rohtik. Also, in other parts of India- especially Bihar and Bangol- Kakar is a known Afghan tribe.
Sher Shah Suri And Kakar
Sher Shah or Sher Khan's real name was Farid Khan. His father's name was Hassan Khan and his grandfather's name wae Ibrahim Khan Suri. Ibrahim was a middle class and common man of ROWA (an independent land of Afghans which included the territories of Hassanabdal, Kabul, Peshawar, Hirat, Kandahar, Koh-e-Sulmanhe), and belonged to the sub tribe Barakzai of Kakar. Barakzai is a sub tribe of Taraghzai, son of Kakar. According to Sir Olf Caero, the author of book The Pathans, Sher Shah was born Sihasram in (Bihar) in 1479 A.D, where his father was a landlord and a respected ally of a Mughal Empire. The real homeland of Sher Shah was likely located between Qaisi Ghar and Koh-e-Suliman and near the Kozhak range.
Kalkar Najin, in his book Sher Shah and His Times, asserts that this place is between Chaman and Ghazni and that it is Sargorgai (Toba Kakar Ranges), where Kakar tribe has been living for centuries. Sir Olaf claims that when Sher Shah was young, he hunted and killed a lion (Bengal tiger) by his own sword- so since in Pashto and Persian, the lion is called "Sher," people of the area began to call him "Sher Khan;" his hunting of the lion using the sword is similar to the story of David.
Reign of Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri's rule lasted less then 6 years but he accomplished much in this short time. He defeated the Mughal Emperor Hamayun in 1539. He changed his name from Sher Khan to Sher Shah (King of Lions) when he conquered Dehli. Unlike other Afghan Warriors that ruled the Sub Continent of South Asia who were outsiders, Sher Shah actually originated from the Indians. He ruled in India from 1539 to 1545. Under his rule, India saw many developments such as Genrali road (from Bengal to Jehlum), the old fort of Dehli, Rohtaas fort in Punjab, and the Grand Trunk Road. In 1545, in a battle an artillery shell blew up near Sher Shah and he was critically injured; shortly thereafter he died and was buried in Sihasram, Bihar India.
Sources
- History of Pashtoon (Persian), 1979, by Sardar Sher Muhammed Gandapur
- A history of Afghan (Persian), 1960, by Abdul Hai Habibi
- The Pathans (English), 1967, by Sir Olf Cearo
- Pashtoon history (Pashto), 1965, by Syed Bahadur Shah Zafar Kakakhel
- Tarekh-e-Khan Jahani Wa Mukhzan Afghani (Persian-Pashto), 1500-1600, by Khwaja Nimatullah Harvi and Hebat Khan Abubakarzai Kakar.