Khalil (Pashtun tribe)

The Khalil (Pashto: خليل‎) is a Pashtun Ghoryakhel subtribe primarily living in Pakistan with some members in Nangarhar, Herat, Ghazni, Qandahar, of Afghanistan and in the Peshawar valley. The Khalil's settled to the west and south-west of Daudzai tribe.

History

Origins

Ghoryakhel had four sons Daulatyar, Zeerani, Khalil, Chamkani tribe, and Daulatyar had two sons Mohmand, Daudzai. The Khalil originally lived in Ghwara Marghay Arghistan Qandahar Afghanistan and in the Qalat Zabul and Ghazni. Khalil Mattezai still living on the basin of the Tarnak River north of Ghazni and Sheikh Matte BaBa Shrine is close to Tarnak River on the Hill. After the Mongols invaded the region in the 13th century, the Khalils, along with the Momands who were also formerly settled in central Afghanistan, were driven out. The Khalil first migrated northeastwards to Kabul and then to Nangrahar further eastwards along the Kabul River. The Khalil came in 1530-1535 from Nangrahar to their present settlement in the Peshawar valley according to the Babur history book Baburnama and Pashto History Book Pata Khazana written by Abdulhai Habibi. [1]

References

  1. ↑ Tate, George Passman. The Kingdom of Afghanistan: A Historical Sketch, 1911. Page 14.
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