Safi (tribe)

Sāpī (Pashto: ساپی Sāpai; plur. ساپي Sāpī) is a Pashtun tribe situated mostly in Afghanistan. Many former Pashayi speakers have also adopted the ethnonym Safi in Afghanistan.^[1]

According to a work published by Jeffrey H.P Evans-von Krbek at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Durham in 1977, the origins of the Sapi lies in the region of ancient Gandhara.^[2]

The exact population number of this clan is not known; however, it is estimated to be around 2.5 million in Afghanistan. Sapis have played an important role in Afghanistan.^[3] The Sapi tribe is well known for its resistance to the Taliban regime, and many fierce clashes have broken out between the two.^[4]

People

Amanul Mulk, leader of the tribal revolts under rebel King Salemai
Amanat Lewana, rebel Prime Minister of Afghanistan's Eastern Provinces
Jamil al-Rahman, Afghan Salafist and Amir of the Islamic Emirate of Kunar
Amanullah Sailaab Sapi, Afghan poet and writer
Turabaz Khan, Royal Afghan Army General and served as Kabul’s Police Commander
Mohammed Asif Safi, Afghan army serviceman during the Monarchy and Republic

References

^ "DARDESTĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
^ Evans-Von Krbek, Jeffrey Hewitt Pollitt (1977). The Social Structure and Organization of a Pakhto Speaking Community in Afghanistan (Thesis). Department of Anthropology, University of Durham. pp. 20–.
^ "Safi tribe, Taliban reach peace agreement". Dawn. 10 September 2007.
^ Wilson, Jamie (19 January 2002). "Jail for Afghans in Stansted hijack". The Guardian.

[1] "DARDESTĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica.

[2] Evans-Von Krbek, Jeffrey Hewitt Pollitt (1977). The Social Structure and Organization of a Pakhto Speaking Community in Afghanistan (Thesis). Department of Anthropology, University of Durham. pp. 20–.

[3] "Safi tribe, Taliban reach peace agreement". Dawn. 10 September 2007.

[4] Wilson, Jamie (19 January 2002). "Jail for Afghans in Stansted hijack". The Guardian.

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