Wazirzada

Wazirzada

وزیر زادہ
Regions with significant populations
Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Languages
Pashto
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Durrani Pashtuns

Wazirzada (meaning son of Wazir, also known as Wazirzada Sadozai) are a Pashtun tribe of the Durrani tribal confederation, with their population primarily concentrated in the regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. The Wazirzada's are a branch of the Sadozai tribe which itself is a branch of the Popalzai tribal group. They are descended from the Kamran Khel (clan) who went by the surname Wazirzada due to them serving as Grand Wazirs for the Sadozai ruling dynasty of the Durrani Empire. They trace their ancestry to Grand Vizier Usman Khan, who acted as the Nizam ud Daula (Grand Vizier) for Shah Shuja Durrani. ^[1]

After the removal of the royal Sadozai dynasty of Ahmad Shah Durrani from rulership over the collapsing Durrani Empire and subsequent replacement by the Barakzai dynasty, many of the Sadozais including the Wazirzada branch faced prospects of political reprisal by the Barakzai and Mohammadzai due to their conflict and disputes. Most of the Sadozais faced exile from the Emirate of Afghanistan and headed towards the Indian subcontinent, with the Wazirzadas under the former Grand Vizier Usman Khan landing and settling in Peshawar in 1842. ^[2]

References

1. Saddozai, Sardar Ahmad Shah Jan (2015). Afghanistan Saddozai Kings and Viziers 1747–1842. Austin Macauley Publishers Limited. ISBN   9781849633222.
2. Saddozai, Sardar Ahmad Shah Jan (2015). Afghanistan Saddozai Kings and Viziers 1747–1842. Austin Macauley Publishers Limited. ISBN   9781849633222. Until to this day, Afghanistan has remained ungovernable, but what is lamentable is that the Durrani Empire not only perished but the tribe's elders, Saddozais, and their progeny, settled in the Indian subcontinent for fear of reprisals at the hands of the Barakzais and Muhammedzais. Even today they represent a minority in their own country.

Further reading

• Brig.(R) Rashid, Haroon (2002). History of Phatans.Vol1; The Sarabani Phatans: Printo Graphics, Islamabad, Pakistan. (arguably the most authentic account of the History of Pathans in general and of Wazirzadas in particular.)
• Saddozai, Wazirzada Abdul Qaiyum Khan (2000). A History of the Saddozai Kings of Afghanistan. Faqir Jan Printing Press Peshawar
• Wg.Cdr.(R) Saddozai, Sardar Ahmed Shah Jan. Saddozai Kings & Viziers of Afghanistan 1747 - 1842 and Vazier Usman Khan Kamran Khel's Progeny: The Sardar Khel's of Peshawar.