Musakhel tribe

The Musa Khel or Moosa Khel are a Pashtun clan of Kakar origin.^[1] They originate from Ghazni province in Afghanistan and reside in the tribal range of Batagram District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.The town has the lowest literacy rate in Pakistan with a meager 10.37%. Musa Khel is also a tribe of the subtribe Babozai of the major Pathan tribe, Yousafzai living in Swat and Shangla districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

History

Pashtun tribes, are divided into four supertribal confederacies: the Arbanee (Sarabani), Betanee (Baitani), Ghrghashta, and Karlanee (Krai, Kerlani). Balailzai come under the Gharghasht tribe. The sub-tribes of Balailzai(Panni) are Barozai, Zarkoon, Looni, Musakhail, Abdullahkhail, Habibzai, Marghazani, Dehpal, Mzari.The Naghar is a Pashtun tribes they are descended from Gharghasht, one of Qais Abdur Rashid sons. Originated from Ghazni and then resettled in Karachi, Hyderabad,Quetta,Musakhail, Layyaha, Shahpur Chakar (Pakistan) and Islampur, Bagad, Karuli, Jai Pahari near Jhunjunu India.

Kakar, Pani(Balail Zai), Devi and Babi were real brothers. All tribes are present in Baluchistan and Afghanistan. The Naghar tribe were camel and horse breeders entered in India with Bahlol Lodi's army around 1451(chapter 9) [1] and remained in glory as long as Lodi ruled [2]. That's why the population of Lodi, Naghar and Pani is less as compared to other Pashtun tribes in Baluchistan and Afghanistan. When Lodi was defeated by Mughals, the Naghar started selling horses/camels. Later on they settled in different places of India, like Gurani in District Rothak, Rajestan and Hyderabad. Naghar had six sons, their names were Ans, Trik, Parman, Abdul Rahman, Damsan and Saleh according to Pushtu historians. These tribes are present in Dist: Musakhail of Baluchistan in Pakistan and Afghanistan with mother tongue as Pushto. One can find these Pashtun tribes in kho-e-sulaman too. Naghar are living in village name Kohi near Musakhail bazzar, in wazirstan and Afghanistan majority of migratory Pashtun tribes known as Kochi are offspring of Naghar. According to some Naghar had 12 sons. In Musakhail Blochistan Naghar's are also known as Sheikh (in pushto sheikh means an honest and religious). One can find Ans Trik, damsan, Parman, Abdulrahman and Selha tribes in kochi's (Pashtun tribes move with animals between Pakistan and Afghanistan) these tribes are on the names of Naghar's sons. These tribes are also present in Punjab province District Layyah of Pakistan in good number as Layyah is approximately 40 km aerial distance from Musakhail Blochistan.

An Australian camel belongs to this tribe. They purchased it from Musakhel. Still one can find a Naghar man with 40 camels in the Sulaman mountains near Musakhail. With the passage of time, the demand of animals is decreasing.

According to a glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North -West Volume 1 by H.A Rose, IBBETSON, Maclagon. Naghar a branch to Lodi Pathan dynasty whose name is said to have been given them on account of their rapacity, nahar means tiger. Raverty calls them Naghars and says they are ghorgasht Pathans.

Little is known about this Pashtun tribe once they held all the hill country from Nigaha or Sakhi Sarwar pass in Dera Ghazi Khan to the south, comprising the southern part of the koh-i-siyah or Sulaiman Mountains where it turned to the west and is much mixed up with the lower ranges of the KOH-i- Surkh or red range.

At thr height of their prosperity the Naghars spread east and south in to the plains of Indus valley and they are said to have once held the tracts rounds Harrand, Siw Sitpur and kin kot near the river. As some of them are still found as hamsayas of the Kasi Khetrans and few among the Dumra Kakars, of all their tribes the Silanchis alone appear to have preserved their name.

As a dynasty the Naghars rose to power under the Islam khan, a kinsman of Bahlol Lodi, who had the charge of the southern part of the Multan province including Sit-pur now in Muzaffargarh. Kia in D.G Khan and Kashmore in Sind and all on right bank of river Indus.

He cut himself adrift from the Langah at Multan and set up an independent Government at Sit-Pur.But the mirrani Baloch soon came in to conflict with Naghar who had extended their dominion north ward from Sitpur over Harrand and Dajal but expelled from those tracts by Ghazi Khan in 1482.

Pannis are settled in Karachi, Quetta, Musakhail, Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, Peshawar, Kabul, Tank, Kohat. Panni's are also known as Pannai, Pani, Balailzai and Panezai. The Panezai is the biggest clan among Snatia, who live in Khanozai, Ziarat Rode Malazai, Gulistan, Ajram, Kandahar, Harnai and Quetta. The Tareen historically are the second largest tribe in Baluchistan. Most prominent personalities including Sardar Baz Khan Musakhail, Sardar Yaqoob Khan Musakail, Sardar Musa Khan Musakail, Sardar Hameed Khan Musakail, Sardar Azam Khan Musakail, Sardar Taimoor Shah Musakhail, Sardar Sami ullah Musakhail, Haji Soba Khan Musakail, Sardar Asmat Ullah Musakhail EX MPA, Malak Jalat Khan Musakhail, Dr. Noor Ullah Musakhail, Asif Khan Musakhail, Anayat ullah Musakhail, Sardar Babar Khan Musakhail, Abid Khan Musakhail, Mahmood Khan Musakahail.

They are an Allaiwal clan of Swati origin.^{[citation needed]}

They were traditional enemies of the Khetrans and other Baluch tribes to the south of their country. In 1879 the Musa Khels and other Pathan tribes to the number of 5000 made a demonstration against Vihowa, but the town was reinforced and they dispersed. In 1884 they were punished, together with the Kakars, by the Zhob Valley Expedition.^[1] In the first decade of the twentieth century they numbered about 4670 fighting men.^[1]

See also

• Kudaizai

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press