All Western invaders aren’t Pakhtun

[muqawwee123]

Re: All Western invaders aren’t Pakhtun

@marwati

Khiljis were first pashtun rulers of India. They were precisely pashtunized turks, due to which they were never accepted as proper turks by turkish nobility of India. The ghiljay of Afghanistan are those khiljis.Ghaznavis and Ghorids were turks but they were indigenous to Afghanistan, they got absorbed in pashtun population and today both ghazni and ghor are pashtun areas. Its interesting that pashtun consider them part of their history despite of them being of turkish origin.Pashtuns have also ruled over persia, by hotaki pashtuns. Moreover the first muslim rulers of kashmir were swati pashtuns (not related to yousafzai). Bengal remained under karlanri pashtuns during akabar times. Rohailkhand of U.P had become mini-afghanistan and its inhabitants rohilla pashtuns were major participants of 3rd battle of panipat.Also rulers of numerous states were pashtuns , like tonk, bhopal, jonagadh, farrukhabad, rampur, maler kotla etcSome people say that most of the mughal soldiers and nobles were pashtuns but it is not true. After sher shah suri episode and due to contineous uprisings of indian pashtuns throughout mughal period…mughals never trusted pashtuns, they didnt recruit them soldiers neither they included them in their nobility which comprised of turanis, iranis and rajputs.

who were Lodhis defeated by Mughals? I think they were also Pashtuns. Sher Shah was also from Suri tribe of Pashtun