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<i>Durr-i-Durrān</i></a> by Abdali chiefs at <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> in 1747</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allah-green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allah-green.svg/18px-Allah-green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allah-green.svg/27px-Allah-green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allah-green.svg/36px-Allah-green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Durrānī</b> (<a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a>: <span lang="ps" dir="rtl">دراني</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ps-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Pashto" title="Help:IPA/Pashto">[durɑˈni]</a></span><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">1</a></sup>), formerly known as <b>Abdālī</b> (<span title="Pashto-language text"><span lang="ps" dir="rtl">ابدالي</span></span>), are one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Pashtun_tribes" title="Pashtun tribes">tribes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pashtuns" title="Pashtuns">Pashtuns</a>. Their traditional homeland is in southern <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Loy_Kandahar" title="Loy Kandahar">Loy Kandahar</a> region), straddling into <a href="/wiki/Toba_Achakzai" title="Toba Achakzai">Toba Achakzai</a> in <a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, but they are also settled in other parts of Afghanistan and parts of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani" title="Ahmad Shah Durrani">Ahmad Shah Durrani</a>, who is considered the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, belonged to the Abdali tribe. In 1747 after establishing the <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a>, he adopted the epithet <i>Shāh Durr-i-Durrān</i>, "King, Pearl of Pearls," and changed the name of his <a href="/wiki/Tareen" title="Tareen">Tareen</a> Abdali tribe to "Durrani" after himself.<sup id="cite_ref-Kurbanov_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kurbanov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Descent_and_origin">Descent and origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Descent and origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Durrani_prince_tomb_in_kohat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Durrani_prince_tomb_in_kohat.jpg/220px-Durrani_prince_tomb_in_kohat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Durrani_prince_tomb_in_kohat.jpg/330px-Durrani_prince_tomb_in_kohat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Durrani_prince_tomb_in_kohat.jpg/440px-Durrani_prince_tomb_in_kohat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Graveyard of 19th-century Durrani princes and princesses in <a href="/wiki/Kohat" title="Kohat">Kohat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to linguist <a href="/wiki/Georg_Morgenstierne" title="Georg Morgenstierne">Georg Morgenstierne</a>, the tribal name <i>Abdālī</i> may have "something to do with" the Hephthalite.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This hypothesis was endorsed by historian <a href="/wiki/Aydogdy_Kurbanov" title="Aydogdy Kurbanov">Aydogdy Kurbanov</a>, who indicated that after the collapse of the Hephthalite confederacy, they likely assimilated into different local populations and that the Abdali may be one of the tribes of Hephthalite origin.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 19th-century British Indian explorers, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Masson" title="Charles Masson">Charles Masson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Walter_Bellew" title="Henry Walter Bellew">Henry W. Bellew</a>, also suggested that there was a direct relationship between Abdalis and Hephthalites.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joseph T. Arlinghaus referred to a <a href="/wiki/Syriac_language" title="Syriac language">Syriac</a> chronicle from c. 555 CE, which mentions <i>Khulas</i>, <i>Abdel</i>, and <i>Ephthalite</i> as three of the nomadic tribes from the "lands of the <a href="/wiki/Huns" title="Huns">Huns</a>." Arlinghaus linked the "Khulas" and the "Abdel" to the <a href="/wiki/Khalaj_people" title="Khalaj people">Khalaj</a> (modern <a href="/wiki/Ghilji" title="Ghilji">Ghilji</a>) and the Abdali (modern Durrani), respectively, arguing that the relationship between the Hephthalite, the Khalaj, and the Abdali may date back as far as the sixth century.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yu. V. Gankovsky, a <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> historian on Afghanistan, also asserted that the Hephthalite contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Ethnogenesis" title="Ethnogenesis">ethnogenesis</a> of Durrani Pashtuns:<sup id="cite_ref-Gankovsky_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gankovsky-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Pashtuns began as a union of largely <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Iranian_languages" title="Eastern Iranian languages">East Iranian</a> tribes ... dating from the middle of the first millennium CE, and ... connected ... [to] dissolution of the Hephthalite confederacy... Of the contribution of the Hephthalites to the ethnogenesis of the Pashtuns, we find evidence in the <a href="/wiki/Ethnonym" title="Ethnonym">ethnonym</a> of the largest of the Pashtun tribe unions, the Abdali ... associated with the ethnic name of the Hephthalites... The <a href="/wiki/Nuristanis#Pre-1895_Kafir_society" title="Nuristanis">Siah-posh</a>, the Kafirs ... of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Kush" title="Hindu Kush">Hindu Kush</a>, [still] called all Pashtuns ... Abdal ... at the beginning of the 19th century."