Editing Yusufzai (section)

===Durrani period===
[[File:Patthargarh fort outside Najibabad, 1814-15.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''Patthargarh fort'' outside [[Najibabad]], which was founded by [[Najib ad-Dawlah]] Yusufzai in [[Rohilkhand]], [[Indian subcontinent|India]]]]
[[File:The Third battle of Panipat 13 January 1761.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Najib ad-Dawlah|Najib-ud-Daula]] and [[Shuja-ud-Daula]], marching on the left of [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], who is riding a brown horse, during the [[Third Battle of Panipat]], which was the largest number of fatalities in a single day reported in a classic formation battle between two armies]]
[[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] (1747–1772), the founder of the Afghan [[Durrani Empire]], categorized all [[Pashtun tribes|Afghan tribes]] into four ''ulūs'' (tribal confederacies) for administrative purposes: [[Durrani]], [[Ghilji]], [[Sur (Pashtun tribe)|Sur]], and Bar Durrani ("Upper Durranis"). The Yusufzai were included in the Bar Durrani confederacy along with other eastern Pashtun tribes, including the [[Mohmand]], [[Afridi]], [[Bangash]], and [[Khattak]].<ref name="Nejatie">The Pearl of Pearls: The Abdālī-Durrānī Confederacy and Its Transformation under Aḥmad Shāh, Durr-i Durrān by Sajjad Nejatie. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/80750.</ref> The Bar Durrani comprised the bulk of those Pashtuns who settled in [[Rohilkhand]], India where they were known as the [[Rohilla]].<ref name="gommans">{{cite book|title=The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire: C. 1710-1780|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2TH8UYeAaoC |last=Gommans|first=Jos J.L.|author-link=Jos Gommans|publisher=Brill|year=1995|pages=219|isbn=9004101098}}</ref>

[[Najib ad-Dawlah|Najib-ud-Daula]], who belonged to the Yusufzai tribe, was a prominent Afghan Rohilla chief. In the 1740s, he founded the city of [[Najibabad]] in Rohilkhand. In 1757, he supported Ahmad Shah Durrani in his attack on Delhi. After his victory, Ahmad Shah Durrani re-installed the Mughal emperor [[Alamgir II]] on the Delhi throne as the titular Mughal head, but gave the actual control of Delhi to Najib ad-Daula. From 1757 to 1770, Najib ad-Daula served as the governor of [[Saharanpur]], also ruling over [[Dehradun]]. In 1761, he took part in the [[Third Battle of Panipat]] and provided thousands of Rohilla troops and many guns to Ahmad Shah Durrani to defeat the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]].<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_340.gif Najibabad Tehsil & Town] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1909, v. 18, p. 334.</ref> He also convinced [[Shuja-ud-Daula]], the [[Nawab of Awadh]], to join the Durrani forces. Before his departure from Delhi, Ahmad Shah Durrani appointed Najib-ud-Daula as ''Mir Bakshi'' (paymaster-general) of the Mughal emperor [[Shah Alam II]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MS_jrForJOoC&dq=najib-ud-daula+mir+bakshi+panipat&pg=PA19 History of Modern India, 1707 A. D. to 2000 A. D]</ref> After his death in 1770, Najib ad-Dawlah was succeeded by his son, [[Zabita Khan]], who was defeated in 1772 by a joint Mughal-Maratha force, forcing him to flee from Rohilkhand. However, the descendants of Najib ad-Dawlah continued to rule Najibabad area until they were defeated by the British at [[Nagina]] on 21 April 1858 during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bijnor |volume=3 |page=928}}</ref>

Today, many Yusufzais are settled in India, most notably in Rohilkhand region, as well as in [[Farrukhabad]], which was founded in 1714 by Pashtun Nawab [[Muhammad Khan Bangash]].<ref name=Haleem2007>{{cite web|title=Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India|last=Haleem|first=Safia|url=http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430071054/http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 30, 2013|date=24 July 2007|publisher=Khyber Gateway|language=en|access-date=4 May 2014|quote=Farrukhabad has a mixed population of Pathans dominated by the Bangash and Yousafzais.}}</ref><ref name=Haleem>{{cite web|title=Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India|last=Haleem|first=Safia|date=24 July 2007|publisher=Khyber Gateway|language=en|access-date=4 May 2014|url=http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430071054/http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref>