Tokhi

Afghan tribe
Ethnic group
توخی
Regions with significant populationsZabul, Kandahar and HelmandLanguagesPashtoReligionSunni Islam 

Tokhi (Pashto; توخی ) is a Ghilji tribe found in Afghanistan. Historically they have mostly lived in what is now Zabul Province, Helmand, Uruzgan and Kandahar in Afghanistan.[1][2]

History

The Tokhi Chiefs hikmat in the Ghilzai revolt of 1801-2 but were put down and executed. The Tokhi were among the first in the disturbance of British Colonial Occupation during the First Afghan War and were among many troops led to attack the British.[3]

Subtribes

Notables

  • Nāzo Tokhi, Afghan poet of the early 18th century and mother of Mirwais Hotak, founder of the Hotak Dynasty, known as Grandfather of Afghanistan

See also

  • Pashtun tribes

References

  1. ^ Afghan Biographies - Kandahar Tribal Council
  2. ^ Naval Postgraduate School - Program for Culture and Conflict Studies Zabul Provincial Overview
  3. ^ Disturbances in Western Afghanistan, 1839-41 M. E. Yapp
  4. ^ United Nations (2014) Security Council 1988 Committee Adds Qari Saifullah Tokhi to Its Sanctions List
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Bettani
Ghilji
Lodi
GharghashtiSarbani
Durrani
Yusufzai
Other Sarbani
Karlani
Allied tribes

Further reading

  • State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan