Zadran (Pashtun tribe)

The Zadran (Pashto: ځدراڼ‎ dzadrāṇ; pronounced dzādroṇ in Khost-Paktia dialect), also spelled Dzadran, Jadran and Jandran, is a Pashtun tribe that inhabits an area in eastern Afghanistan and parts of Waziristan in neighboring Pakistan. They are mainly found in parts of the Loya Paktia and Khost areas as well as in and around the town of Miranshah in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).[1][2][3][4]

The Zadran are a branch of the Karlani tribal confederacy.[5][6]

Prominent members of the Zadran tribe include:

Name Notes
Hadhrat Hakeem Maulana Raheem Baksh
Dr. Mohammad Abdul Qadeer Jadran
  • Youngest son of Hadhrat Hakeem Maulana Raheem Baksh, a prominent physician of his time in Qazi Ahmed, Sindh. One of the martyrs of Islam-Ahmadiyya. On August 2, 1989 while he was in his clinic, the assassin came as a patient and shot him several times.
Dr. Abdul Qadoos Jadran
  • Elder brother of Dr. Mohammad Abdul Qadeer Jadran, was also a prominent physician of his time in Nawabshah City. He was also martyred in the name of Islam-Ahmadiyya on September 28, 1989, within a span of one month after his younger brother's martyrdom.
Pacha Khan
Abdul Wali Khan
  • Son of Pacha Khan, military commander of Gardez in 2002.
Amanullah Zadran
Kamal Khan Zadran
Jalal Ud Din Haqqani
Ibrahim Haqqani

2- Khalil Haqani 3- Ismail Haqani

Saad Akbar Babrak

References

  1. ↑ "Zadran: Pashtun tribe mainly residing in the “Zadran Arc” a 9-district area encompassing portions of the Paktya, Paktika and Khowst provinces.", Paktia Executive Summary on nps.edu
  2. ↑ Paktika Executive Summary on nps.edu
  3. ↑ Khost Executive Summary on nps.edu
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Afghan power brokers: Playing the tribal loyalty card". Christian Science Monitor. 2002-06-10. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  5. ↑ Coyle, Dennis Walter (August 2014). "Placing Wardak among Pashto varieties" (PDF). University of North Dakota:UND. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Zadran Family Tree on zadran.com
  7. ↑ Scott Baldauf (2002-07-29). "Firefight shows strong Al Qaeda persistence". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2009-06-27.

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