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Geonology of Baacha Khan
Geonology of Baacha Khan
By Ihsanullah
E-mail; ihsanullah16@gmail.com
There are different opinions about the origin of Pathan. Many historians believe that
Pathans are Aryans, from Iran, while other believes that they are from Bani Israel
(Children of Israel). Any how historians are agreed on their genealogical background.
According to historians the origin of Pathans are traced back to Qais Abdul Rasheed. He
and his clan embraced Islam on the invitation of Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed bin Utba bin
Akrama, the famous companion of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW).
For the propagation of Islam Prophet Muhammad (SAW) send Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed
(RA) to Khurasan where a tribe Afghan was living. Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (RA) wrote
an invitation letter to that Afghan tribe to embrace Islam. About seventy persons of that
tribe came to Madinah and embraced Islam. At that time Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was
busy in Makkah conquest. After conquest when Prophet (SAW) came back to Madinah
he became very happy that Afghan tribe enters in Islam without any violence. He
changed their old names with new ones. Out of those seventy persons who came to
Madinah and embraced Islam, one person named Qais got the name of Abdul Rasheed.
Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed married his daughter named Sara to Qais Abdul Rasheed. Due
to his courage Prophet (SAW) gave him the title of Bathan which later on became
Pathan.
Qais Abdul Rasheed
Qais Abdul Rasheed was known to be the pioneer of Pakhtuns. From Sara, Qias Abdul
Rasheed had three sons named; (1) Sarban (2) Garghashti (3) Batni
All these six are the pioneers of clans and sub clans.
1.2. Kharshboon; He had three sons named; Kasi, Zamand and Kand.
1.2.1. Kasi; He had three sons named; Shinwari, Ketran and Kasni or
Kasi. Every one of them is the pioneers of clans and sub clans.
1.2.2. Zamand; He is the pioneer of the Muhammadzai clan from
which Baacha Khan belongs. He had five sons named;
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1.2.2.1. Muhammad
1.2.2.2. Nokhi
1.2.2.3. Katani
1.2.2.4. Naki
1.2.2.5. Khuwashgi
Every one of these had sons and grandsons who were the pioneers of clans
and sub-clans.
1.2.3. Kand; He had two sons named Ghoura or Ghouri and other
Sheikha or Sheikhi. These two have sons and grandsons which are
pioneer of clans and sub-clans. The younger son Sheikha or
Sheikhi is the pioneer of famous pushtoon tribe Yousafzais.
Muhammad, the elder son of Zamand is the pioneer of Muhammadzai clan. Muhammad
had three sons and a daughter named Mamo. The offspring of Muhammad was settled in
present Charsadda. Among all these offspring the eight became very famous. Different
names were given to newly born villages which reflect the names of Muhammad’s
offspring’s. Those eight villages were popularly known as Hasht Nagar. The word
Hashtnagar is the combination of two languages Persian and Hindi. Hasth is a Persian
word means “eight’ and Nagar is a Hindi word which means “village”. The word Hasht
Nagar combinly means “eight villages” which was later on known to be Hashtnaghar in
Pushto.
· From his 2nd wife Saifullah Khan having two sons and a daughter named as;
1. Yar Muhammad Khan
2. Ghulam Haidar Khan
3. Wife of Sargans Khan
Behram Khan
Behram Khan is the elder son of Saifullah Khan of all his seven children. He was from
the first wife of Saifullah Khan. Behram Khan has two sons and two daughters.
1. Shama Bibi
2. Dr. Khan Saib
3. Quresha Bibi
4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Baacha Khan)
1. Shama Bibi
Behram Khan elder daughter was married to Attaullah Khan of Muhammad Nari
village. She had a son named Sultan Muhammad Khan.
2.1. Dr. Khan Saib first wife named Khursheda, the daughter of Nasrullah
Khan of Umbandher village of District Charsadda. From Khursheda, Dr.
Khan Saib got three sons Sadullah Khan, Obaidullah Khan and
Hidayatullah Khan and a daughter who died in her prime.
