Tarakai

The Tarakai or Taraki (Pashto: تره کي) is a Khilji[1] Pashtun tribe; mainly found in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan. They are divided into several major clans/tribes: Nawrozkhel, Nakhel, Jamalkhel, Harunkhel, Malangkhel, Akhtarkhel, Daryakhel, Mullakhel, Lilizai, Mul, Gurbuz, Badin, Saki, and MurekKhel. These tribes are further divided into more sub-tribes within the above-mentioned clans/tribes.[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 Tarakai, Afghan Communist Revolutionary who served as President of the Marxist-Leninist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and led the Saur Revolution on the 28th of April, 1978

Najeeb Tarakai, late Afghanistan Cricketer passed away on 6 October 2020. Afghanistan national cricket team

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.

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[1] García Ayuso, Francisco (1878). El Afghanistan. Madrid: R. Labajos. p. 99.

[2] Zabul Province. Center for Culture and Conflict Studies, (US) Naval Postgraduate School

[SaikalFarhadi2006-3] 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.