Tabar (trunk)
Tabar ( Pashtun : ټبر [tabar], tabə́r) is the Pashtun name for a main tribe of the Pashtun people . It is a patrilineal lineage in a segmented society . Main strains are e.g. B. the Durrani and the Ghilzai .
The tribe (English also: super tribe) is divided into khels , which are divided into smaller groups called Plārinas (anglicized: plarganey, from plār = father). The Plārinas in turn consist of several families, called Kahols , the families in turn are the Kors (کور) or households.
literature
- Ali Wardak: The Tribal and Ethnic Composition of Afghan Society. In: Edward Girardet, Jonathan Walther (Ed.): Afghanistan. Crosslines Essential Field Guides to Humanitarian and Conflict Zones. 3. Edition. Crosslines, Geneva 2006, ISBN 2-97001-762-8 , pp. 71-83.
- M. Ibrahim Atayee: A Dictionary of the Terminology of the Pashtun Tribal Customary Law and Usages. The Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Kabul 1979.
Web links
- Overview of the Pashtun tribes, Khels and ethnic groups , US Naval Postgraduate School, English
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pashto online dictionaries
- ^ Ali Wardak: Jirga. A Traditional Mechanism of Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan. 2003, p. 7 (PDF file; 270 kB), online at UNPAN (United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance), accessed on January 23, 2013