A. Sadullah Khan
The elder son Sadullah Khan was basically an Engineer studied in
England. He remains the XEN in PWD Abbottabad. He left two
sons Shamim Sadullah and Anwar Sadullah.
A.1. Shamim Saifullah
Shamim Saifullah married three times. For the first time he
married to Shandana Bibi, daughter of Ghani Khan. After that he
married with an English lady named Veraty and for the third time
he married with a lady Frontier cum Hong Kong lady named
Parveen. Despite all three marriages he doesn't have any offspring.
A.2 Anwar Sadullah
Anwar Sadullah married to the daughter of Gen. Mian Hay-ud-
Din. From her, Anwar had two sons named Dr. Sharif Khan
married to grand daughter of Abdul Ali Khan named Shehla Bibi.
Despite this he has another son named Zain Khan and a daughter.
B. Ubaidullah Khan: Ubaidullah Khan had five sons named
Badruduja, Muneer, Jan, Arif and Arshad. Bdruduja married from
Tehkal, Peshawar, Muneer was unmarried, Jan got marriage from
Utmanzai, Arif married in Swat and Arshad was also married but
was died in his earlier age.
C. Hidaytullah Khan: He left three sons; Mustafa Kamal, an Army
Officers, Ajmal Khan, ex. Vice Chancellor University of Peshawar
and Shehrayar Khan.
C.1 Mustafa Kamal
He married daughter of Pir Muhamamd Khan of Utmanzai. Her
wife and Faridoon Khan (son of Ghani Khan) wife's were sisters.
From that lady Mustafa Kamal had five daughters.
C.2 Ajmal Khan
He was the Ex-Vice Chancellor of University of Peshawar. He
married to some one from Shadi Khan, Attock. From that lady
Ajmal Khan had four daughters.
C.3 Dr. Shehryar Khan
Married to Rukhsana Ali Khan, daughter of Abdul Ali Khan.
From Rukhsana, Dr. Shehryar has four daughters named Mehtab
married to Ali, Zarmina married to Farooq, Laila and Rabia were
unmarried.
2.2. During his stay in England, Dr. Khan Saib got his second marriage with a
Scottish lady named “Mary” having daughter named Maryam.à From her,
Dr. Khan Sahib had a son named Jan Khan. Jan Khan lived for some time
in Charsadda but he died due to typhoid. While Maryam married to a Sikh.
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A Lecture delivered by Prof. Nasir-ud-Din Talib.
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3. Quresha Bibi
Behram Khan 2nd daughter was married to Burhan Khan of Rajar village. From
Burhan Khan she had five sons and three daughters. Their sons were Shad
Muhamamd Khan, Fida Muhammad Khan, Atta Muhammad Khan, Fateh
Muhamamd Khan and Prof. Jehanzeb Niaz Khan. Her three daughters were
Dilafroza, the mother of Saranjam Khan of Mardan, Gohartaj Bibi commonly
known as Tajo Bibi, the first wife of Wali Khan and the younger Husanafroza
wasn’t married.
Behram Khan younger son named Abdul Ghaffar Khan famously known as
Baacha Khan, the founder of famous Pukhtoon social movement Khudai
Khidmatgar. Abdul Ghaffar Khan got two marriages.
Khan Abdul Wali Khan was the 2nd son of Baacha Khan from his
first wife. He married to Tajo Bibi in 1944 when Wali Khan’s age
was only 29. From Tajo Bibi, Wali Khans had two daughters
named Nasreen (born on 18th March 1945) and Parveen (born in
February 1947) and Asfandyar Khan, (born on 14th February
1949). Wali Khan’s first wife, Tajo Bibi died when he was in Jail
by giving birth to twins in which one passed away along with his
mother and the other Asfandyar Wali Khan, the present Central
President of Awami National Party is still alive.
B. 2. Abdul Wali Khan got his second marriage in November 1954 with
Nasim, the third daughter of Amir Muhammad Khan Hoti, famous
Khudai Khidmatgar and a close colleague of Baacha Khan. Amir
Muhammad Khan famously known as Khan Lala. From Begum
Nasim, Wali Khan had a son and a daughter.
