Pashtun tribes

[Admin Khan]

@Admin - Ok, ok... I will kindly do my homework and find the book. But not sure if I could read the book. I''m still Pashto beginner

I posted every book I had. So you will find some very good material in our library. Just look carefully, and do not rush yourself. You will miss it without even realizing that you did.

[Carlo]

There is a very nice reconstruction of the whole Suleiman Khel tribal structure in "Notes on Nomad Tribes of Eastern Afghanistan" by J. A Robinson, 1935 (later editions by Nisa traders, Pakistan). The author, a British officer in charge of supervising the Kuchi border crossings, credits his Pashtun assistant, who was obviously the one who actually gathered all the detailed information.

[Carlo]

"Karlanri" as the designation of one group of tribes, supposedly descended from an adopted foundling, was introduced by Sir Olaf Caroe in his book "The Pathans". To consider the link with the other tribes merely adoptive was politically useful to Sir Olaf, as a pro-Pakistani supporter writing in 1957 over the question of Pashtunistan, to imply that these tribes (mostly the fiercest and most famous Nang tribes along the Durand line) were different and not fully of the Pashtun/Afghan line. I personally think that most of these very ancient parts of the genealogies are largely mythical (like the Pathans being descended from the Lost Tribes of Israel, etc.) but that sometimes (not in the Lost Tribes case) the myths may be revealing of certain forgotten historical facts. In fact, it is likely that many ancient links traditionally attributed to certain tribes were the result of "adoptions", i.e. political alliances, rather than actual blood links.

In spite of the above, I still have the greatest possible respect for Caroe nonetheless, and feel that his work is a great masterpiece, that everyone seriously interested in the Pashtuns ought to read.

[Carlo]

Looks like it's mostly based on Caroe. "Umar" is presumably a misprint for "Urmar".

Caroe's attempt to bring together all the different traditions and reconstructions is probably one of the most dignified attempts at an ultimately insoluble puzzle.

[Janana]

Admin Khan, is this the book you are talking about?
http://www.pashtunforums.com/pashto-...n-tribes-7044/

[یاسمینه]

Admin Khan, is this the book you are talking about?
http://www.pashtunforums.com/pashto-...n-tribes-7044/

The book mentioned by Admin Khan is in Pashto. You can find it in library, in the Pashto books section.

[Janana]

Ahh, I should have known