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{{Short description|Pakistani-Afghan tribe}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Wazir
| native_name      = {{Naskh|وزیر}}
| languages        = [[Pashto]]
| religions        = [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]]
[[Islam]]<br />100% [[Sunni]]
| related_groups   = [[Banuchi|Bannuzai]]s{{·}}[[Khattak]]s{{·}} [[Zadran (Pashtun tribe)|Zadran]]s{{·}}[[Afridi]]s{{·}}[[Mangal]]s{{·}}[[Mehsud]]s<br>and other [[Karlani|Karlani Pashtun]] tribes
}}
The '''Wazirs''' or '''Waziris''' ({{langx|ps|وزير}}) are a [[Karlani]] [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] tribe found mainly in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. The [[Utmanzai (tribe)|Utmanzai Wazir]] are settled in the [[North Waziristan District|North Waziristan]] and [[Bannu Subdivision|Bannu Subdivision Wazir]] and the [[Ahmadzai (Wazir clan)|Ahmadzai Wazir]] and [[Mahsud|Mahsud wazir]] are in the South Waziristan, and in [[Domel]], [[Bannu]].<ref name="npgs">{{cite web |publisher=Naval Postgraduate School |title=Tribe: Ahmadzai Wazir |url=http://www.nps.edu/programs/ccs/Docs/Pakistan/Tribes/Ahmadzai_Wazir.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Pakistan |first=Syed Farooq |last=Hasnat |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2011 |isbn=9780313346972 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yeqwIs_NoTEC&pg=PA164 |page=164}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan's Lawless Frontier |first=Imtiaz |last=Gul |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2010 |isbn=9780141962986 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MU3VUC1qeLYC&pg=PT87 |page=44}}</ref> Those subgroups are in turn divided further, for example into Utmanzai tribes such as the Baka Khel and Jani Khel.<ref>{{cite book |title=A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service: The Memoirs of Sir Ian Scott |first=Ian |last=Scott |editor-first=Denis |editor-last=Judd |publisher=The Radcliffe Press |year=1999 |isbn=9781860643804 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynErxAOIz9gC&pg=PA71 |page=71}}</ref> The Wazirs speak the [[Waziristani dialect]] of [[Pashto]] which is similar to the neighboring Banuchi and Dawari dialect but still distinct.
The common ancestor of the Ahmadzai and Utmanzai is believed by them to be the eponymous W also ancestor to the [[Mahsud|Mahsud wazir]] tribe that has since taken a distinct and divergent path. Through Wazir, the tribes trace their origins to [[Karlani]] and thence to the founder of the Pashtun lineage, [[Qais Abdur Rashid]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam |first=Akbar |last=Ahmed |author-link=Akbar Ahmed |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |year=2013 |isbn=9780815723790 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_YMKlVfFLkC&pg=PT66 }}</ref> Some western [[ethnology|ethnologists]] consider them of being mix of [[Arachosia]]n or [[Tatars|Tatar]] ethnicity.<ref name="npgs" />
Although the Utmanzai and Mehsud tribes have a traditional rivalry and live in geographically distinct regions,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Naval Postgraduate School |title=Tribe: Utmanzai Wazir aka Utmanzai |url=http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCS/Docs/Pakistan/Tribes/Utmanzai.pdf}}</ref> the Ahmadzai and Mehsud communities co-exist peacefully and many head men are connected by marriage.<ref name="npgs" />
== Notable members ==
*[[Faqir of Ipi|Haji Mirzali Khan Wazir]]
*[[Gilaman Wazir]]
*[[Shah Muhammad Khan]]
*[[Ali Wazir]]
*[[Arif Wazir]]
*[[Noor Muhammad|Maulana Noor Muhammad]]
*[[Zartaj Gul]]
*[[Muhammad Iqbal Wazir]]
*[[Ayesha Gulalai Wazir]]
*[[Mir Kalam|Mir Kalam Wazir]]
*[[Mohammad Wasim (cricketer, born 2001)|Mohammad Wasim]]
*[[Manzoor Pashteen]]
*[[Mulla Powinda]]
*[[Hakimullah Mehsud]]
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
{{commons category|Waziristan}}
*{{cite book |title=From Nationalism to Revolutionary Islam |editor-first=Said Amir |editor-last=Arjomand |publisher=SUNY Press |year=1984 |isbn=9780873958707 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vx_-GRZPMrwC}}
{{Pashtun tribes}}
[[Category:Karlani Pashtun tribes]]