Dilazak

The Dilazak are a Pashtun tribe of the Afghan Karlani branch, found in Pakistan and India.

History

The Dilazak descended from the Suleman Range into the valley of Peshawar during the time of the Samanid Dynasty, between 750 and 850 CE.^[1] They expelled or subdued local people of the Swati, Degan and Tirahi castes.^[2] By the time of Mahmud Ghaznavi (around 1000 AD), they had reached the Sindh River (then called Abaseen or Neelaab).^[3] They participated in Mahmood Ghaznavi's campaigns in large numbers under their leader, Malik Yahya Khan.^[4] In the 500 years that followed, they extended up to Hassan Abdal (near Taxila) and towards the north up to Abbottabad. According to the Ain-i-Akbari (written around 1590 CE), they were the only Pashtun tribe possessing lands in Hazara Qarlagh.^[5][6]

Around 1520, another Afghan tribe, the Yusufzai, was expelled from Kabul by Mirza Ulugh Beg, the uncle of Mughal Emperor Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur.^[7] The Yusufzai migrated to the Peshawar valley, where they sought and received help from the Dilazak.^[8] Later, the relationship between the two tribes deteriorated and a long war ensued.^[9] After 20 years, the Yusufzai, along with some other tribes (including the Utmanzai, cousins of the Dilazak), were able to push the Dilazak east of the Sindh river under their leader, Malik Ahmed Khan, at battle of Katlang.^[10]

Dispersal by the Mughals

The Mughals had fluctuating relations with the Afghans. The Dilazak were on the eastern side of the Sindh River and thus vulnerable to the Mughal army. Around 1607, on his way to Kabul, Mughal emperor Jahangir left his large army under the command of Zaffar Khan Koka, son of Zain Khan Koka, and ordered him to wipe out the Dilazak and arrest the leaders of the Khattar tribe.^[11] Zaffar Khan Koka complied with the orders and deported one hundred thousand families of the Dilazak to Lahore for onward dispersal throughout India.^[12] Only a few families of the Dilazak survived.

Return under Shahjahan

Most of the Dilazaks returned during the reign of the Mughal king Shahjahan, and settled in parts of North West Frontier Province (renamed Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa in 2010) and Punjab in their old homes.^[13] One of them was Saleh Khan who, along with his family settled in Sara-e-Saleh and Tir in Haripur District.^[14] Dilazak1 (talk) 07:59, 25 October 2011 (UTC)Dilazak found into chota Lahor,Bamkhel,Tahdkohi,Kalokhan,Turlandi,Menai Distt Swabi

Sections or branches of the Dilazak include the Shamseer Khani, Nusrat Khel and Anayat Khani.^[15] As of 2010^[update], they are found in the districts Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Charsadda, Mardan, Shabqadar, Buner, Mengora, Chakdara, Darband, Kala Dhaka, Bisham, Chikar, Khar (Bajaur), Swat and Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa Province; in Attock, Hazro and Rawalpindi, Dera Ismail Khan and Lahore in the Punjab Province along with Karachi in Sindh Province. They are also some populations in India, in the districts of Shahjahan Pur and also in villages in the Shahjahanpur District (Meerut), on Meerut Garh Road (Uttar Pradesh), Jalandhar (in Indian Punjab), Bari (Rajasthan), Dilazi and other villages in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.^[16] Members of this tribe also dwell in Afghanistan, Burma, Bangladesh, Germany, India, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Family from Arab from the lineage of Ali Ibne Abi Talib and afterwards then Prince Sayed kalan Gesu Daraz the fifth generation from imam Jafare Sadiq and one of his lineage hold the title of Dilazak from here then migrated to India and held important posts as powerful nobels at Moghul court from the lineage of Aman Khan and Meer Muhammad Baqir whose father Aman Khan called himself Dilazak khan were titled as Iradat khan and from his lineage held many important posts at mughal courts till Farrukhsiyar which is mentioned in MaasirAl-umara and another book tarekhe iradat khan translated by Jonathan Scott.there generations are setteled in Allahabad Shahjahanpur and Calcutta.

