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Khilji dynasty (1290—1320), was a Turko-Afghan [15] [16] [17] dynasty founded by Jalaluddin Khilji as the second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate of India. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Its rule is known for conquests into present day South India, [ 21 ] and successfully fending off the repeated Mongol invasions of India .
The Kheshgi or Khaishgi (Pashto: خیشکی) is a prominent Sarbani Pashtun tribe and Imperial dynasty in South Asia, mainly in India and Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Kheshgi
Karlāṇī or Karrani (Pashto: کرلاڼي) is a Pashtun tribal confederacy. [1] They primarily inhabit the FATA region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and certain parts of eastern Afghanistan. In the 16th century the Karlani founded the Karrani dynasty, the last dynasty to rule the Bengal Sultanate.
Pashtunistan (Pashto: پښتونستان, lit. 'land of the Pashtuns') [4] or Pakhtunistan is a historical region on the crossroads of Central and South Asia, located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the Pashtun people of southern and eastern Afghanistan [5] and northwestern Pakistan, [6] [7] wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and identity have been based.
According to some books written on the history of the Pashtuns, it is either unclear or controversial. [7] The Karlani confederacy Ormur Baraki, who became the progenitor of the Karlani. [8]: 33 There are several levels of the Pashtun tribal organization. The "tribe" is subdivided into kinship groups, each of which is a khel and zai.
The Durrani dynasty (Persian: سلسله درانیان; Pashto: د درانيانو کورنۍ) was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani at Kandahar, Afghanistan. He united the different Pashtun tribes and created the Durrani Empire .
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Mir Ways ibn Shah 'Alam, [1] also known as Mirwais Khan Hotak (Pashto/Dari: ميرويس خان هوتک; 1673-1715) [2] was an Afghan ruler from the Ghilji tribe of Pashtuns [3] [4] of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and the short-lived founder of the Hotak dynasty.