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i>Abdur Rashīd</i> (meaning "Servant of the Guide to the Right Path" or "Servant of God" in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a>). Abdur Rashid returned to Ghor and introduced Islam there. The book stated that Abdur Rashid's great-grandson, Tareen, had three sons: "One was black in complexion, and he was named <i>Tōr</i> (meaning "black" in Pashto); the other was white in complexion, and he was named <i>Spīn</i> (meaning "white" in Pashto); his third son was named <i>Abdāl</i> (or <i>Awdāl</i>)." The first two sons were the progenitors of modern <a href="/wiki/Tareen" title="Tareen">Tareens</a>, who are closely related to Durranis and are divided into two clans (Tor Tareen and Spin Tareen), while the third son was the progenitor of modern Durranis.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1595 Mughal account <i>Ain-i-Akbari</i> also mentioned the <a href="/wiki/Groups_claiming_affiliation_with_Israelites" title="Groups claiming affiliation with Israelites">tradition of Israelite descent</a> among Pashtuns, which shows that the tradition was already popular among 16th-century Pashtuns.<sup id="cite_ref-Nejatie_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nejatie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Abdali were primarily <a href="/wiki/Pastoralism" title="Pastoralism">pastoralists</a>, not known for agricultural activities, but some of them were engaged in overland trade. Abdali and <a href="/wiki/Tareen" title="Tareen">Tareen</a> (a Pashtun tribe related to Abdalis) chieftains were patronized by both <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid Empire">Safavid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> appointed governors, and asked to patrol travel routes to ensure the safety of merchant caravans passing through Kandahar, which was a province located on a strategic trade corridor linking <a href="/wiki/Hindustan" title="Hindustan">Hindustan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Turkestan" title="Turkestan">Turkestan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Durrani_Empire">Durrani Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Durrani Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Portrait_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani.jpg/170px-Portrait_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Portrait_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani.jpg/255px-Portrait_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Portrait_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani.jpg/340px-Portrait_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani" title="Ahmad Shah Durrani">Ahmad Shah Durrani</a> (1747–1772), founder of the <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a>, belongs to <a href="/wiki/Popalzai" title="Popalzai">Popalzai</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a></div> <p>In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani established the <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a> with its capital at <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a>. He adopted the title <i>Shāh Durr-i-Durrān</i>, "King, Pearl of Pearls," and changed the name of his tribe "Abdali" to "Durrani" after himself. </p><p>Ahmad Shah is now regarded as the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan. Within a few years, he extended his control from <a href="/wiki/Khorasan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Khorasan Province">Khorasan</a> in the west to <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North India</a> in the east, and from the <a href="/wiki/Amu_Darya" title="Amu Darya">Amu Darya</a> in the north to the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> in the south.<sup id="cite_ref-Chayes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chayes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barakzai_dynasty">Barakzai dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Barakzai dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Barakzai_dynasty" title="Barakzai dynasty">Barakzai dynasty</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Amanullah_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/King_Amanullah_Khan.jpg/170px-King_Amanullah_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/King_Amanullah_Khan.jpg/255px-King_Amanullah_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/King_Amanullah_Khan.jpg/340px-King_Amanullah_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1183" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>King <a href="/wiki/Amanullah_Khan" title="Amanullah Khan">Amanullah Khan</a> (1919–1929), under whom Afghanistan gained independence over its foreign policy from the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Soraya_of_Afghanistan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Queen_Soraya_of_Afghanistan.jpg/170px-Queen_Soraya_of_Afghanistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Queen_Soraya_of_Afghanistan.jpg/255px-Queen_Soraya_of_Afghanistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Queen_Soraya_of_Afghanistan.jpg/340px-Queen_Soraya_of_Afghanistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2673" data-file-height="3889" /></a><figcaption>Queen <a href="/wiki/Soraya_Tarzi" title="Soraya Tarzi">Soraya Tarzi</a>, wife of King Amanullah Khan</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1823, Emir <a href="/wiki/Dost_Mohammad_Khan" title="Dost Mohammad Khan">Dost Mohammad Khan</a>, who belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Barakzai" title="Barakzai">Barakzai</a> tribe of Durranis, founded the <a href="/wiki/Barakzai_dynasty" title="Barakzai dynasty">Barakzai