Kakar History

Kakar  was one of the grandsons of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani, son of Gharghasht, who was the son of Qais in the Afghan appendix of tribes.According to Afghan and Muslim historians, Ghourghusht was alive in 388 hijri (by the Islamic calendar). Kakar is also called in some parts of Afghanistan Kakar-khel. In Herat, Kakar is locally called Kak. Historically, the tribe has been called Kak-kor (family of Kak). The tomb of Kakar or Kak is in front of Herat central Jamia Masjid's gate. Afghan historians say that Kakar was first buried in Kohistan, which is in Ghor province of Afghanistan, but Herat's ruler Sultan Ghyasudin Tahglok brought the body to be re-buried in a mosque there in the city. Muhammad of Ghor was also Kakar and belongs to the sub-tribe named Taghluk or Taghruq. Dani had four more sons named Panai, Babai, Naghar and Davi. Kakar had 18 real sons and six adopted sons - 24 sons altogether. The names of Kakar's eighteen biological sons are as follows:

Taraghzai (Taragharai)
Jadram
Serad or Sherdad
Zalghozi
Dumar
Musazai or Musakhel
Younaskhel
Samkhel
Darpikhel or Arpikhel
Jalalkhel
Mukranikhel
Rankhkhel
Essakhel
Sargarai
Kapip
Khatankhel
Yaqubzai
Osean
and adopted sons names are:

Pindar or Beadar
Churmaikhel
Lanbar
Farmalai
Kwaano and Taran
Some well-known subtribes of Kakar are Sanzarkhel, Barakzai, Parizon, Abdullahzai, Jogizai, Abubakar-zai and much more. In every province of Afghanistan, large numbers of Kakar are living. In the Balochistan province of Pakistan, eighty percent of Pashtuns are Kakars. Quetta, Pishin, Qila Saifullah, Qila Abdullah, Zhob, Loralai, Musakhel, Sibi and other districts or nearby areas are populated by Kakar tribe. A good number of Kakars may also ne found in Punjab and Sindh. In India, Kakar are found in Punjab, Haryana, Bulandshehr (a town of Kohana District) Rohtik, Hyderabad, Daccan, Malwah (a town of khwaja) Bihar, Bangol, Assam, Mumbai and Jona Garh.
Muhammad of Ghor was also Kakar, and he belonged to the sub-tribe called Taghluk or Taghruq. Dani had four more sons named Panai, Babai, Naghar and Davi. Kakar had 18 natural sons and four adopted sons - 22 sons altogether.

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908); the Kakar, historically the first tribe in Balochistan with (105,444) persons, the Tareen historically are the second largest tribe in Baluchistan with 37,906 persons (though this likely includes the Durrani), and the Pani (20,682) and Shirani (7,309).
The Kakar tribe established an empire in Afghanistan.

 Notables

• Kader Khan, Indian Actor
• Abdul Hai Habibi, writer
• Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar, Senator who was eight times elected Minister and ex-Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly
• Mohammad Rabbani, Prime Minister of Afghanistan
• Abdul Waheed Kakar, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army (1993-1996)
• Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muslim League member, Pakistani movement activist and politician.
• Safwat Ghayur, commandant of Pakistan's Frontier Constabulary
• Owais Ahmed Ghani, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (N-W.F.P.), Governor Balochistan, Federal Minister, Provincial Minister (N-W.F.P), PTI (Founding member)
• Palay Khan (Palay Shah), anti-Raj fighter
• Nawab Muhammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai, He is the Nawab of jogezai tribe a sub tribe of kakar and he is the convener of 'Pakhtoon Ulasi Qaumi Jirga' (Pashtoon National Council)
• Nashenas, Pashto and Persian singer, from the Musazai sub-tribe of Kakar
• Baran Khan Kudezai, Pashtoon politician and founding member of Anjuman-e-Watan
• Dadullah, Taliban's senior military commander
• Abdul Ghafoor Musazai President Pakistan Peoples party Killa saifullah