B.2.2. Sangeen Wali Khan; From Begum Nasim, Wali Khan had
a son named Sangeen born on 7th June 1959. Sangeen Wali Khan
married to Alia Bibi, daughter of Anwar Khan. Anwar Khan is the
son of Amir Muhammad Khan Hoti of Mardan. From Alia Bibi
Sangeen Wali had two daughters named Meherqanda and Maryam.
Sangeen Wali had also a son named Lawangeen.
4.2. Baacha Khan married for the second time in 1919 to Nambata daughter of
Sultan Muhammad Khan. From Nambat Baacha Khan had a daughter
named Meher Taja (born on 25th May 1921) and a son named Abdul Ali
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Khan (born on 20th August 1922 and died on 19th February 1997)
popularly known as Lali, the educationist.
Meher Taja was the only daughter of Baacha Khan. She was
married to Yahya Jan Khan. From Yahya Jan Khan, Meher Taja
had a son named Saleem Jan Khan and three daughters named
Naheed, Rohida and Shahida Bibi. Saleem Jan Khan had three sons
Changeez Khan, Sherbaz Khan and younger Zerak Khan. Her elder
daughter Naheeda married to Raheem Khan. From Raheem Khan
she had a son and a daughter. Rohida had two sons named Samir
and Fahad. The younger Shahida Bibi had no child despite she
married few times.
Abdul Ali Khan, the younger son of Baacha Khan from his second
wife Nambata. He married to Mamuda daughter of late Qazi
Attaullah, Education Minister during Dr. Khan Saib reign. Abdul
Ali Khan had two sons named Zulfiqar Ali Khan and Nasir Ali
Khan and three daughters named Shehnaz Ali Khan, Dur-e-
Shehwar and Rukhsana Ali Khan. All three daughters were elders
than their two brothers.
4.2.2.2. Dur-e-Shawar
Married to a doctor of Sawabi named Dr. A. Waheed. From
Dr. Waheed, Dur-e-Shehwar had three daughters named
Palwasha, Shehla, Laila and son named Asad Ahmed
Sahibzada.
4.2.2.2.1 Palwasha Bibi married to Zarrak Khan,
son of Salim Jan Khan son of Yahya Jan
Khan, son in law of Baacha Khan. From
Zarrak Khan, Palwasha Bibi had a son.
4.2.2.2.2 Asad Sahibzada unmarried
4.2.2.2.3 Shehla Bibi married to Dr. Sharif Khan,
grandson of Dr. Khan Saib.
4.2.2.2.4 Laila Bibi married to some one in
Peshawar.
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Shah Pasand Khan is the 2nd son of Saifullah Khan. He has three sons and three
daughters. Those are;
A. Mohammad Khan: He is the elder son of Shah Pasand Khan. He has
two sons and one daughter. His daughter is elder than his sons and she
was married to his cousin Mir Sahib (son of Shah Sahib).
B. Shamroz Khan: 2nd son of Shah Pasand Khan. He married to the
daughter of Kunda Bibi (wife of Samand Khan) Later on Shamroz
Khan was killed and he left two daughters and a son. His elder
daughter was married to Sultan Mohammad Khan of Mohammad Nari
village. His son named Abdul Karim.
C. Shah Sahib: 3rd son of Shah Pasand Khan. He has three daughters and
a son named Mir Sahib. Shah Sahib daughter was married to Haji
Muhammad Akram Khan. from him she got one daughter and four
sons named Ashraf, Amir Nawaz Jalia, Azam Jan and Hasham Jan.
The only daughter of Haji Mohammad Akram Khan was married to
late Sadullah Khan.
D. Daughter 1: Shah Pasnad elder daughter was married to Torai Pir. She
gave birth to two daughters.
E. Daughter 2: Shah Pasand khan second daughter was married to Zafar
Khan s/o Muhammad Umar Khan. She gave birth to two sons named
Farukhsiyar, Alamgir and two daughters.
F. Daughter 3: Shah Pasand 3rd daughter was married to Abdul Hameed
Khan. She gave birth to a son named Rabnawaz Khan Salar and a
daughter.
