Behsud_(Hazara_tribe)

Behsudi (Hazara tribe)

Behsudi (Hazara tribe)

Major Hazara tribe


Behsudi or Behsud (Dari: بهسودی) are one of the major tribes of the Hazaras in Afghanistan.

History

The notable history of the Behsud tribe starts from the 19th-century when the 19th-century Behsud chieftain Mir Yazdan Bakhsh was one of the first Hazara chiefs, who tried in vain to unify all Hazaras.

In the Hazara resistance against the Soviet Union and later the Taliban most of the modern Hazara political leadership has emerged from the Behsuds. Afghan leaders from the Behsud tribe include Sultan Ali Keshtmand, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1981 to 1989.

Notable people

See also

Sources

  • The Hazaras by Hassan Poladi
  • The Hazaras of Afghanistan by Sayd Askar Musavi
  • Hazaras of Afghanistan by Taimor Khanov, translated in Urdu by Hasan Raza Changazi

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