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'''Ajab Khan Afridi''' ({{lang-ps|{{resize|{{nq|عجب خان اپریدی}}}}}}) was an [[Afghan]] guerrilla fighter from [[Darra Adam Khel]] belonging to the [[Afridi]] tribe of [[Pashtuns]]. Following a raid on his house by a [[British Indian Army]] (BIA) detachment in 1923, Afridi declared it a personal affront to his honor and was ordered by his mother to take revenge on the BIA officers which had led the raid.<ref name="تیراہ: شدت پسندی قبائلی سرشت میں ہے؟">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan/2015/04/150409_tirahprofile_ua|publisher=bbc.com|author=عمر آفریدی|title=تیراہ: شدت پسندی قبائلی سرشت میں ہے؟|date=9 April 2015|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
'''Ajab Khan Afridi''' ({{langx|ps|{{resize|{{nq|عجب خان اپریدی}}}}}}) was an [[Afghan (ethnonym)|Afghan]] guerrilla fighter from [[Darra Adam Khel]] in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|Frontier Tribal Areas]] belonging to the [[Afridi]] tribe of [[Pashtuns]]. Following a raid on his house by a [[British Indian Army]] detachment in 1923, Afridi declared it a personal affront to his honor and was ordered by his mother to take revenge on the army officers who had led the raid.<ref name="تیراہ: شدت پسندی قبائلی سرشت میں ہے؟">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan/2015/04/150409_tirahprofile_ua|publisher=bbc.com|author=عمر آفریدی|title=تیراہ: شدت پسندی قبائلی سرشت میں ہے؟|date=9 April 2015|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>


Afridi, along with four other villagers, attacked [[Kohat Cantonment]]. The wife of a British officer, Major Ellis, was stabbed and killed during the attack and they kidnapped Ellis'daughter, Molly.<ref name="Ajab Khan Afridi">{{cite news|url=https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2016/10/ajab-khan-afridi.html|title=Ajab Khan Afridi}}</ref><ref name="Ajab Khan">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1334086|publisher=dawn.com|author=Abdul Sami Paracha|title=Freedom fighter Akbar Khan's grave needs govt attention|date=19 May 2017|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Freedom fighter Ajab Khan Afridi">{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/353199-ajab-khan-afridi|publisher=thenews.com.pk|title=Ajab Khan Afridi|date=26 March 2012|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Rescue of Mollie Ellis, captured by Afridi bandits in NWFP, 1923">{{cite news|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/rescue-of-mollie-ellis-captured-by-afridi-bandits-in-nwfp-1923/|publisher=thefridaytimes.com|title=Rescue of Mollie Ellis, captured by Afridi bandits in NWFP, 1923|date=5 January 2018|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
Afridi, along with four other villagers, attacked [[Kohat Cantonment]]. The wife of a British officer, Major Ellis, was stabbed and killed during the attack and they kidnapped Ellis' daughter, Molly.<ref name="Ajab Khan Afridi">{{cite news|url=https://historyofpashtuns.blogspot.com/2016/10/ajab-khan-afridi.html|title=Ajab Khan Afridi}}</ref><ref name="Ajab Khan">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1334086|publisher=dawn.com|author=Abdul Sami Paracha|title=Freedom fighter Akbar Khan's grave needs govt attention|date=19 May 2017|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Freedom fighter Ajab Khan Afridi">{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/353199-ajab-khan-afridi|publisher=thenews.com.pk|title=Ajab Khan Afridi|date=26 March 2012|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Rescue of Mollie Ellis, captured by Afridi bandits in NWFP, 1923">{{cite news|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/rescue-of-mollie-ellis-captured-by-afridi-bandits-in-nwfp-1923/|publisher=thefridaytimes.com|title=Rescue of Mollie Ellis, captured by Afridi bandits in NWFP, 1923|date=5 January 2018|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>

Ajab Khan and his men also fought numerous skirmishes with British soldiers.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news |last= Suhayb|first= Muhammad |date=28 March 2021|title=Flashback: The Epic Story of Ajab Khan|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1615024|newspaper=Dawn| access-date= 3 February 2023}}</ref>


On 8 January 1961, Ajab Khan Afridi died at the age of 95 in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]] in the [[Balkh Province]] of the [[Kingdom of Afghanistan]].<ref name="aa">{{cite book |last=Hussain |first=S. Iftikhar |date=29 August 2008 |title=Some major Pukhtoon tribes along the Pak-Afghan border |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_9tAAAAMAAJ |location=The University of Michigan |publisher=Area Study Centre, 2000 |page=62}}</ref>
On 8 January 1961, Ajab Khan Afridi died at the age of 95 in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]] in the [[Balkh Province]] of the [[Kingdom of Afghanistan]].<ref name="aa">{{cite book |last=Hussain |first=S. Iftikhar |date=29 August 2008 |title=Some major Pukhtoon tribes along the Pak-Afghan border |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_9tAAAAMAAJ |location=The University of Michigan |publisher=Area Study Centre, 2000 |page=62}}</ref>


