Ajab Khan Afridi

Ajab Khan Afridi (Pashto: عجب خان اپریدی‎) was a Pashtun freedom fighter belonging to the Afridi tribe from Darra Adam Khel. He is known for an act of vengeance on British Raj officers, following the abuse of his mother during a British raid on his house in 1923. Afridi's mother ordered him to take revenge on the British.[2]

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)
Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan[1]
Resting placeMazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Known forIndian independence movement against the British Raj

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 abducted Ellis' daughter, Molly. As a result of successful negotiations, Molly Ellis was released unharmed a few days later.[3][4][5][6]

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

A statue of Ajab Khan Afridi was erected in 2018 at Abbas Chowk in his hometown, Darra Adam Khel.[7][8][9]

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References
  1. 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.
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  6. "Rescue of Mollie Ellis, captured by Afridi bandits in NWFP, 1923". thefridaytimes.com. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. "درہ آدم خیل میں عجب خان آفریدی کا مجسمہ نصب". islamtimes.org. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. Nazar Ul Islam (4 January 2019). "Haunted by militancy, Pakistani town welcomes library built above gun market". english.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. 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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