Safi ( Pashto ساپی sāpai ; plural. ساپي sāpi ) is a branch of the Pashtun tribe Gargash , originating from the Kohi Safi district of the Afghan province of Parwan . Safi also make up the majority of the population in the Pesh Valley of the Kunar Province and live in smaller numbers in Mohmand , Bajaur , the Tribal Zone and Pakistan .
Safi are divided into four main clans: Gurbuz, Masood, Kandahari and Vadir [1] .
The exact size of the tribe is unknown, it is estimated to have more than 160 thousand people, most of which (140 thousand) live in the northeastern part of Kunar province [2] .
Safi played an important role in Afghan society, especially in the government sector [2] .
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History
The origin of Safi goes back to the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Gandhar and the related Nuristanis . The most famous mention of Safi in Afghan history refers to the uprising against Aurangzeb in 1668. The uprising broke out because of the murder of the girl of this tribe by the General of the Mughal Empire . In response, Safi killed the general. When the news of the assassination of the general reached Aurangzeb, he demanded that the tribe extradite the murderers, but the elders refused and thereby defied the emperor. Aurangzeb set off with a large army against Safi and their allies, among whom were Khattak , Afridiya , Shinwari , Mohmand under the leadership of Khattak Khushal Khan . According to Afghan sources, Aurangzeb suffered a humiliating defeat, losing 40,000 soldiers [3] .
Currently, the Safi tribe is resisting the Taliban regime [4] .
Outstanding personalities
- Abdul Kudos Safi - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Safi Airways
- Shams-o-Kamar Safi - Director General of the Federal Treasury of Pakistan
- Ghulam Hasan Safi - the leader of the Safi tribe in the province of Laghman (Afghanistan)
- Shah Mehmud Safi - former ruler of the province of Laghman (Afghanistan)
- Daoud Safi - former ruler of Helmand province (Afghanistan)
- Amanullah Sailab Safi - Afghan poet
- Salim Safi - Journalist
Notes
- ↑ Welcome - Naval Postgraduate School
- ↑ 1 2 Lyakhovsky A. A. “The tragedy and valor of Afghanistan” https://web.archive.org/web/20100924025154/http://alternathistory.org.ua/files/Lyahovskiy_Tragediya_i_doblest_Afgana.doc
- ↑ Afghanland.com Afghanistan Khoshal Khan Khatak
- ↑ Jail for Afghans in Stansted hijack | UK news | The guardian
See also
- Pashtuns