[ɣəlˈd͡ʒi]; Persian: خیلجی, romanized: Xelji) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai and Ghilzay (غلزی), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes. Their traditional...

Pashto: قلات), and historically referred to as Qalāti Khaljī or Qalat-i Ghilzai, is a city in southern Afghanistan that serves as the capital of Zabul...

Shāh Mahmūd Hotak, (Pashto/Dari: شاه محمود هوتک), or Shāh Mahmūd Ghiljī (شاه محمود غلجي), also known by his epithet, The Conqueror (lived 1697 – April...

Amanullah assembled an army in Kandahar made up of Durrani, Khattak, Ghilzai and Hazara fighters. However, his attempt to march on Kabul was unsuccessful...

Empire from 1730 to 1735. After Ottoman support had failed to keep the Ghilzai Afghan invaders on the Persian throne, the Ottoman possessions in western...

among natives to describe their country. In 1709, Mirwais Hotak, a local Ghilzai tribal leader, successfully rebelled against the Safavids. He defeated...

Ghilji Pashtun tribal confederation. The other branch is the Ibrahimzai. "Ghilzai Tribe". Naval Postgraduate School Program for Culture and Conflict Studies...

University Press. p. 322. ISBN 0-691-03006-5. Mirwais Khan Hotak, the Hotaki Ghilzai chieftain and nominal mayor of Qandahar was a much more formidable rival...

rupees, and while Nasir Khan was attempting to raise this amount, the Ghilzai tribes refused to pay their taxes toward the Durranis, and only wished...

Babur had planned an expedition against Kandahar in 1506, which was governed by Shah Shuja better known as Shah Beg Arghun. Babur had marched towards Shniz...

even as popular resistance grew. They also ceased paying subsidies to the Ghilzais, who controlled the routes between Kabul and Peshawar. A brigade commanded...

bodyguard regiment ghulam khana, recruited to balance the power of Durrani and Ghilzai tribal leaders. The Qizilbash have historically presented themselves as...

Qandahar region and because of the predominant position of Abdali and Ghilzai Pashtuns in Qandahar region during and around 14th century, Tajiks, Hazaras...

Taliban are ethnic Pashtuns, more specifically those belonging of the Ghilzai confederation. Until his death in 2013, Mullah Mullah Omar was the supreme...

Ahmadzai who are a Waziri tribe and the Sulaimankhel Ahmadzai, part of the Ghilzai confederation. However, the Ahmadzai Khans of Khalat were neither of these...

a weak ruler. When Soltan Husayn attempted to quell a rebellion by the Ghilzai Afghans in Kandahar, the governor he sent (Gurgin Khan) was killed. Under...

Khorasan, where he became a local warlord. His path to power began when the Ghilzai Mir Mahmud Hotaki overthrew the weakened and disintegrated Safavid shah...

rebellions, including the Shinwari rebellion, the Kuhistan rebellion, the Ghilzai rebellion, and Mazrak's revolt. During World War II, Amanullah would unsuccessfully...

525 845 Juwain – Kelat-i-Ghilzai Arachoti Polis – Hortospana 250 230 370 0.4% 2000 230 370 0.4% 231 372 main road Kelat-i-Ghilzai – Kabul Hortospana – Alexandria...

19 April 1451 (855 AH). Bahlul's grandfather, Malik Bahram Khan Lodi, a Ghilzai tribal chief of the Lodi tribe from Dera Ismail Khan. He later took service...

battlefield success of Ahmad Shah Massoud. Hezb-i Islami was overwhelmingly Ghilzai Pashtun, and backed by Pakistan president Zia ul-Haq. Its leader, Hekmatyar...

dominating tribe of Swabi is the Yusufzai, followed by the minor Utmankhel, Ghilzai, Tarakai, Jadoon and Khattak. As of the 2023 census, Swabi district has...

Kandahar and one of the richest and most influential people among the Ghilzais. At first Mirwais had good relations with the Georgians but it began to...

intelligence funding, and American CIA funding; traditionally strongest in Ghilzai Pashtun tribal regions in the south-east - aimed for a state similar to...

The Nasher (or Nashir) (Dari: الناشر, Persian: الناشر) are a noble Afghan family and Khans of the Pashtun Kharoti (Ghilji) tribe. The family is originally...

his Afghan subjects in Qandahar from Sunni to Twelverism. In response, a Ghilzai Afghan chieftain named Mirwais Hotak revolted and killed Gurgin Khan, the...

the Ghilzai. After two years of warfare with the Ghilzai, Khosrow Khan finally besieged Qandahar with Abdali assistance. Two months, later the Ghilzai appealed...

mujahideen groups. A large portion of the tribe live as Kochi nomads. Khels of Ghilzai Ahmadzai are Babakar khel, Isa Khel, Jabbarkhel, Maruf Khel, Musa Khel...

The 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment) were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1838, when they...

until the Second Anglo-Afghan War) and great-grandson (from fifth wife - a Ghilzai) of Sardar Painda Khan: 482  (head of the Mohammadzai branch of the Barakzai...