Zadran (Pashtun tribe)

The Zadran (Pashto: ځدراڼ dzadrāṇ; pronounced dzādroṇ in the Khost-Paktia dialect), also spelled Dzadran or Jadran, jandran, is a Pashtun tribe that inhabits the Loya Paktia region in southeastern Afghanistan (Khost, Paktia, and Paktika provinces) and Kurram Agency parts of Waziristan in neighboring Pakistan. "Zadran: Pashtun tribe mainly residing in the “Zadran Arc” a 9-district area encompassing portions of the Khost, Paktya, and Paktika provinces."

The Zadran are a branch of the Karlani tribal confederacy. They are the largest Pashtun tribal group in Afghanistan's mountainous southeastern region, usually found in areas that are unsuitable for settled agricultural production. They have a reputation for militancy dating to the Soviet–Afghan War. Well-known Taliban fighter Jalaluddin Haqqani, who in later years headed the Haqqani network, is of the Zadran tribe himself, though he is recognized for ending the malik system by forcing Mohammad Omar Babrakzai to leave Paktia province. Babrakzai was the most powerful malik, or tribal chieftain, of the Zadran in the 1980s.

List of chieftains

• Babrak Khan (unknown – c. 1925)
• Mazrak Zadran (c. 1925 – 11 January 1947)
• Abdulla Khan Jadran Yawan (as of 1969)
• Muhammad Umar Babrakzai (bef. 1980 – present)

It is unclear if Abdulla Khan Jadran Yawan is the immediate successor or predecessor of Mazrak Zadran and Muhammad Umar Babrakzai respectively, or if there were other chieftains between them.

Tribal tree

The known tribal tree for the Zadran tribe is:

Moosa Khel was the father of three sons, Bakir Khel, Sounda Khel and Barkhudar Khel

Bakir Khel was the father of Noor Kalia Khel

Noor Kalia Khel was the father of Ismail Khel

Ismail Khel was the father of Jaan Muhammad Khel

Jaan Muhammad Khel was the father of two sons, Shah Muhammad Khan Zadran and Noor Muhammad Khan Zadran

Noor Muhammad Khan had five sons

1 Sadiq Hussain Khan Zadran

2 Ashiq Hussain Khan Zadran

3 Izhaar Hussain Khan Zadran

4 Dildaar Hussain Khan Zadran

5 Afzaal Hussain Khan Zadran

Afzaal Hussain Khan Zadran was the father of two sons

1 Iklaq Khan Zadran and 2 Umair Khan Zadran

Umair Khan Zadran was the father of Muhammad Khan Zadran

Notable persons

• Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy, former Afghan Communist General and Politician
• Said Akbar Babrak
• Mazrak Zadran
• Babrak Khan
• Saad Akbar Babrak
• Jalaluddin Haqqani
• Sirajuddin Haqqani
• Anas Haqqani
• Pacha Khan Zadran
• Najeebullah Zadran
• Shapoor Zadran
• Haroon Zadran
• Djelaludin Sharityar
• Ibrahim khan Zadran
• Noor Ali Zadran
• Dawlat Zadran
• Ibrahim Zadran
• Mujeeb Zadran
• Taimoor Khan Shinwari Son of Juma khan
• Rasool Gul Zadran
• Malak Sheen Gul Zadran
• Alam Jan Zadran
• Abdul Latif Zadran

See also

• Zerok
• Loya Paktia
• Kurram Agency

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