Wur Explained
The Wur or Wara (Pushto; Pashto: ووړ), meaning small, little or minor, also known as Wur Mamund or Wara Mamund (Pushto; Pashto: واړه / وړہ مَاموند ), meaning small, little or minor Mamund or descendants/offspring/children of small, little, minor Mamund, are a Pashtun group. They are a division of the Mamund clan, which is itself part of the larger Tarkani tribe. The Wur are mainly settled in Bajaur Agency in Pakistan, but originally hailed from the Laghman province of Afghanistan.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
They live in Umaray, Sewai, Damadola, Badan, Tani and Kamar villages of Tehsil Mamund, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan and also in Marawara and Shortan areas of Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Sub-divisions of Wur or Wara Pashtuns[6]
- Baramkazai (Pushto; Pashto: برم کازي
- Barozai (Pushto; Pashto: بړو زي)
- Oryazai (Pushto; Pashto: اوريا زي)
- Inam Khwar (Pushto; Pashto: انعام خور)
- Badalzai (Pushto; Pashto: بدل زي)
- Daryazai (Pushto; Pashto: دریا زي)
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Notes and References
- "Tazkara" (also called"Tazkira-e-pathan"), Khan Roshan khan, pp 176-181 (in Urdu).
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/43961546@N00/63104563/ "Tareekh-e-Kakazai"
- https://archive.org/search.php?query=Frontier%20and%20Overseas%20Expeditions%20from%20India%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20collection%3Amillionbooks "Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India"
- http://fatabajaur.blogspot.com/2011/06/tarkanri-tarkalani-or-tarkani-tribe-of.html Tarkanri (Tarkalani or Tarkani) Tribe of Bajaur Agency and Dir - By "FATA Awareness Initiative"
- - pp 86-89 & 261-262 & 310-312 (in Pashto)
- https://archive.org/download/ADictionaryOfThePathanTribesCORRECT/A%20Dictionary%20of%20the%20Pathan%20Tribes%20-%201910.pdf''"A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India"