dynasty</a> centered at <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thereafter, his descendants ruled in direct succession until 1929 when King <a href="/wiki/Amanullah_Khan" title="Amanullah Khan">Amanullah Khan</a>, under whom Afghanistan gained independence over its foreign policy from the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>, was forced to abdicate and his cousin <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Nadir_Shah" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Nadir Shah">Mohammed Nadir Shah</a> was later elected king. The Barakzai dynasty ruled present-day Afghanistan until 1973 when <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Zahir_Shah" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Zahir Shah">Mohammed Zahir Shah</a>, the last Barakzai king, was overthrown in a bloodless coup by his cousin <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Daoud_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Daoud Khan">Mohammed Daoud Khan</a>. The coup ended the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="Kingdom of Afghanistan">Barakzai kingdom</a> and established the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Afghanistan_(1973%E2%80%941978)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Afghanistan (1973—1978)">Republic of Afghanistan (1973—1978)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_period">Contemporary period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Contemporary period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meetings_of_Presidents_participated_in_Nowruz_with_Ali_Khamenei_-_Tehran,_Iran_(cropped-Karzai).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Meetings_of_Presidents_participated_in_Nowruz_with_Ali_Khamenei_-_Tehran%2C_Iran_%28cropped-Karzai%29.jpg/170px-Meetings_of_Presidents_participated_in_Nowruz_with_Ali_Khamenei_-_Tehran%2C_Iran_%28cropped-Karzai%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Meetings_of_Presidents_participated_in_Nowruz_with_Ali_Khamenei_-_Tehran%2C_Iran_%28cropped-Karzai%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="313" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">Hamid Karzai</a>, former Afghan president (2001–2014) and leader of the <a href="/wiki/Popalzai" title="Popalzai">Popalzai</a> clan of Durranis</figcaption></figure> <p>Contemporarily, the former Afghan president <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">Hamid Karzai</a> (2001–2014), like Ahmad Shah Durrani, also belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Popalzai" title="Popalzai">Popalzai</a> clan of Durranis.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current leader of the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> - <a href="/wiki/Hibatullah_Akhundzada" title="Hibatullah Akhundzada">Hibatullah Akhundzada</a> is a member of <a href="/wiki/Nurzai" title="Nurzai">Nurzai</a> <a href="/wiki/Panjpai" title="Panjpai">Panjpai</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pashto_dialect">Pashto dialect</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pashto dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pashto" title="Southern Pashto">Southern Pashto</a></div> <p>Although many are bilingual in <a href="/wiki/Dari" title="Dari">Dari Persian</a>, the Durrani of southern Afghanistan speak <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pashto" title="Southern Pashto">Southern Pashto</a>, also known as "Kandahari Pashto", the "soft" dialect of <a href="/wiki/Pashto" title="Pashto">Pashto</a>. It is considered one of the most prestigious varieties of Pashto. This dialect retains archaic retroflex <a href="/wiki/Sibilant_consonant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sibilant consonant">sibilants</a> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ʂ]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ʐ]</span>, which have merged into other phonemes in other dialects.<sup id="cite_ref-UND_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UND-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southern Pashto also preserves the affricates <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[t͡s]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[d͡z]</span>, which have merged into <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[s]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[z]</span> in some dialects. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tareen" title="Tareen">Tareen</a> (Tarin) tribe is historically closely related to Durranis. Although most Tareens speak Southern Pashto, a small section of the Spin clan of Tareens living east of <a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a> speaks the unique <a href="/wiki/Wanetsi" title="Wanetsi">Wanetsi</a> (Tareeno) dialect of Pashto, which is considered by some linguists to be distinctive enough to be classified as its own language. According to linguist <a href="/wiki/Prods_Oktor_Skjaervo" title="Prods Oktor Skjaervo">Prods Oktor Skjaervo</a>: "The Pashto area split into two dialect groups at a pre-literary period, represented today on the one hand by all the dialects of modern Pashto and on the other by Wanetsi and by archaic remains in other southeast dialects."