national captain Mirza Muhammad Afridi, Pakistani politician and senator, Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan and a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Zakir Husain Khan, third President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969 Javed Afridi, owner of PSL team Peshawar Zalmi and owner of Haier Pakistan Khatir Afridi, Pashto poet Malik Mehrun Nisa Afridi, twice member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Pakistan Peoples Party Riaz Afridi, former cricketer for the Pakistan Cricket Team Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer Yasir Afridi, Pakistani footballer Sher Ali Afridi, former policeman from Peshawar who assassinated Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of British India, in 1872 Umar Gul, of the Malak Din Khel; Pakistani International cricketer Shakeel Afridi, physician Ayub Afridi, drug lord Ahmad Kamal Faridi (Colonel Fareedi, Colonel Faridi), internationally famous character of Ibn-e-Safi, world renowned mystery writer/novelist of Pakistan. Ibn-e-Safi showed in his two novels (out of 125 novels) of Jasoosi Dunya (The Spy World) novel number 52 and novel number 117 that Colonel Fareedi belongs to Afridi tribe. Malik Sher Muhammad Khan Afridi, Chief of Sepah. He along with the Maliks of Khyber Agency visited Kolkatta on train from Peshawar along with Political Agent, Colonel Robert Warburton. He also was a key figure in the relations between the Pathans especially the Afridis and the British Government during the 19th century, also mentioned in the book Eighteen Years in the Khyber. Malik Muhammad Akbar Afridi Sepah, 1946-1998, former Chieftain of the Bara of Khyber Agency, met Princess Diana and former British Prime Minister John Major during their visits to Peshawar, Pakistan. References External links Encyclopædia Iranica: AFRĪDĪ Social groups of Pakistan Karlani Pashtun tribes Pashto-language surnames Pakistani names