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The absolute history of Ghilijis

A lot of people probably already know about the Ghiliji (also known as the Ghilzai, Ghorzai, or Khiliji) tribe, as they are the largest tribal confederation among the Pashtuns (containing many sub-tribes too, such as the Suris, Tanolis and Lodis), inhabiting the countries of both Afghanistan and Pakistan (some of them also live in Iran). But what a lot of people don't know is the history of these people. To sum up, they're basically the most OP tribe in the region. Here's a list of dynasties/empires founded by the Ghilijis:

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As you can see, that's quite the roster. Outside of these dynasties/empires, the Ghilijis have also played an important role in the history of the region, for example:

Bakhtiyar Khiliji - He is credited as being the first person to truly bring Islam to the Bengal, as he was the first Muslim to conquer it as a general under the Mamluk Empire. He also destroyed Nalanda.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Bakhtiyar_Khalji

Zabardast Khan Tanoli - He assisted Ahmad Shah Durrani during his conquests of the region, and was as a result awarded the title of Subah Khan for his actions.

http://www.barmazid.com/2017/07/tanolis-or-tunawalis.html

Khiliji Ghaznavids - Khilijis made up a large portion of the Ghaznavid army.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SVV9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT280&dq=Khalaj+and+Ghaznavids&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd1Zfq0P_iAhVQQUEAHS9pCcQQ6AEINzAC#v=onepage&q=Khalaj and Ghaznavids&f=false

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Here is my take
Gillzai might be gillani of iran and might be turkified persian extraction.
tanoli is not pashtun tribe. They are native hindko/punjabi tribe. I have friend from jelum punjab who say he matyal tanoli jatt and i was like wtf ?
Kakar and jadon tribes are also indics from my sources since kakar are found in punjabi khatris and there are jadon rajput claiming ancestory from ancient yadu or yadavs or something like that.
I also read somewhere Khattks, yousufzai and afridi are dardic tribes but later pashtunised
 
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