Kakar

This article is about the Pashtoon tribe. For the pashtun clan, see Kakkar. For the village in Iran, see Karkar, Selseleh. For the deer, see Muntjac.

The Kakar is a Pashtun tribe, with members living in Afghanistan, Mashad(Iran) and Pakistan.

Legendary origin

Kakars are sons of Ghurghasht (Ghurghakht), who was the son of Qais Abdul Rashid. According to historians, Ghurghasht was alive in 388 AH (Hijri).

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. Some historians concur that Kakar was first buried in Kohistan, but Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq brought the body to be re-buried in a mosque in the city of Herat.

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 natural sons and four adopted sons - 22 sons altogether.


History

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908); the Kakar, historically the first tribe in Balochistan with (105,444) persons, the Tareen historically are 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).

The Kakar tribe established an empire in Afghanistan; the originator of the Kakar tribe was Dani, who was son of Ghurghasht and grandson of Qais Abdur Rashid.

Notables

Further reading

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Kakar.