Babai (Pashtun tribe)
The Babai (Pashto: بابئی) is a Pashtun tribe also known as Babi (Pashto: بابی). Their traditional primary homeland is in Qalat, Zabul, located in Southern Afghanistan and Kandahar. Babai is the son of Ghorghasht & brother of Kakar (Dani) & Mando, largely settled in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
The tribe speaks the most archaic and soft dialect Pashto language, referred to as Kandahari Pashto dialect or the Southern Dialect.[1]
The rulers and nawabs of Junagadh State, India, belong to the Babai tribe.
Notables
- Muhammad Dilawar Khanji Babi, 14th Governor of Sindh, Pakistan, and Nawab of Junagadh State
- Abdul Aziz Khan Babi, Khan of Babi Tribe and possessor of Mahal (Jo-e-Babi), Quetta, Balochistan
- Parveen Babi, Indian actress
- Basir Babai, News reporter of Radio Television Afghanistan's Balkh province branch
References
- "Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, Volume 4 Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
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