Pashtun tribes

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Chapters: Burki, Babar, Pathans of Gujarat, Pathans of Punjab, Oldest Afghan tribes, Turi, List of Pakistani family names, Mashwanis, Kuchi people, Mullagori, Durrani, Khan Khel, Qais Abdur Rashid, Bhittani, Chhachi, Kasi, Pakthas, Kasi or Kasian, Pathans of Bihar, Pashtun tribal structure, Karlan, Bhatiara, Langah, Pathans of Rajasthan, Kundi, Tirahi, Noorzai, Shah Khel, Sorgar, Sakzai, Gardezi, Zimri, Chamkanni, Turkhel, Kakar, Utmankhel, Mamozai, Zaimukhts, Umarzai, Ismail Khel, Borzai, Dawlatzai, Edo-Khel, Rokhri Khel, Nasozai, Oriakhill, Meis Khel, Baranzai, Norzai, Baburkhel, Enayet Khel, Battanni, Akhun Khel. Excerpt: The Burki (historically also known as Barak, Baraki, Barki, Berki, Birki of Baburnama, Braakee or Urmar) are a Pushtun tribe of South Waziristan, Pakistan, whose homeland is Kaniguram. The first Pushtun warrior/intellectual Pir Roshan, whose given name was Bayazid Khan, was a Baraki/Urmur/Burki who is popularly known by his admirers as Pir Roshan (the enlightened one) and as Pir Tarik (the one of darkness) by his detractors. In the 16th century, he wrote the first book in the language of the Pashtuns. He was fluent in Ormuri (his mother tongue), Pushtu, Arabic and Persian. Ormuri is the first language of the people in Kaniguram; today, all are bilingual in the local Pashto dialect of Wazirwola. Most also can converse in Urdu and some in English. Burki are still found in Baraki Barak in Logar and outside Ghazni Afghanistan, however Pashto and Dari has replaced Ormuri language there. Baraki Barak, and especially Logar, were scenes of genocide and murder during the Russian/Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989). According to Montstuart Elphinstone in 1815 he incorrectly describes the "Baraki" as a class of "Taujiks" in his seminal work "An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul," based on his travels in the early nineteenth century. The scholarly tendency of the day was to label anyone who spoke "Urmar" as Taujik, despite the fact that the Baraki also spoke Pashto and one of their kin, Bayazid Khan, wrote the first book in Pashto. Taujiks then and now do not speak/learn Pashto or practice "Pashtunwali" as they-the Barak/Urmar (anglicized to "Burki")-do. Furthermore, the Baraki/Urmar could not / did not speak Persian (or Dari), the languages of the Taujik and Farsiwan, except a few who were members of the Amir's court. The Baraki/Burki "homeland" of Kaniguram in the heart of the Pushtun core (i.e. where the Mahsud and Waziri tribes "do Pukhtunkhwa") only confirms their lineage. It is important to note that Elphinstone in his "travels" West to the land of the Afghauns an