AkbarJalâluddin Muhammad Akbar (en arabe : جلال الدين محمّد أكبر, Jalālu d-Dīn Muḥammad ʾAkbar) (Umarkot, selon les sources le ou le - Āgrā, ) dirige l'Empire moghol de 1556 jusqu'en 1605. Il est généralement considéré comme le plus grand Moghol. vignette|redresse|gauche|Akbar enfant. Miniature de 1557. Akbar est né au sein d'une dynastie cultivée, et quatre tuteurs ont tenté, sans succès, de lui apprendre à lire. Une raison possible est qu'il ait été dyslexique, ce qui pourrait expliquer par ailleurs sa capacité mémorielle très élevée.
Passe de KhyberLa passe de Khyber, ou défilé de Khaïber (en د خیبر در, en درۂ خیبر, en تنگه خیبر), est une longue montée de sinuant entre les monts Safed Koh et Kachmund. C'est l'un des passages les plus importants entre l'Afghanistan et le Pakistan, à environ d'altitude, entre les villes de Peshawar, Jalalabad et Kaboul. La passe — qui est sous contrôle pakistanais sur la plus grande partie de sa longueur — mène à Kaboul par le nord-ouest de Peshawar. Elle comporte une route depuis 1879 et une , achevée en 1925 à l'époque du Raj britannique.
KhattakThe Khattak (خټک) tribe are a prominent Pashtun tribe located in the Khattak territory, which consists of Karak, Nowshera, Kohat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Multiple historians have identified the Khattak with the Satragyddae or Sattagudai, an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe inhabiting Gandhara. The Sattagudai (Σατταγύδαι) were a people mentioned by Herodotus in connection to people under the influence of the Achaemenid Empire.
YusufzaiThe Yusufzai or Yousafzai (یوسفزی, jusəpˈzay), also referred to as the Esapzai (ايسپزی, iːsəpˈzay) , or Yusufzai Afghans historically, are one of the largest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Swabi, Mardan, Bajaur, Peshawar, Tor Ghar), to which they migrated to from Kabul during the 16th century, but they are also present in smaller numbers in parts of Afghanistan, including Kunar, Kabul, Kandahar and Farah.
Université de PeshawarThe University of Peshawar (د پېښور پوهنتون; پشور یونیورسٹی; ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university is one of the oldest universities in the province, and is ranked as one of the highest rated universities in the country. The university was founded in 1950 and offers programs for undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral studies.
PashtunistanPashtunistan (پښتونستان) is a historical region located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of southern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan in South-Central Asia, wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and Pashtun identity have been based. Alternative names historically used for the region include Pashtūnkhwā (پښتونخوا), Pakhtūnistān, Pathānistān, or simply the Pashtun Belt. Pashtunistan borders the geographical regions of Turkestan to the north, Kashmir to the northeast, Punjab to the east, Balochistan to the south and Iran to the west.
Roshani movementThe Rōshānī movement (روښاني غورځنګ, "the enlightened movement") was a populist, nonsectarian Sufi movement that was founded in the mid-16th century and arose among Afghan tribes. The movement was founded by the Ormur warrior, poet, Sufi and revolutionary leader Bayazid Ansari, who is more commonly known as Pir Roshan ("Saint of Light Pir (sufi master)"). Bayazid challenged the inequality and social injustice that he saw being practiced by the ruling powers of the Mughal empire.
BanuchiThe Banuchi (بنوچي ),Banisi (بانيسي), also Banosi (بنوڅي) Bannuzai/Banizai or Banuchi Afghans are a Pashtun/Afghan tribe which has the reputation of being one of the most warlike tribe amongst the Pashtun people. They inhabit the Bannu District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, North Waziristan and Kurram of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, with some members settled in Afghanistan. The Banuchis are descentants from the Shitak superclan of the larger Karlani tribe.
KarlaniKarlāṇī (کرلاڼي) is a Pashtun tribal confederacy. 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. Karlani means "adopted". The 17th century Mughal scribe Nimat Allah al-Harawi does not mention Karlani tribes in his Makhzan-i-Afghani. According to a legend, Karlan was the adopted son of Qais Abdur Rasheed, the eponymous ancestor of Pashtuns.
Groupes ethniques au PakistanLa notion de groupes ethniques au Pakistan est importante tant elle sous-tend des différences linguistiques et territoriales ainsi que des problématiques de répartition du pouvoir, qui ont parfois dégénéré en affrontements violents. Ils sont ainsi souvent appelés groupes ethno-linguistiques. Les principaux groupes ethniques correspondent en grande partie aux quatre provinces que compte le pays. Les Pendjabis liés à la province du Pendjab sont majoritaires dans le pays (45 %), suivis par les Pachtounes habitants surtout à Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (15 %) puis les Sindis de la province du Sind (14 %).