Tokhi
توخی | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Zabul, Kandahar and Helmand | |
| Languages | |
| Pashto | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
Tokhi (Pashto; توخی ) is a Ghilji tribe found in Afghanistan. Historically they have mostly lived in what is now Zabul Province, Helmand, Uruzgan and Kandahar in Afghanistan.[1][2]
History
[edit]The Tokhi were among the first in the disturbance of British Colonial Occupation during the First Afghan War and were among many troops led to attack the British.[3]
Subtribes
[edit]- Barkozai[4]
Notables
[edit]- Nāzo Tokhi, Afghan poet of the early 18th century and mother of Mirwais Hotak, founder of the Hotak Dynasty, known as Grandfather of Afghanistan
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Afghan Biographies - Kandahar Tribal Council
- ^ Naval Postgraduate School - Program for Culture and Conflict Studies Zabul Provincial Overview
- ^ Disturbances in Western Afghanistan, 1839-41 M. E. Yapp
- ^ United Nations (2014) Security Council 1988 Committee Adds Qari Saifullah Tokhi to Its Sanctions List