Editing Yusufzai (section)

===Peace treaty with Babur===
[[File:Babur, during his second Hindustan campaign, riding a raft from Kunar back to Atar.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Babur]] crossing the [[Kunar River]] on a [[raft]], west of [[Bajaur]]]]
During the [[early modern period]], the Yusufzai tribe of Afghans was first explicitly mentioned in ''[[Baburnama]]'' by [[Babur]], a [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] ruler from [[Fergana Valley|Fergana]] (in present-day [[Uzbekistan]]) who captured [[Kabul]] in [[Siege of Kabul (1504)|1504]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Samrin | first = Farah | title = Yusufzais in Mughal History | year = 2006 | journal = Proceedings of the Indian History Congress| volume = 67 | pages = 292–300 | jstor = 44147949 }}</ref> On 21 January 1519, two weeks after his [[Bajaur massacre]], Babur wrote: "On Friday we marched for Sawad ([[Swat District|Swat]]), with the intention of attacking the Yusufzai Afghans, and dismounted in between the water of [[Panjkora River|Panjkora]] and the united waters of Chandāwal (Jandul) and Bajaur. Shah Mansur Yusufzai had brought a few well-flavoured and quite [[alcohol intoxication|intoxicating]] [[confectionery|confections]]."<ref name="babur">{{cite book |last=Beveridge |first=Annette Susannah |author-link=Annette Beveridge |date=7 January 2014 |title=The Bābur-nāma in English, Memoirs of Bābur|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44608/44608-h/44608-h.htm |publisher=Project Gutenberg}}</ref>

Due to the military and strategic strength of the Yousafzai, Babur needed security from their location in the hills that [[Graveyard of empires|threatened]] his empire and did not allow for a safe expansion to [[Indian subcontinent|India]]. As part of a treaty with Yusufzai Afghans to have family ties, Babur married [[Bibi Mubarika]], daughter of Yusufzai chief Shah Mansur on 30 January 1519 for mutual security after failing to subdue the tribe. Shah Mansur had favoured peace while the faction of [[Malak Ahmad Khan Yusufzai|Malik Ahmad Khan]] was against any forging of close ties.<ref>{{cite book|first=Radhey|last=Shyam|title=Babur|publisher=Janaki Prakashan|year=1978|pages=263}}</ref><ref>Arlinghaus, Joseph Theodore (1988) ''The Transformation of Afghan Tribal Society: Tribal Expansion, Mughal Imperialism and the Roshaniyya Insurrection, 1450-1600''</ref><ref>Elizabeth Moynihan ''[https://asia-archive.si.edu/essays/memoir-05/ V. A Passage to Kabul - An Unplanned Life: In Search of Mughal Gardens]'' National Museum of Asian Art</ref> Bibi Mubarika played an important role in the establishment of friendly relations of Yusufzai Pashtun chiefs with Babur, who later founded the [[Mughal Empire]] after defeating Pashtun Sultan [[Ibrahim Lodi]] at the [[First Battle of Panipat]] in 1526.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aftab |first1=Tahera |title=Inscribing South Asian Muslim women : an annotated bibliography & research guide |date=2008 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004158498 |edition=[Online-Ausg.]. |location=Leiden |page=46}}</ref> One of Mubarika's brothers, Mir Jamal Yusufzai, accompanied Babur to India in 1525 and later held high posts under Mughal Emperors [[Humayun]] and [[Akbar]]. Although suspicions existed on both sides and the Yusufzai had never paid taxes or tributes to Babur or any other [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor.<ref>{{cite book|first=Soma|last=Mukherjee|title=Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions|publisher=Gyan Books|year=2001|pages=118|isbn=978-8-121-20760-7}}</ref><ref>The News (2016) ''[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/561719-forgotten-queen-babur The forgotten Queen of Babur]'' by Dr. Himayatullah Yaqubi</ref>