If you dont know, let me inform you that Hijrat movement was an extension of Khilafat movement of India , in which Hindustan was declared "Dar-ul-harb" due to British rule who were planning to end Ottoman caliphate . King Amanullah of Afghanistan corroborated with Deoband's ulemas and it was decided that Hindi Muslims would migrate to Afghanistan and settle there. The insane plan involved migration of 8 crores Indian Muslims through only 40,000 to 130,000 migrated to Afghanistan, mostly poor families.
In Afghanistan , the Indian Muhajireens were unable to adopt to harsh life and many began to die of starvation and cold there......but those who returned to India and have written about it, have mentioned Afghan government welcoming them but the Afghan subjects were cold and did not welcome them.....Indian writers have even claimed that Muhajireen were harassed by local Afghan marauders who stole their properties and kidnapped their women.........i suspected these claims to be biased but i have received input from very senior persons from FATA who have confirmed that in Afghanistan they were treated very badly and they were looted by locals.........Although Afghans (citizens of Afghanistan) are singled out but it seems the highway robbers of Khyber and other passes also harassed the emigrants.......
The question arises.......are Pashtuns really hospitable?, or their hospitality is all about "Sath" ...or they have some twisted versions of melmastia and nanawati. Travelers always needed local escorts through Pashtun areas otherwise they could be robbed and even killed. Even today criminals and murderers run away from settled areas and get asylum and protection in FATA where they enjoy the "hospitality" .........twisted hospitality.......when they , Bar Afghans in this case, were tested in 1920, they not only received them coldly but also harassed their guests.......On Pakistan side, in 21st century, Wazirsitan refugees, were coldly received in settled areas and were kind of robbed by charging them with higher rents than normal.
In Afghanistan , the Indian Muhajireens were unable to adopt to harsh life and many began to die of starvation and cold there......but those who returned to India and have written about it, have mentioned Afghan government welcoming them but the Afghan subjects were cold and did not welcome them.....Indian writers have even claimed that Muhajireen were harassed by local Afghan marauders who stole their properties and kidnapped their women.........i suspected these claims to be biased but i have received input from very senior persons from FATA who have confirmed that in Afghanistan they were treated very badly and they were looted by locals.........Although Afghans (citizens of Afghanistan) are singled out but it seems the highway robbers of Khyber and other passes also harassed the emigrants.......
The question arises.......are Pashtuns really hospitable?, or their hospitality is all about "Sath" ...or they have some twisted versions of melmastia and nanawati. Travelers always needed local escorts through Pashtun areas otherwise they could be robbed and even killed. Even today criminals and murderers run away from settled areas and get asylum and protection in FATA where they enjoy the "hospitality" .........twisted hospitality.......when they , Bar Afghans in this case, were tested in 1920, they not only received them coldly but also harassed their guests.......On Pakistan side, in 21st century, Wazirsitan refugees, were coldly received in settled areas and were kind of robbed by charging them with higher rents than normal.

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