Pakistan’s Tribal Society And History
The history of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa a difficult task for a historian writing such as the areas where the state and its institutions are not available or not fully developed. The result was that none of these areas of history was written. When the tribes have fought these regions against the central government, saw the official historian at the court of these tribes as rebels and called for these turbulent areas. This negative approach to the history of the degraded status and location of the tribes. The official historians of their tribal values, their struggle for independence and courage and the courage to appreciate in everyday life to know.
The British inherited the same policy toward the tribes, and as unreliable and unfriendly. The ongoing conflict between the colonial power and the tribes on the one hand, which the colonial rulers to respect them. On the other hand, causes irritation and despair. However, the credit goes to the colonial power, who do not leave unresolved the problem of these tribes, but also attempts, history, culture study, values, customs and languages. They are equipped with this knowledge, they have successfully negotiated with them, has friendly relations with them, fought and made peace with them.
There were a number of European travelers, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists and linguists, the paths of the most inaccessible and the material on these people to have forgotten or neglected have collected exceeded. The British left valuable evidence in the form of maps, reports, official documents, letters, autobiographies, diaries, travelogues and historical writings about these tribes, making the task of modern historians and easy to write a systematic history of these areas.
After independence, we heavily on the records, leaving the British. The writings of Pottinger, Raverty, Mason, Alexander Burnes, and many other scientists, valuable information about these tribes. The history of the Pashtun Croe Olaf is always the authentic story that is not replaced by local historians.
The tragedy is that instead of knowledge of history and culture of these strains, our ignorance is increasing day by day, and we are looking to pass more and more foreign researchers to our own people. We feel happy that foreigners, after the hard work, we make history. This makes us lazy attitude to research and write our own history. Why we lack of historical awareness. For a worthy place in history, we must write our own history.