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subtribes">Subtribes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Subtribes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarbans" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarbans">Sarban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tareen" title="Tareen">Tareen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achakzai" title="Achakzai">Achakzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alakozai" title="Alakozai">Alakozai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badozai" title="Badozai">Badozai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barakzai" title="Barakzai">Barakzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miana_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Miana (Pashtun tribe)">Miana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bamozai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bamozai (page does not exist)">Bamozai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nawabi" title="Nawabi">Nawabi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barech" title="Barech">Barech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoryakhel" title="Ghoryakhel">Ghoryakhel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khalil_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Khalil (Pashtun tribe)">Khalil</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daulatyar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daulatyar (page does not exist)">Daulatyar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daulatzai" class="mw-redirect" title="Daulatzai">Daulatzai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamkani_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamkani tribe">Chamkani</a></li> <li>Mattezai <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halimzai" title="Halimzai">Halimzai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Omar_Daudzai" title="Mohammad Omar Daudzai">Daudzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulagori" title="Mulagori">Mulagori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazarbuz" title="Hazarbuz">Hazarbuz</a></li> <li>Bayazidkhel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilmani" title="Shilmani">Shilmani</a></li> <li>Zakhil</li> <li>Zeerani</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakhilwal" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakhilwal">Zakhilwal</a></li> <li>Khawezai</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanbhi" title="Hanbhi">Hanbhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishakzai" title="Ishakzai">Ishaqzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiral" title="Kiral">Kiral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loni_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Loni (Pashtun tribe)">Loni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammadzai" title="Mohammadzai">Mohammadzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurzai" title="Nurzai">Nurzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panjpai" title="Panjpai">Panjpai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alizai_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Alizai (Pashtun tribe)">Alizai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popalzai" title="Popalzai">Popalzai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Habibzai" class="mw-redirect" title="Habibzai">Habibzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadozai_(Pashtun_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadozai (Pashtun tribe)">Sadozai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhan" title="Sudhan">Sudhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wazirzada" title="Wazirzada">Wazirzada</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zirak" title="Zirak">Zirak</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notables">Notables</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notables"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani" title="Ahmad Shah Durrani">Ahmad Shah Durrani</a>, Founded Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanullah_Khan" title="Amanullah Khan">Amanullah Khan</a>, Initiated war on the British Empire for Afghan Sovereignty in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Third Anglo-Afghan War">1919 Anglo-Afghan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Zahir_Shah" title="Mohammad Zahir Shah">Mohammad Zahir Shah</a>, King of Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Daoud_Khan" title="Mohammad Daoud Khan">Mohammad Daud Khan</a>, Afghanistan's first President</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmood_Khan_Achakzai" title="Mahmood Khan Achakzai">Mahmud Khan Achakzai</a>, Pashtun Nationalist Politician of Balochistan and Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Pashtunkhwa_Milli_Awami_Party" title="Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party">Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hibatullah_Akhundzada" title="Hibatullah Akhundzada">Hibatullah Akhundzada</a>, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">Hamid Karzai</a>, President of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Islamic Republic of Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Ghani_Baradar" title="Abdul Ghani Baradar">Abdul Ghani Baradar</a>, Afghan Taliban Mullah and Deputy Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashtana_Durrani" title="Pashtana Durrani">Pashtana Durrani</a>, Pashtun Educationist Woman's rights activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmud_Ali_Durrani" title="Mahmud Ali Durrani">Mahmud Ali Durrani</a>, Pakistan National Security Advisor and two-star rank general officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullah_Naqib" title="Mullah Naqib">Mullah Naqib</a>, was a former Mujahideen Freedom Fighter during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet-Afghan War</a> from Southern Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Raziq_Achakzai" title="Abdul Raziq Achakzai">Abdul Raziq Achakzai</a>, Afghan Police Chief</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismatullah_Muslim" title="Ismatullah Muslim">Ismatullah Muslim</a>, Militia leader during the war in the 80s who rose in the Afghan Army while collaborating with Pakistani Intelligence and eventually defecting