Ghilzai

Ghilzai (Pashto: غرزی‎) are the second largest Pashtun tribal confederacy found in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They are also known historically as Ghilji, Khilji, Ghalji, Ghilzye, and Gharzai (in Pashto "ghar" means a mountain and "zai" born of). These Pashtun people are today scattered all over Afghanistan but mainly in and around the Nangarhar and Kabul area, and extending eastwards towards the Suleiman Mountains into neighboring Pakistan. During the 14th and 15th centuries, various Ghilzai dynasties took control over vast areas of India. Many of the migrating Kuchi people belong to the Ghilzai confederacy.