==Legacy==
A statue of Ajab Khan Afridi was erected in 2018 at Abbas Chowk in his hometown, [[Darra Adam Khel]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistani.<ref name="درہ آدم خیل میں عجب خان آفریدی کا مجسمہ نصب
Ajab Khan Afridi is celebrated as a hero in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province, inspiring three films about his life.<ref name="Dawn"/> The 1961 Urdu language film "Ajab Khan" depicted his battles against the British.<ref name="Dawn"/> In 2018, a statue of Ajab Khan Afridi was erected at Abbas Chowk in his hometown, [[Darra Adam Khel]], Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.<ref name="درہ آدم خیل میں عجب خان آفریدی کا مجسمہ نصب
">{{cite news|url=https://www.islamtimes.org/ur/news/723747/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%81-%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%A8-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%81-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A8|publisher=islamtimes.org|title=درہ آدم خیل میں عجب خان آفریدی کا مجسمہ نصب
">{{cite news|url=https://www.islamtimes.org/ur/news/723747/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%81-%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%A8-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%81-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A8|publisher=islamtimes.org|title=درہ آدم خیل میں عجب خان آفریدی کا مجسمہ نصب
|date=10 May 2018|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="statue of Ajab Khan Afridi">{{cite news|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2019/01/04/Haunted-by-militancy-Pakistani-town-welcomes-library-built-above-gun-market|publisher=english.alarabiya.net|author=Nazar Ul Islam|title=Haunted by militancy, Pakistani town welcomes library built above gun market|date=4 January 2019|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="statue of Ajab Khan">{{cite news|url=https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/551790/World/Asia/Militancy-weary-Pakistan-town-welcomes-library-built-above-arms-market|publisher=saudigazette.com.sa|author=Nazar Ul Islam|title=Militancy weary Pakistan town welcomes library built above arms market|date=6 January 2019|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
|date=10 May 2018|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="statue of Ajab Khan Afridi">{{cite news|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2019/01/04/Haunted-by-militancy-Pakistani-town-welcomes-library-built-above-gun-market|publisher=english.alarabiya.net|author=Nazar Ul Islam|title=Haunted by militancy, Pakistani town welcomes library built above gun market|date=4 January 2019|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="statue of Ajab Khan">{{cite news|url=https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/551790/World/Asia/Militancy-weary-Pakistan-town-welcomes-library-built-above-arms-market|publisher=saudigazette.com.sa|author=Nazar Ul Islam|title=Militancy weary Pakistan town welcomes library built above arms market|date=6 January 2019|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 17 November 2024

This article is about Pashtun independence fighter against British rule in India. For assassin of the Viceroy of British-Occupied India, see Sher Ali Afridi.

Ajab Khan Afridi
عجب خان اپریدی
Bornc. 1866
Darra Adam Khel, Frontier Tribal Areas, British India
(present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died8 January 1961 (aged 94–95)
Mazār, Balkh, Afghanistan[1]
Resting placeMazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Known forIndian independence movement against the British Raj

Ajab Khan Afridi (Pashto: عجب خان اپریدی) was an Afghan guerrilla fighter from Darra Adam Khel in the Frontier Tribal Areas belonging to the Afridi tribe of Pashtuns. Following a raid on his house by a British Indian Army detachment in 1923, Afridi declared it a personal affront to his honor and was ordered by his mother to take revenge on the army officers who had led the raid.[2]

Afridi, along with four other villagers, attacked Kohat Cantonment. The wife of a British officer, Major Ellis, was stabbed and killed during the attack and they kidnapped Ellis' daughter, Molly.[3][4][5][6]

Ajab Khan and his men also fought numerous skirmishes with British soldiers.[7]

On 8 January 1961, Ajab Khan Afridi died at the age of 95 in Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh Province of the Kingdom of Afghanistan.[1]

Legacy

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Ajab Khan Afridi is celebrated as a hero in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, inspiring three films about his life.[7] The 1961 Urdu language film "Ajab Khan" depicted his battles against the British.[7] In 2018, a statue of Ajab Khan Afridi was erected at Abbas Chowk in his hometown, Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[8][9][10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hussain, S. Iftikhar (29 August 2008). Some major Pukhtoon tribes along the Pak-Afghan border. The University of Michigan: Area Study Centre, 2000. p. 62.
  2. ^ عمر آفریدی (9 April 2015). "تیراہ: شدت پسندی قبائلی سرشت میں ہے؟". bbc.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Ajab Khan Afridi".
  4. ^ Abdul Sami Paracha (19 May 2017). "Freedom fighter Akbar Khan's grave needs govt attention". dawn.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Ajab Khan Afridi". thenews.com.pk. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Rescue of Mollie Ellis, captured by Afridi bandits in NWFP, 1923". thefridaytimes.com. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Suhayb, Muhammad (28 March 2021). "Flashback: The Epic Story of Ajab Khan". Dawn. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. ^ "درہ آدم خیل میں عجب خان آفریدی کا مجسمہ نصب". islamtimes.org. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ Nazar Ul Islam (4 January 2019). "Haunted by militancy, Pakistani town welcomes library built above gun market". english.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  10. ^ Nazar Ul Islam (6 January 2019). "Militancy weary Pakistan town welcomes library built above arms market". saudigazette.com.sa. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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