Ajab Khan Afridi

Ajab Khan Afridi (Pashto: عجب خان اپریدی‎) was a Pashtun freedom fighter from Darra Adam Khel, near Peshawar. He belonged to the Afridi tribe. He is well known for the revenge of honor from the British Raj officers in 1923, when British officers attacked Ajab Khan Afridi's house and abused his mother. After this, Ajab Khan Afridi's mother ordered him to take revenge on the British.[2]

Ajab Khan Afridi
عجب خان اپریدی
Born1866
Darra Adam Khel, British India (in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died1961 (aged 95)
Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan[1]
Resting placeMazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Known forPashtun nationalism, independence movement against the British Raj

A few days later, he attacked the Kohat Cantonment, killing the wife of British officer Major Ellis, and abducted his daughter Molly Ellis. As a result of successful negotiations, Molly Ellis was released a few days later. When the officer did a medical test of his daughter Molly, she was returned safe despite months in captivity. Ajab Khan was then announced a general amnesty with a huge reward.[3][4][5]

Death

In 1961, Ajab Khan Afridi died at the age of 95 years in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.[1]

Legacy

A statue of Ajab Khan Afridi was erected in 2018 at Abbas Chowk in his hometown, Darra Adam Khel.[6][7][8]

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References
  1. Hussain, S. Iftikhar (29 August 2008). Some major Pukhtoon tribes along the Pak-Afghan border. The University of Michigan: Area Study Centre, 2000. p. 62.
  2. عمر آفریدی (9 April 2015). "تیراہ: شدت پسندی قبائلی سرشت میں ہے؟". bbc.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. Abdul Sami Paracha (19 May 2017). "Freedom fighter Akbar Khan's grave needs govt attention". dawn.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "Ajab Khan Afridi". thenews.com.pk. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. "Rescue of Mollie Ellis, captured by Afridi bandits in NWFP, 1923". thefridaytimes.com. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. "درہ آدم خیل میں عجب خان آفریدی کا مجسمہ نصب". islamtimes.org. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. Nazar Ul Islam (4 January 2019). "Haunted by militancy, Pakistani town welcomes library built above gun market". english.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. Nazar Ul Islam (6 January 2019). "Militancy weary Pakistan town welcomes library built above arms market". saudigazette.com.sa. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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