Behsudi or Behsud ( Dari : بهسودی ) are one of the major tribes of the Hazaras in Afghanistan .
4-767: The notable history of the Behsud tribe starts from the 19th-century when the 19th-century Behsud chieftain Mir Yazdan Bakhsh was one of the first Hazara chiefs, who tried in vain to unify all Hazaras. In the Hazara resistance against the Soviet Union and later the Taliban most of the modern Hazara political leadership has emerged from the Behsuds. Afghan leaders from the Behsud tribe include Sultan Ali Keshtmand ,
8-781: A large part of the Hazara population was nomadic in the past, the Behsudis would travel towards Jalalabad and Laghman during winters and camp in Hazarajat during summers. For example, the Behsud River in the foothills of the Qorigh mountains Is a relic from that time. The grave of Baba Besud is located on the summit of that mountain. Hazara singers used to visit that grave before the turmoil of Abdul Rahman . Mir Yazdan Bakhsh Mir Yazdanbakhsh ( Persian : میر یزدانبخش )
12-535: The Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1981 to 1989. The people of Behsud in the past (from about five or six centuries ago) were scattered across a wide area of Afghanistan. Before the complete control of the Afghans , they had more or less influence over eastern regions Including the eastern Behsud , which takes its name from this ethnic group to significant parts of today's Maidan Wardak province . Since
16-592: Was a chieftain of the Behsud Hazaras in the Hazarajat of central Afghanistan in the 19th century. Son of Mir Wali Beg, he was born in 1790. He expelled his older brother, Mir Muhammad Shah after his father was assassinated by a minor chief. He consolidated his power to become undisputed chief of the Hazaras (?-1832) Yazdanbakhsh was a powerful figure in Behsud (in modern Wardak Province ), who controlled
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