to pro-PDPA government forces</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obaidulah_Jan_Kandahari" title="Obaidulah Jan Kandahari">Obaidulah Jan Kandahari</a>, Classical Pashto singer who was prominent in <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a> where his music was most popular</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gul_Agha_Sherzai" title="Gul Agha Sherzai">Gul Agha Sherzai</a>, former Afghan Mujahideen who became Governor of Nangarhar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ataullah_K._Ozai%E2%80%90Durrani" title="Ataullah K. Ozai‐Durrani">Ataullah K. Ozai‐Durrani</a>, Afghan inventor known for a method of creating instant rice, sold to General Foods Corporation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Ghafoor_Khan_Durrani" title="Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani">Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani</a>, chief of <a href="/wiki/Popalzai" title="Popalzai">Popalzai</a> Durrani tribe in Balochistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayatullah_Khan_Durrani" title="Hayatullah Khan Durrani">Hayatullah Khan Durrani</a>, Pakistani mountaineer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Durrani" title="Ayesha Durrani">Ayesha Durrani</a>, Afghan poet</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_a"><b><a href="#ref_a">^1</a></b></span> In Pashto, "Durrani" (<span title="Pashto-language text"><span lang="ps" dir="rtl">دراني</span></span>, [durɑˈni]) is the plural form of the word. Its masculine singular is "Durranai" (<span title="Pashto-language text"><span lang="ps" dir="rtl">درانی</span></span>, [durɑˈnay]), while its feminine singular is "Durraney" (<span title="Pashto-language text"><span lang="ps" dir="rtl">درانۍ</span></span>, [durɑˈnəy]).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tareen" title="Tareen">Tareen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghilji" title="Ghilji">Ghilji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusufzai" title="Yusufzai">Yusufzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakar" title="Kakar">Kakar</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Kurbanov-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kurbanov_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/diss/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/FUDISS_derivate_000000007165/01_Text.pdf?hosts=">The Hephthalites: Archaeological and Historical Analysis, Aydogdu Kurbanov, Berlin, 2010, page 242.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRunion2017" class="citation book cs1">Runion, Meredith L. 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Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sil.org/sociolx/pubs/32847_ssnp04.pdf">LINK</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durrani&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBalland1995" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Balland, Daniel (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dorrani-1">"DORRĀNĪ"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Ehsan_Yarshater" title="Ehsan Yarshater">Yarshater, Ehsan</a> (ed.). <i>Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume VII/5: Divorce IV–Drugs</i>. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 513–519. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56859-023-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56859-023-3"><bdi>978-1-56859-023-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=DORR%C4%80N%C4%AA&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Iranica%2C+Volume+VII%2F5%3A+Divorce+IV%E2%80%93Drugs&rft.place=London+and+New+York&rft.pages=513-519&rft.pub=Routledge+%26+Kegan+Paul&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-1-56859-023-3&rft.aulast=Balland&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Firanicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Fdorrani-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADurrani" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKieffer1982" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Kieffer, C. M. (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iranicaonline.org/articles/abdali-ancient-name-of-the-i-group-of-afghan-tribes">"ABDĀLĪ"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Ehsan_Yarshater" title="Ehsan Yarshater">Yarshater, Ehsan</a> (ed.). <i>Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/2: ʿAbd-al-Hamīd–ʿAbd-al-Hamīd</i>. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 175–176. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-71009-091-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-71009-091-1"><bdi>978-0-71009-091-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=ABD%C4%80L%C4%AA&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Iranica%2C+Volume+I%2F2%3A+%CA%BFAbd-al-Ham%C4%ABd%E2%80%93%CA%BFAbd-al-Ham%C4%ABd&rft.place=London+and+New+York&rft.pages=175-176&rft.pub=Routledge+%26+Kegan+Paul&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-71009-091-1&rft.aulast=Kieffer&rft.aufirst=C.+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Firanicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Fabdali-ancient-name-of-the-i-group-of-afghan-tribes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADurrani" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPak2008" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Pak, Nacim (2008). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/abdali-SIM_0073?s.num=19&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-islamica&s.q=alam+ara">"Abdālī"</a></span>. In <a href="/wiki/Wilferd_Madelung" title="Wilferd Madelung">Madelung, Wilferd</a>; <a href="/wiki/Farhad_Daftary" title="Farhad Daftary">Daftary, Farhad</a> (eds.). <i>Encyclopaedia Islamica Online</i>. Brill Online. