Sakzai (Pashto: ساکزي), also called Sakzi, Saagzi, Saakzai, Saakzay, Sajzi, Sajzai, Sakazai,, are a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan located around the historical region of Sistan (modern day Nimroz, Helmand and Farah), as well as the Ghor region and the northern parts of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran.

Their name suggests a connection with the historic East Iranian Saka tribes of Central Asia, as well as the historical inhabitants of the region, Also they can be found among the Baloch tribes.

The Sakzai are 24 subtribes and 95 or 96 clans and approximately make up around 7.5% of Afghanistans nomadic population.

Further reading

  • India Army. General Staff Branch, Ludwig W. Adamec (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst. ISBN 3201012726.
  • Lumsden, Harry Burnett (1860). . C.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press.
  • University of Peshawar, Area Study Centre (Central Asia) (1984). Central Asia. Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar.
  • Houtsma, M. Th (1987). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-08265-6.
  • H. A. Rose, IBBETSON, Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. p. 2076. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)