1880.] E. C. Temple— i2oMi?e of tie Tal Ohotiali Field Force. 



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these the Duraiiis, Taiins and Kakars are Afghans proper and so probably 

 are the Lunis, but the Zarkhans are merely known as Pathans. 



First then regarding the Duranis, the chief of the Afghan clans. The 

 origin of this tribe is apparently unknown, but it seems to be generally 

 believed that it emigrated from the mountains of Ghor. According to the 

 TAZKiKA'x-TJL-MUiu'ji: above quoted, the Durani descent is as follows : 



KAIS or ABD-UR-RASHI'D. 



I , 



Saeaban, 



eldest son. 



1 



I I 



ShaUKABUN. KnAMHABUN. 



eldest son. I 



Abdai, Yusupzais. Mohmands. KnALfLS. 



chief of the Afghans, 

 whence after 300 years. 

 I 



Malik Rajae, Abdali. 



'AsAV. NuR.* Khoicar* Maku.* 



I whence the 



I j I Khokaris 



Malik Zirak Abdali. Ish.\k.* 'Ali.* called also 



I E.hugianis. 



1 \ I 



PopAL.* BIrak.* Alako'.* 



Malik HabIb Abdali.* Badu.* Aiy6b. 



Malik Bame Abdali.* Ismail.* Hasan.* 



I 



II II 

 Salih.* 'Ali.* Zaiyil.* Waraka.* 



Malik Sado Abdali,* 

 whence 

 Ahmad Shah Abdali 



and afterwards Durani. 



The old name of the Duranis was Abdali, till Ahmad Shah, an Abdali 

 of the Sadozai family or subsection of the Pdpalzai section of Abdalis, the 

 hero of Panipat, in ITJiTtook the title of DUBE-i-DuEEA'i^,the Pearl of Pearls, 

 and named his tribe after himself Duranis. The two great divisions of the 

 Duranis are Zi'bak and Pakjpa'o, and of these the most honorable by de- 

 scent arc the Zi'eaks. The Zi'kaks are usually divided into 4 sections (1) 



* Those marked with an asterisk with the addition of Zai are the names of present 

 Dui-aui sections or suhsections. 



