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AFRIDI or APRIDI (singular -ay), designation of a major
Pashtun tribe in northwest Pakistan, with a few members in Afghanistan. The
Afridi form part of the Ghilzi and are thus of the so-called "eastern
Pashtun" branch who are to be distinguished from the Dorrani (or Abdali)
encompassing the "western Pashtun". Their language is Pashto Mashreqi. Their
eponymous ancestor is supposed to have been a certain Faridun, a descendant
of Karlan (whence the Karlani lineage) through Mani (or Manay) and Koday
(and his second wife)....Read More |