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2 unusual facts about Baghlan province


Kabir Andarabi

The Chief of Police for Baghlan Province is currently Mohammad Kabir Andarabi however it is unclear if they are the same person.

Sayed Kayan

The Ismaili community in Baghlan Province is led by a family of sayeds (claimed descendants of the Islamic prophet Mohammed) hailing from the village of Kayan.


Bibi Ayesha

The only female warlord in Afghanistan, Bibi Ayesha controls a force of 50-150 men in the Narin district of Baghlan Province.

Kiligai

Kiligai (Kilagai, Kilagay, Kila Gai, Qalagai, Dasht-e Kiligai) is a location in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan, which during the Soviet-Afghan War held one of the three major Soviet bases in Afghanistan (the other two being Shindand and Bagram).

Shaykh Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi

His ancestors Syed Ahmad Andrabi (who was great grand father of Syed Mirak Andrabi)had migrated from Andarab, ( a valley located in the southern part of Baghlan province in the northeastern Afghanistan) along with 700 syed's with Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani in '781 A.H = 1379 C.E.' (in Reign of Sultan Qutbuddin) for the spread of Islam.


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