Rodbari
Introduction[edit]
Rodbari or Roudbari (Pashto: رودبارې; Persian: رودباری, Urdu: رودباری) is the top order sub-tribe of Karlani Pashtun tribe.[1][2] Rodbari is one of the biggest and most educated Pashtun tribes. The Rodbari tribe were leading life in a town by the name of Rodbar, on the Southern coast of the River Hilmand and Neshkay, till different tribes were forced to migrate to Kabul. The people from Rodbar migrated along, which is one of the reasons after naming them as "Rodbari", and is belonging to the biggest Khashi tribe.[3][4] Rodbari were the part of the Karlani or Karrani dynasty, in the 16th century, to migrate and inhibit the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), region of North West Pakistan and certain parts of eastern Afghanistan, during the last dynasty who ruled Bengal Sultanat. [2][5]
Geographical Distribution[edit]
Rodbari tribe is widely distributed and scattered all along the Pashtun belts. According to some historians, Rodbari tribe of Pashtun is the royal blood of the Karlani tribe,[6][7] and this is one of the reasons that they are never unified/united, and are quite widely scattered, such as, they are widely distributed in Laghman and Nangrahar in Afghanistan, while patch-wise distributed in different parts of Pakistan including FATA (such as in Bajaur Agency), and from Karachi to Chitral, but most wide distribution of the Rodbari tribe is in Malakand Division (District Lower Dir, District Upper Dir, District Swat, and Drosh/Orson in District Chitral), District Malakand, District Mardan, District Charsadda, and District Peshawar. [4][8]
Migratory Patterns and Reasons[edit]
Rodbari are among the descendants of Hazrat Shoaib (Allaih-i-Sallam), and their abode stretched from Kunarh to Western parts of Afghanistan.[9] The Rodbari traveled through Kunarh and Nangrahar and passed khyber Pass to reach Norther Afghanistan (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan). Since then, they are settled in north-western Pakistan, more specifically across district Malakand, the districts of Malakand Division and Bajaur Agency. [7][6][10] [8][11].
Clans of Rodbari[edit]
There are four clans of Rodbari tribe. These are: "Wazir Khel", "Dilzak or Dilazak", "Kotwal" and "Paapni".[11][10][6] Over 80% of the Rodbari tribe is well educated and positioned at good ranks and designation, while the rest are mostly engaged at their own Business. The clans of the Rodbari tribe is based on their professions and designations in the earlier era of Pashtuns dynasties, such as: "Wazir Khel" served as "Wazir (Ministers)", while "Kotwal" served in armies, law enforcing bodies and at other administrative designations etc. [11][12][13]
Language[edit]
Rodbari, part of the Karlani tribal confederacy, speaks the softer variant of Pashto, the lexicographical and Phonetic features all almost similar to the Yousafzai tone of Pashto. [2][4]
Religion[edit]
The Rodbari tribe follows Islam. All the modern Rodbaris are Sunni Muslims, same as other Karlani tribes.[14] [15]
Services of Rodbari Tribe[edit]
The Rodbaris are highly educated among Pashtun tribes. Hakeem Mohsin Ul Haq Rodbari (Graduated from Bopal, India) was the first appointed teacher in the history of Dir.[8]
List of the Notable Rodbarians[edit]
- Abdul Ghafoor Ghawas (Ex Member of National Assembly, Constituency NA-34 - District Lower Dir)
- Mr. Hamee Ullah (Ex-headmaster E&SEd KPK)
- Izhar ud Din (District Officer Youth Affairs District Malakand, Ex-OA at Higher Eduction Department, Ex-IO at KPK Police)
- Tufail Anjum Rodbari (Member of Provincial Assembly, District Mardan)
- Hakeem Mohsin Ul Haq (First appointed teacher in the history of Dir districts)
- Siraj Ul Haq (Ex District Education Officer - Districts Lower Dir and Upper Dir)
- Ihsan Ul Haq (Ex Inspector Education - NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province) of Pakistan)
- Dr. Nisar ahmed principle GPGC Timergara.
- Mr Ibrar ahmed (District sports officer Dir lower & Upper)
- Mr. Shaer ud Din ( Assistant Director Civil Defence KPK)
- Mr. Aziz ul Haq (Ex-ASI KPK Police)
- Mr. Ghulam Musa (late)( Ex-ASI Federal Security Force Islamabad)
- Mr. Sulaiman Shah ( Regional Sports Officer Mardan)
- Mr. Mansoor Aziz ( Inspector at Industrie and Consumer Protection Department)
- Mr. Pir Mohammad Khan ( Additional Secretary Law Reforms Cell Civil Secretariat Khyber Pkahtunkhwa)
- Mr. Kashif Ali ( DC Office Lower Dir)
- Mr. Mohammad Isa Khan ( Ex-Deputy Ranger Forest Department KPK)
- Dr. Gohar Ali (Network Administrator at HMC Peshawar)
References[edit]
- ↑ A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India"published by. Calcutta, India: The General Staff Army Headquarter. 1910. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Karlani". Retrieved 02-12-2017. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Pukhtoon Casts. Available at: https://sites.google.com/site/pukhtooncasts/ - retrieved November 13, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Karlani tribe of Pashtuns. Karlani, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlani
- ↑ Lal, Mohan (1846). Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Kabul. India. Search this book on
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jan, Asar (2011). The History of Dilzak Tribe. Pakistan: asarjan. Search this book on
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 ياد, ډاکټر لطيف. [پښتانه قبيلی وپېژنئ: In Pashto]. Afghanistan: خېبر وېب پاڼه. pp. 86-89 & 261-262 & 310-312. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Khan, Roshan Khan. 1986. Yousafzai Qoom k Sargazisht. Roshan Khan and Company, Phool Chowk, Juna Market Karachi.
- ↑ Caroe, Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick (1983). The Pathans, 550 B.C.-A.D. 1957. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195772210. Search this book on
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Panni, Sher Bahadur Khan (1969). [Taarikh-e-Hazara (History of Hazara): In Urdu]. Peshawar, Pakistan. Search this book on
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Afghanistan ki Nasli Tarikh. Available at: https://archive.org/stream/AfghanistanKiNasliTarikh#page/n0/model/1up - Accessed November 25th, 2017.
- ↑ Sarkar, Jagdis Nariyan. Life of Mir Jumla. p. 253. Search this book on
- ↑ Nathan, Mirza. Baharistan-i-ghaibi, Volume 2. India. pp. 517, 550. Search this book on
- ↑ Afghani, Hidayat (1993). Tareekh-e-Kakazai Tarkani. Search this book on
- ↑ Organization, Khyber. "Qais Abdul Rashid Awlaad". Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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