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Samand Khan
Samand Khan is the third son of Saifullah Khan from his first wife. He married to Kunda
Bibi. She is the full sister of Haji Muhammad Umar Khan, Haji Ghulam Haidar Khan and
half sister of Haji Muhammad Akram Khan, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Abdullah Khan and
Abdul Hameed Khan of Utmanzai. Samand Khan died just after his marriage. He left one
daughter married to his cousin Shamroz Khan son of Shah Pasand Khan.
Daughter 1
She is the first daughter of Saifullah Khan from his first wife. She is the full sister of
Behram Khan, Shah Pasand Khan, Samand Khan and half sister of Yar Muhammad
Khan, Ghulam Haidar Khan. She also had one step sister. She was married to step cousin
Sanaullah Khan (son of Yar Muhammad Khan, step brother of Behram Khan). She gave
birth to one daughter and two son named Haji Abdul Sattar Khan and Ghulam Sarwar
Khan.
A. Haji Abdul Sattar Khan: He had two daughters and four sons
named Tehsenullah, Tafkhirullah, Hameedullah and Ihsanullah.
B. Ghulam Sarwar Khan: He had three daughters and one son
named Muhammad Nadir Khan.
C. Daughter: She was married to Abdul Manan Khan of
Utmanzai. She had five sons named Abdul Qayum, Abdul Qudoos,
Mir Rehman, Abdul Rehman and Nehar.
From his 2nd wife Saifullah Khan have one daughter and two sons named Yar
Muhammad Khan and Ghulam Haidar Khan.
Yar Muhammad Khan
Yar Muhammad Khan is the elder son of Saifullah Khan from his 2nd wife. Yar
Muhammad Khan had two daughters and two sons. Those are;
A. Sanullah Khan: He married to his step cousin, daughter of Behram Khan and
sister of Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Baacha Khan) and Dr. Khan Sahib. Sanullah
Khan had one son named Sultan Muhammad Khan. Sultan Muhammad Khan
had one daughter and two sons named Aslam Khan and Bahadur Khan.
B. Taj Muhammad Khan: Died in his early life.
C. Daughter 1: Elder Daughter of Yar Muhammad Khan was married to Sher
Ali Khan. She gave birth to three daughters and four sons named Sher Afzal,
Shah Afzal, Gul Afzal and Muhammad Sher. Her elder daughter is married to
Ajab Farish Khan. Ajab Farish had one daughter.
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Ghulam Haidar Khan was the 2nd son of Saifullah Khan from his second wife. He was the
brother of Yar Muhammad Khan. Ghulam Haidar Khan had five daughters and two sons.
Those were;
A. Haji Sarbiland Khan: Haji Sarbiland Khan had one son and a daughter.
B. Sheikh Farid: Sheikh Farid had three daughters and three sons named Jaffar
Khan, Faqir Khan and Khalil Khan. His elder daughter was married to Inayat
Khan of Prang, Charsadda. His 2nd daughter was married to 2nd son of Haji
Turangzai. His third daughter was married to Mukaram Shah s/o Maghfoor
Shah of Shakar Dand. Her third daughter had one son.
C. Daughter 1: Ghulam Haidar Khan elder daughter was married to Maghfoor
Shah of Shakar Dand. He had two sons named Mukaram shah (Sheikh Farid’s
son in law) and Muhammad shah.
D. Daughter 2: Ghulam Haidar 2nd daughter was married to Abdul Ghaffar of
Umerzai.
E. Daughter 3: Ghulam Haidar 3rd daughter was married to Ghulam Sadiq
brother of Maghfoor Shah of Shah Dand.
F. Daughter 4: Ghulam Haidar 4th daughter was married to Rehmatullah of
Ghari Hameed Gul. She had a son named Sadullah.
G. Daughter 5: Ghulam Haidar Khan 5th daughter was married to Aziz Khan of
Wardaggas son.
Daughter
Saifullah Khan had one daughter from his second wife who was the full sister of Yar
Muhammad Khan and Ghulam Haidar Khan. She was married to Sargans Khan. She had
one daughter married to Zaman Khan of Utmanzai. She also had one daughter who was
married to Tehmas Khan. He had a daughter.
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