Kundi (Pashtun tribe)

The Kundi (Pashto: کُنډی‎; Urdu: کُنڈی‎) is a subtribe of Niazi tribe of Pashtuns, which inhabit in most areas of Tank and D.I.Khan.They are subtribe of Niazi living mostly in Di khan, Mianwali, Waziristan, In Tank, they are spread along through Tank-Pezu road extending up to Mulazai to the adjoining Bhittani area. The Mulazai is approachable through a road, which begins at old Gul Imam railway station. The area around this road is mainly inhabited by kundis with perhaps some pocket of Marwats. There is another circular road recently constructed which begins at Daraki (Maikhani) police station on Tank- Pezu road bypassing the Daraki village, Pai village and joins the Gul Imam-Mulazai road at Ama Khel. The kundi area act as a buffer zone between Tank and Marwats connected through Pezu and Bayan pass. These were the old caravan routes and British were the first to construct asphalt roads on these routes. The main villages of Kundis in Tank are Gul Imam, Shahalam, Abezari, Daraki(Maikhani), Pai, Nandoor (chief of nandoor (Malik misal khan late) and Amakhel. Mulazai is perhaps mixture of kundi and Syeds from Kaniguram and marwats in some parts.Pai‚ Abizari and Shahalam are the ancestral home villages of Kundi KHANS. Kundis populate majority of Tank District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, Some areas in D.I.Khan, some parts of Afghanistan(Zabul), some of the parts in Balochistan and the ancestors of this tribe is basically from Zabul(Afghanistan) and KUNDIGHAR( kundayghar ) in South Waziristan Agency. A good number of Kundis have rendered their services in field of education, politics, civil services, judiciary research etc in Pakistan. This tribe fought many wars against Nawabs of Tank in late 1800s but eventually won some wars and then defeated others. Moreover, this tribe is always involved in internal conflicts as other Pashtoon tribes are involved.

Ancestry

Kundi or Kondi bin Esa bin Khako bin Niazi bin Ibrahim loede bin Shah Hussain (Prince of Europe) Kundi had two sons Minak or Sinak and Ibrahim. Descendants of Kundi are divided into two tribes Minakzai and Ibrahimzai.

Subtribes

Karkikhel, Burakhel, Achakhel, Shirkikhel, Ibrahim Khel‚ Tajo Khel‚ NoorKhani Khel‚

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