Dilazak

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The Dilazak were an Afghan Tribe which descended into the valley of Peshawar,Pakistan in Smanyid's dynasty from 'Suleman Range’ between 750 AD and 850 AD. They were the First of all Afghans and were Muslims by that time. They expelled or subdued local people of Swati, Degan and Tirahi castes. By the time of Mehmood Ghaznavi, they had reached up to Sind River (Also called Abaseen & Neelaab. They participated in Mehmood Ghaznavi's campaigns in large numbers under their leader Malik Yahya. Later they extended up to present day Hassan Abdal (Near Taxila) and towards north up to Abbott Abad. Around 1520 AD, another Afghan Tribe Yousafzi was expelled from Kabul (Afghanistan) by the uncle of Mughal Emperor Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur, Mirza ulugh Beg. The Yousafzi's migrated to Peshawar valley and sought help from The Dilazak which was granted to them by The Dilazak. Later on relation between the two Tribes deteriorated and a long war ensued. Ultimately Yousafzi along with few other tribes (Including Utmanzi-Cousins of The Dilazak) were able to push away the Dilazak east of Sind River under their leader Malik Ahmed Khan after 20 Years.

The story of The Dilazak did not end here. The Mughals had fluctuating relations with the Afghans. The Dilazak were on the eastern side of Sind River and thus totally accessible to a properly trained Mughal Army. Around 1607 AD, Mughal Emperor Jahangir (Muhammad Saleem) once visiting Kabul in Afghanistan, left his large army under the command of Zaffar Khan Koka son of Zain Khan Koka and ordered him to wipe out The Dilazak and arrest the leaders of Khhattar Tribe (non-Afghan).Zain Khan Koka did it well and deported one hundred thousand families of The Dilazak to Lahore for onward dispersal in whole of India. Only few families of The Dilazak survived from this event. These families still survive. Today they are found in the districts Abbott Abad, Haripur, Charsadda, Swat, Peshawar , of which all are in North West Frontier Province, and Attock ,in the Punjab Province. They are in districts Shahjehan Pur & also in village Shahjahanpur District(Meerut)on Meerut Garh Road(Uttar Perdesh), Jullandhar (Indian Punjab), Bari Town (Rajasthan) and Dilazi & other villages in Andhera Perdesh-old Deccan), Western Bengal and few other regions of India.