Tribes of Afghanistan

11/11/2023

11/11/2023

DID HINDUS & SIKHS FIRST CAME TO AFGHANISTAN DURING MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH’ REIGN?

The short answer is No. The Hindus (& Sikhs) were already living in the country. International newspapers continue to write that Hindus and Sikhs came to Afghanistan during 19th century.

George Forster (1752–91) was a traveller, writer and civil servant of the East India Company. He travelled from Bengal to England in 1782–83. Forster mentions a helpful Hindu who pleaded on his behalf to the Afghans who were harassing him at Dickah, a small village on the southern bank of the Kabul River. This Hindu used his good offices to negotiate and pay a small ransom to have the English traveller released but not before getting a blow on his face from the Afghan adversaries. Forster was so grateful for this Hindu’s perseverance that he writes, ‘this generous Hindoo, who, l hope, will undergo no further transmigration’.

Forster states that the Hindus of Kabul were ensured of ‘security of person and property’ as one of their own sect members (another Hindu) controlled the revenue of the Shah and was favoured by him. The traveller mentioned Jews in the city who were held in abhorrence by the Muslims but according to Forster, it was due to the ‘close commercial’ rivalry.

Forster states that the town of Ghazni stood on a hill and at the foot ran a small river and whose borders are surrounded by some fruit gardens. There were some Hindu families and a few Muslims in this small town.

The city of Kandahar had many Hindu families mainly from Multan and Rajput (Rajasthan) districts and that by their handwork and mercantile knowledge had increased the trade and wealth of the city. A large number of shops were occupied by these Hindus, and they enjoyed liberty and protection from the authorities.

Forster found two caravansaries in Herat with about one hundred Hindu merchants mainly from Multan who were doing brisk business and giving a long chain of credits. They were ‘valuable subjects of the government’. He further states that due to the ‘oppressive treatment’ by the Persians, these merchants rarely brought their women to that region. (Herat was with Persians at that time).

Excerpts from the book, Afghan Hindus & Sikhs History of a Thousand Years.

Note : The Rajputs of Bhatti clan still living in Afghanistan (Ghazni and Kandhar), the Bhatti Rajputs were ancient rulers of this region.

03/10/2023

Wars of Ghazni kingdom of Rajputs against the kingdoms of Khorasan and Rome

31/08/2023

Da Kabul dy 🤩

09/05/2023

د افغانستان د ختیځ ډیری قومونه (کابل، کندهار، غزنی، جمرود) د هند د راجپوت جنګیالیو کورنۍ ته خپل پلرونه په ګوته کوي
راجپوتانو یو وخت پر افغانستان واکمني کوله، له همدې امله د دوی نښې اوس هم د افغانستان په ختیځ کې شتون لري
په دې سیمه کې یو شمیر هندوان او بودایان هم ژوند کوي

09/05/2023

دا سُندر کندهاری دی

07/05/2023

Rajput Tribes of Afghanistan
Bhati, Bachal and Bhabha tribes are Yaduvanshi Rajputs of Mathura by Origin.
Bhati dynasty also ruled over many parts of Afghanistan (Ghazni and Kandhar)
Raja Gajj Patt was founder and ruler of Ghazni

08/03/2023

Ancient Tower in Ghazni

08/03/2023

Jungi is old game of Afghanistan.

08/03/2023

Nowroz is a Dangerous Game of Old Kabul.

07/03/2023

Koochi is a nomadic nation of Afghanistan.

The word Koochi is derived from the Afghani letter Koochan, which means nomad.

Both the Kochi and the Gojar keep animals and travel with them.
کوچيان د افغانستان يو کوچنى قوم دى.

د کوچي کلمه له افغاني توري کوچن څخه اخیستل شوې چې د کوچیانو په معنی ده.

کوچیان او ګوجر دواړه څاروي ساتي او له دوی سره سفر کوي.