Kakar is a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. It is named after Kakar Afghan who was the great grandson of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani son of Ghorghushet, son of Qais Abdur Rasheed in the Afghan appendix of tribes.

According to Afghan historians, Ghorghushet was alive in 388 hijri (Islamic calendar). Kakar is also called in some parts of Afghanistan Kakar-khel. In Hirat, Kakar is locally called "KAK by the public. In history sometimes it is called "Kak-kor" (family of Kak).

The tomb of Kakar or Kak is in front of Hirat central Jamia Masjid. Afghan historians says that Kakar was burried first in Kohistan of Ghor province of Afghanistan, but King of Hirat Sultan Ghyasudin Taghlok brought his corpse to Hirat and again burried him near the Central Mosque. King Ghyasudin was also a Kakar and belonged to the sub tribe of Taghluk or Taghruq.

Dani had 4 more sons named Panai, Babai, Naghar and Davi and now they are also a part of Kakar tribe. Kakar had 24 sons and six were adopted.

Some historian says that Kakar has 26 sons. In front of some this figure is 29, but mostly believes that the actual figure is 24.

Some famous sub tribes of Kakar Afghan

• Sanzarkhel
• Barakzai
• Parizon
• Abdullahzai
• Jogizai
• Abubakar-zai
• Abusyedzai

Historians like Abdul Hai Habibi and Bahdur Shah Zafar Kakakhel are confident that Jadoon or Gadoon are the part of Kakar.

Tamini a tribe in large numbers in Ghor, Sakhar, Memoona and Koh-e-feroza are also a part of a Kakar tribes (Afghanistan).

In India Kakar are found in Punjab, Haryana, Bulandshehr, a town of Kohana, District Rohtik, Hyderabad Daccan, Malwah, a town of khwaja, Bihar, Bengal, Assam , Mumbai and Junagarh. In India most Kakar are Hindu and some are Muslims. When Afghans (Pashtoon) tribes including Kakar tribes attack several time on India they make rule there and the people of areas (Hindu) adopt a sar name of Kakar. Some Hindu also adopt Islam but others remain Hindu. In Muslim Kakars mostly are real Afghans. In a town of Kohana Abusyedzai Kakar Afghan are in a large numbers, they belong to a family of Malik Abdul Mali. In District Rohtik, Alikhel Kakar are living. Also in other parts of India especially Bihar and Bangol Kakar is a known Afghan tribe.

Sher Shah Suri And Kakar

Sher Shah or Sher Khan's real name was Farid Khan. His father's name was Hassan Khan and grand father's name wae Ibrahim Khan Suri. Ibrahim was a middle class and common man of ROWA (Rawa was a independant land of Afghans and included the following territories Hassanabdal, Kabul, Peshawar, Hirat, Kandahar, Koh-e-Sulmanhe belonged to a sub tribe Barakzai of Kakar. Barakzai is a sub tribe of Taraghzai son of Kakar. According to Sir Olf Caero the author of book The Pathans he says that in Sihasram (Bihar) where his father was a landlord and a respected ally of a Mughal Empire; Sher Shah was born there in 1479 A.D.

The real homeland of Sher Shah was between Qaisi Ghar and Koh-e-Suliman and near to Kozhak range.

Kalkar Najin in his book Sher Shah and His Times says that this place is a between Chaman and Ghazni and this place is a Sargorgai (Toba Kakar Ranges) where Kakar tribe has been living for centuries. Sir Olf says that when Sher Shah was young he hunt a lion (Bengal tiger) by his own sword so in Pashto and Farsi lion is called Sher so people of the area started calling him Sher Khan, His hunting the lion using the sword is similar to the story of Prophet David.

Reign of Sher Shah Suri

His rule time is less then 6 years but he did a remarkable job. He defeated Mughal Emperor Hamayun in 1539 . He changed his name from Sher Khan to Sher Shah (King of lions) when he conquered Dehli. Unlike other Afghan Warriors that ever ruled the Sub Continent of South Asia who were outsiders Sher Shah actually was from among the Indians. He ruled in India from 1539 to 1545. Under his rule India saw many develoments such as Genrali road (Bengal to Jehlum), old fort of Dehli, Rohtaas fort in Punjab and and the Grand Trunk Road. In 1545 in a battle a artillary a shell blew up near Sher Shah and he was injured very seriously and shortly thereafter he died and was burried in Sihasram, Bihar India.

Sources

• History of Pashtoon (Farsi), 1979, by Sardar Sher Muhammed Gandapur
• A history of Afghan (Farsi), 1960, by Abdul Hai Habibi
• The Pathans (English), 1967, by Sir Olf Cearo
• Pashtoon history (Pashto), 1965, by Syed Bahadur Shah Zafar Kakakhel
• Tarekh-e-Khan Jahani Wa Mukhzan Afghani (Farsi-Pashto), 1500-1600, by Khwaja Nimatullah Harvi and Hebat Khan Abubakarzai Kakar.