Jabbarkhel

Jabbarkhel or JabarKhil, sometimes spelled Jabar Khel or Jabar Khyl, are a leading landowning clan of the Ahmadzai tribe of Pashtun people and consist of more than fifteen thousand families. Many of the families carry the surname "Jabbar Khel" but some have changed there surnames to the names of their Fathers or Grandfathers. ^[1] The tribe is believed to have descended from an Ahmadzai leader named Jabbar.^[2] They are believed to have been located primarily in the region of Qabr-i-Jabbar/Khaki Jabbar District.^[2] Abdul Rahim Arsala was the son of the leader and descended from that tribe. He was later called on by the king, among the other tribe members to be members of the military.

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^ Kaplan, Robert (2001). Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Vintage Books. pp. 147. ISBN 1400030250.
^ ^a ^b Noelle, Christine (1997). State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost. Routledge. p. 196. ISBN 0700706291.

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[sold-1] Kaplan, Robert (2001). Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Vintage Books. pp. 147. ISBN 1400030250.

[state-2] Noelle, Christine (1997). State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost. Routledge. p. 196. ISBN 0700706291.

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