Tarakai
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The Tarakai or Taraki (Pashto: تره کي) is a khilji[1] Pashtun tribe; mainly found in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan, their traditional power base. They are divided into six clans: Lilizai, Mul, Gurbuz, Badin, Saki, and Murekkhel.[2]
The Tarakai were one of the Pashtun tribes resettled under the rule of king Abdur Rahman Khan in the late 19th century.[3]
Notable people[]
- Nur Muhammad Taraki president of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979
References[]
- ^ García Ayuso, Francisco (1878). El Afghanistan. Madrid: R. Labajos. p. 99.
- ^ Zabul Province. Center for Culture and Conflict Studies, (US) Naval Postgraduate School
- ^ Amin Saikal; Ravan Farhadi; Kirill Nourzhanov (2006). Modern Afghanistan: a history of struggle and survival. I.B.Tauris. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-84511-316-2.
Categories:
- Ghilji Pashtun tribes
- Ethnic groups in Ghazni Province
- Afghanistan stubs