Tokhi (Pashto; توخی, تنولی ) is a Ghilji tribe found in Afghanistan. Historically they have mostly lived in what is now Zabul Province, Helmand, Uruzgan and Kandahar in Afghanistan.[1][2]
توخی | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Zabul, Kandahar, Helmand and Nangarhar | |
| Languages | |
| Pashto | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
History edit
The Tokhi Chiefs partook in the Ghilzai revolt of 1801-2 but were put down and executed. The Tokhi were among the first in the disturbance of British Colonial Occupation during the First Afghan War and were among many troops led to attack the British.[3]
Subtribes edit
- Barkozai[4]
Notables edit
- Nazo Tokhi, Afghan poet of the early 18th century and mother of Mirwais Hotak, founder of the Hotak Dynasty, known as Grandfather of Afghanistan
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Afghan Biographies - Kandahar Tribal Council
- ^ Naval Postgraduate School - Program for Culture and Conflict Studies Zabul Provincial Overview
- ^ Disturbances in Western Afghanistan, 1839-41 M. E. Yapp
- ^ United Nations (2014) Security Council 1988 Committee Adds Qari Saifullah Tokhi to Its Sanctions List