ځاځي | |
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| Languages | |
| Pashto | |
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 Islam |
The Zazi (Pashto: ځاځي; plur. ځاځی), also spelled Zazai, or Jaji, are a Karlani (کرلاڼي) Pashtun tribe. They are found in Afghanistan and Pakistan
They are most prominent in the Paktia and Khost provinces in the Loya Paktia region of southeastern Afghanistan but also have a presence in Kabul, Logar, Ghazni, Nangharhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan in Afghanistan and neighbouring Kurram District and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa across the border.
Ethnicity and geography
[edit]The (Zazai) ځاځی Jaji جاجی are Sunni Muslims. The tribe is inhabited in Six major geographic locations in Afghanistan and Pakistan:
- Aryob Zazi: in Paktia province
- Ahmadkhail : in Paktia province
- Dand Pathan: in Paktia province
- Kabul: in Kabul province
- Maidan Zazi or Jaji Maidan: district in Khost province Afghanistan[1]
Notable Zazai
[edit]- Qutbuddin Hilal, Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan during the period of Mujahideen (Gulbuddin Hekmatyar) and member of Hezbi Islami from Zazi Maidan district.
- Nabi Misdaq, founder of BBC Pashto service.
- Najibullah Zazi (born 1985), Afghan-born man imprisoned in the US for terrorist offenses; father is Mohammed Wali Zazi.
- Mustafa Zazai (born 1993), professional footballer
- Hazratullah Zazai (born 1998), Afghan cricketer
- Zala Zazai, Afghan police officer
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Khost's Tribes: Between a Rock and a Hard Place" (PDF). The Liaison Office. December 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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