The Kakar (or Kaker) are a Pashtun tribe, with members living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Kakar Afghan was one of the grandsons of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani, son of Gharghasht, who was the son of Qais in the Afghan appendix of tribes. According to Afghan and Muslim historians, Gharghasht was alive in 388 hijri (by the Islamic calendar). In some parts of Afghanistan, Kakar tribal people are also called Kakar-khel. In Herat, the Kakar are locally called Kak. Historically, the tribe has been called Kak-kor (lit. family of Kak). The tomb of Kakar (or Kak) is in front of Herat central Jamia Masjid's gate. Afghan historians concur that Kakar was first buried in Kohistan, which is in Ghor province of Afghanistan, but Herat's ruler Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq brought the body to be re-buried in a mosque in the city. Muhammad of Ghor was also Kakar, and he belonged to the sub-tribe called Taghluk or Taghruq. Dani had four more sons named Panai, Babai, Naghar and Davi. Kakar had 18 real sons and four adopted sons - 22 sons altogether.
The names of Kakar's eighteen biological sons are as follows:
The adopted sons' names are:
Some well-known subtribes of Kakar are the Sanzarkhel,jalalzai, Sargarh(sargaree), Barakzai, Parizon, Samkhel, Abdullahzai, Jogizai, Meerdadzai, khuidadzai, Abubakar-zai, Kudezai, Shabozai, Hamzazai, Kibzai and others. There are Kakar people living in every province of Afghanistan.
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908), the Kakar are historically the first tribe in Balochistan with (105,444) persons and the Tareen are historically the second largest tribe in Baluchistan with 37,906 persons (though this likely includes the Durrani), and the Pani (20,682) and Shirani (7,309).
According to the history of Afghanistan, the Kakar tribe established an empire in Afghanistan. The originator of the Kakar tribe was Dani, who was son of Gharghasht and grandson of Qais Abdur Rashid.
The Kakar, along with the neighboring Tareen's, are noted supporters of the Taliban, an organization that was originally Ghilzai filled has since attracted significant Durrani representation.
Some Afghan clans related to the Kakar family include: The Panezai is the biggest clan among Snatia, who live in Bostan, Khanozai, Ziarat Rode Malazai, Gulistan, Ajram, Kandahar, Harnai and Quetta. Sarghari are the sub-cast of Kakar tribe living in Kuchlak southern region of Killasaifullah District, Pishin, Muslim bagh and Ajram and Toba. Bostan and a some villages are living in Zabol, Kandhar [Afghanistan] and some tribes are in Dehli. The Kakari, Sanzarkhel, Sarghari and Santia, a sub-tribe of the Abubakarzai Kakar, are the biggest subtribes of the Kakar in Balochistan. Out of these sub-tribes, Ahmedkhel is the biggest sub-tribe. Historians such as Abdul Hai Habibi and Bahdur Shah Zafar Kakakhel are confident that the Jadoon are also part of the Kakar tribe. Hanbhi are included in the Alizai Kakar. Additionally, the Kakar also make up the largest tribe of Pashtons. The Kudezai, Rahatzai, Shabozai, Utmankhel, Hamzazai, Kibzai and Jogezai are also sub tribes of Kakar living in Zhob and Loralai. The Khajjak of Sibi in south west Pakistan are also Kakar(Sanzarkhel). The Kakar have descendants in Pakistan, Afghanistan and eastern Iran. More around 4000 registered families of the kakar sanzarkhail (jalazai) tribe are living in shekhopora, more than 6000 families of the same tribe living in Shadra lahore and more than 2000 families living in sialikote, province punjab Pakistan of Sanzar khail jalazai tribes of kakar.