External links

• Dilazak.org
• Dilazak Blog

References

1. ^ Taareekh-e-Hazara (Urdu-1969) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni. P 295-313,"Taareekh -e-Wadi-e-Chhachh and Aqwaam-e-Chhachh" (Urdu) by Manzoor Awan p 175-182,"Saqafat-e-Sarhud_Taareekh ke Aaeene Men" (Urdu) by Qari Javed Iqbal_published by 'Lok Virsa_Pakistan_2002 p 22-23,"Solat-e-Afghani"(urdu) by Haji Muhammad Zardar Khan_ printed at 'Munshi Nol Kishore printin press'_' printing year not given' p 491-492
2. ^ "Taareekh-e-Hazara"(Urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_second edition_1969 ad p 295-313, "Afghnistan and its inhabitants" by Henry Priestley_1874 reproduced by Sang-e-Meel Publications_Pakistan_1981 p 55/56, p- 197/198, "Races of Afghanistan" by H.w.Bellew_published by Sheikh Mubarak Ali_Lahore_Pakistan p 63-76
3. ^ "Taareekh-e-Hazara" (urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_first edition_1969 p 295-313,"Taareekh-e-Wadi-e-Chhachh and Aqwaam-e-Chhachh" (urdu) by Manzoor Awan p 175-182, "Afghnistan and its inhabitants" by Henry Priestley_1874 (reproduced by Sang-e-Meel Publications_Pakistan_1981 p-55/56, p- 197/198, "Da Pasto Qabeelo Shajre o Mene" (Pashto) by Muhammad Umar Rond Miakhel_2001 p 346-347
4. ^ "Afghanistan and its inhabitants"(1874) by Henry Priestley p-55/56,l29-31,p 197/198,"Da Pasto Qabelo Rawayati Nasbi Shajre o Taareek" (pashto) by Sial Momand_1986 p249-250, "Taareekh-e-Pashtoon" by Sher Muhammad Khan_translated by Saraj Ahmed Alvi_edition 1979 p 200
5. ^ Hazara Qarlagh was a term used during the Mughal period for an administrative unit colocated with the modern Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa (formerly NWFP), Attock District and Hassan Abdal Tehsil of Punjab Province.
6. ^ "Ain-i-Akbari" (Urdu) by Abul fazal_translated by Maulvi Fida Ali_edition 2007_published by Sang-e-Meel publications_p 1036_table serial 37, "Mukhtasur Taareekh-e-Pashtoon" by Professor Hameedullah_2004 p 515, "Memoir of Jahangir" by the late Sir H.M.Elloit_edited by Professor John dowson_first published 1871_this ref is from Pakistani edition by Islamic Book Service_edition 1975", "An Account of Kingdom of Kabul" (volume 2) by Mountstuart Elphinstone_ published by 'Oxford University Press_Karachi'p 10-13
7. ^ "Afghanistan and its inhabitants" by Henry Priestley p 100-106, "Gazetteer of the Peshawar District p-53/54, "The Pathans" by Sir Olaf Caroe p 153,173/174, "Taareekh-e-Hazara" (urdu) by Dr.Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_first edition_1969 p 295-313, "Yousafzae" (urdu) by Allah Bakhush Yousafzai_edition 1960 p 218-219,"Mukhtasur Taareekh-e-Pashtoon"(urdu) by Professor Hameedullah_2004 p 48
8. ^ "Afghanistan and its inhabitants" by Henry Priestley p 101,103,l39-49,221/222,"Gazetteer of the Peshawar District" p 54 l24-28,157, "The Pathans" by Sir Olaf Caroe p 175, "Taareekh-e-Hazara (urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_first edition_1969 p 295-313, "Mukhtasur Taareekh-e-Pashtoon by Professor Hameedullah_2004 p 49
9. ^ "Gazetteer of the Peshawar District" p 54,l28-31, "Afghanistan and its inhabitants" by Henry Priestley p 103/104, "Taareekh-e-Hazara (urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_first edition_1969 p 295-313, "Tawareekh-e-Hafiz Rahmat Khani" (urdu) by Pir Moazzam Shah_rearranged with notes by 'Roshan Khan'_ published by pashto academy-1976 p 83-570
10. ^ "Afghnistan and its inhabitants" by Henry Priestley_1874 (Reproduced by Sang-e-Meel Publications_Pakistan_1981 p 55/56,129/142,222, "Yousafzae" (urdu) by Allah Bakhush Yousafi_edition 1960 p 77-79,220-226, "The Kingdom of Afghanistan_A Historical Sketch by G.P.Tate'-1911_this reference book is published by 'Indus Publications_1973' p 12 (foot note),"Tawareekh-e-Hafiz Rahmat Khani" (urdu) by Pir Moazzam Shah_rearranged with notes by 'Roshan khan'_ published by Pashto Academy-1976 p 83-570, "Hund-After the Great Floods" (urdu) by Islah Publications_ p 58
11. ^ "Afghanistan and its inhabitants" p 198, "Gazetteer of the Attock District" p 91,l37-41,"Yousafzae" (urdu) by Allah Bakhush Yousafi_edition 1960 p 77-79, "Memoir of Jahangir" by the late Sir H.M.Elloit", "Taareekh-e-Hindustan_Saltanat-e-Islamia Ka Bian (Histories of Hindustan_Details of Islamic Kingdom) (urdu)-volume 6_'Karnama-e-Jahangiri' p 52
12. ^ "Gazetteer of the Attock District" p 91, "Afghanistan and its inhabitants" p 198, "Taareekh-e-Hazara_Turhon Ka Ehd (The Turk's period)(urdu)" by Muhammad Irshad Khan M.A.M.Ed. _ published at Tufail art printers_Lahore (Pakistan)_1976 p 54, "Hayat-e-Afghan" by Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan_1865 (Persian ed; English translation by JB Priestley pub 1874) p 371-37
13. ^ "Punjabi Musalmans" p 152, "Taareekh-e-Hazara" (Urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_second edition_1969 p 295-313
14. ^ "Taareekh-e-Hazara" (Urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_first edition_1969 p 295-313
15. ^ "Taareekh-e-Hazara" (urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_second edition_1969 p 295-313
16. ^ "There is said to be a colony of about four hundred families of them settled in dholpur-"Races of Afghanistan" by H.W.Bellew_published by Sheilh Mubarak Ali_Lahore_Pakistan p 68,"Taareekh-e-Hazara" (urdu) by Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni_second edition_1969 p 295-313, "Solat-e-Afghani"(urdu) by Haji Muhammad Zardar Khan_ printed at 'Munshi Nol Kishore Printing Press'_ printing year not given p 491-492-"………it is believed that some of this tribe are also living in 'Bari Town' of Dholpur Area since then (After expulsion by Jahangir), but it is not proved by any book. Here their leader is Sardar Ahmed Khan Haji and their lands are from the king, out of which only Ruppees 3000/- worth of property is left.....(Translated from urdu)."

1. 17.MaasirAl-umara_vol1
2. 18.MaasirAl-umara_vol2
3. 19.Tarekhe iradat khan translated by jonathan scot