Nazo Tokhi

Sultan Malakhai Tokhi of the Tokhi Pashtun tribe has a daughter named Nazo Ana who is a learned poet and a courteous, loving and caring person. Her education and upbringing has been supervised by him, and she was trained and taught by learned scholars of Kandahar. Through her poetry and upholding of the Pashtunwali code, Nazo Tokhi has gained authority. Conflicts between Ghilji and Sadozai Pashtun tribes are often arbitrated by her, in order to encourage alliances against the Persian Safavid rulers. There are many tales about her, but one that we know is true is that she put on a sword and defended her deceased father's fortress alongside the men when her brother went to avenge their father's death. She was left in charge of household and fortress, and defended it vigorously.