The Besudh are one of the major tribes of the Hazara people of Hazarajat

Hazarajat

The Hazarajat is the original homeland of the Hazara people, and lies in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Koh-i-Baba mountains and the western extremities of the Hindu Kush. Its physical boundaries, however, are roughly marked by the Bamiyan Basin to the north, the headwaters of...

, central Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. They inhabit the Markaz Besud and Besud Hisa-i-Awal districts of Wardak Province

Wardak Province

Maidan Wardak Province is one of thirty four provinces of Afghanistan located in the central east region of Afghanistan. It has a population of approximately 540,100. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar...

 and Nawur District

Nawur District

Nawur is the largest district in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is entirely Hazara, was estimated at 91,778 in 2002. The Jikhai River originates here.-References:...

 of Ghazni province

Ghazni Province

Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Babur records in his Babur-Nama that Ghazni is also known as Zabulistan It is in the east of the country. Its capital is Ghazni City...

 in Afghanistan.

Besuud branched off the prominent Taichuud (Taijiud) tribe who is the closest kin to and shared the same ancestry, Hamag Mongol Ambaghai Khaan, with Borjigid/Chingisids. Today Besuuds, like other Mongol tribes, spread out throughout the territories of former Great Mongol Empire. In Mongolia majority of Besuuds live in Gobi-Altai and Bayankhongor provinces.

The 19th century Besudh chieftain Mir Yazdan Bakhsh was one of the first Hazara chiefs, who tried in vain to unify all Hazaras.

History

Mention of Besud is found in the Secret History of the Mongols

Mongols

Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...

, one of the sub clans of Besuds, Borchegen inhabit Nawor. The great Mongol Khaqan (Emperor) Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....

 was himself Borchegen

Borjigin

Borjigin , also known as the Altan urug , were the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors....

. In the Hazara resistance against the Soviet Union and later the Taliban most of the modern Hazara political leadership has emerged from the Besuds. Afghan leaders from the Besud tribe include: Sultan Ali Kishmind, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1981 to 1989; Karim Khalili

Karim Khalili

Abdul Karim Khalili is the current second Vice President of Afghanistan in the administration of President Hamid Karzai. Khalili was appointed first time as Vice President in 2002 and was elected as running mate of Hamid Karzai in 2004...

 the current vice president of Afghanistan0; and Abdul Ali Mazari

Abdul Ali Mazari

Abdul Ali Mazari was a political leader of the Hezbe Wahdat during and following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Mazari was an ethnic Hazara, and believed the solution to the divisiveness in Afghanistan was in federalism, where every ethnic group would have specific constitutional...

, the Hazara leader of Hizb-i-Wahdat, who is acclaimed as the Baba (father) of the Hazaras.

Notable Besudh

• Abdul Ali Mazari
  Abdul Ali Mazari
  Abdul Ali Mazari was a political leader of the Hezbe Wahdat during and following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Mazari was an ethnic Hazara, and believed the solution to the divisiveness in Afghanistan was in federalism, where every ethnic group would have specific constitutional...
  
  , founder of Hizbe-Wahdat
• Karim Khalili
  Karim Khalili
  Abdul Karim Khalili is the current second Vice President of Afghanistan in the administration of President Hamid Karzai. Khalili was appointed first time as Vice President in 2002 and was elected as running mate of Hamid Karzai in 2004...
  
  , present vice president of Afghanistan
• Ali Kishtmand, the communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981–1990)
• Mir Yazdan Bakhsh, an early 19th-century Hazara chieftain

Sources

• Hazaras by Hasan Foladi
• The Hazaras of Afghanistan by Sayd Askar Musavi
• Hazaras of Afghanistan by Taimor Khanov, translated in Urdu
  Urdu
  Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
  
  by Hasan Raza Changazi