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1875-9831">1875-9831</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Abd%C4%81l%C4%AB&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+Islamica+Online&rft.pub=Brill+Online&rft.date=2008&rft.issn=1875-9831&rft.aulast=Pak&rft.aufirst=Nacim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Freferenceworks.brillonline.com%2Fentries%2Fencyclopaedia-islamica%2Fabdali-SIM_0073%3Fs.num%3D19%26s.f.s2_parent%3Ds.f.book.encyclopaedia-islamica%26s.q%3Dalam%2Bara&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADurrani" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYapp1965" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Yapp, M.E. (1965). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/durrani-SIM_2159?s.num=4&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.q=G%CC%B2H%CC%B2ILZAY">"Durrānī"</a></span>. In <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lewis" title="Bernard Lewis">Lewis, B.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pellat" title="Charles Pellat">Pellat, Ch.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Schacht" title="Joseph Schacht">Schacht, J.</a> (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam#2nd_edition,_EI2" class="mw-redirect" title="The Encyclopaedia of Islam">The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition</a>. </i>Volume II:<i> C–G</i>. Leiden: E. J. 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title="Kharoti">Kharoti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musakhel_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Musakhel (Pashtun tribe)">Musakhail</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nasher_(Kharoti_clan)" title="Nasher (Kharoti clan)">Nasher</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasar_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Nasar (Pashtun tribe)">Nasar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulaimankhel" title="Sulaimankhel">Sulaimankhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarakai" title="Tarakai">Tarakai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarakhel_(tribe)" title="Tarakhel (tribe)">Tarakhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokhi" title="Tokhi">Tokhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lodi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kundi_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Kundi (Pashtun tribe)">Kundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Lodi (Pashtun tribe)">Lodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lohani" title="Lohani">Lohani</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Marwat" title="Marwat">Marwat</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Tatur" title="Tatur">Tatur</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niazi" title="Niazi">Niazi</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kharotakhel" title="Kharotakhel">Kharotakhel</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Isa_Khel_(sub-tribe)" title="Isa Khel (sub-tribe)">Isakhel</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarwani" title="Sarwani">Sarwani</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Harifal" title="Harifal">Harifal</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Miani_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Miani (Pashtun tribe)">Miani</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sur_(Pashtun_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sur (Pashtun tribe)">Sur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gharghashti</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babai_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Babai (Pashtun tribe)">Babai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawi" title="Dawi">Dawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandapur" title="Gandapur">Gandapur</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Hafizkhel" title="Hafizkhel">Hafizkhel</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ibrahimzai_(Gandapur_clan)" title="Ibrahimzai (Gandapur clan)">Ibrahimzai</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nattuzai" title="Nattuzai">Nattuzai</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Yaqubzai" title="Yaqubzai">Yaqubzai</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadoon" title="Jadoon">Jadun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakar" title="Kakar">Kakar</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Bazai" title="Bazai">Bazai</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Jalalzai" title="Jalalzai">Jalalzai</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Khudiadadzai" title="Khudiadadzai">Khudiadadzai</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandokhel" title="Mandokhel">Mandokhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasozai" title="Nasozai">Nasozai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panni_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Panni (Pashtun tribe)">Panni</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Barozai" title="Barozai">Barozai</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safi_(tribe)" title="Safi (tribe)">Safi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sarbani" title="Sarbani">Sarbani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table 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title="Alakozai">Alakozai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barakzai" title="Barakzai">Barakzai</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Mohammadzai" title="Mohammadzai">Mohammadzai</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Musahiban" title="Musahiban">Musahiban</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nawabi" title="Nawabi">Nawabi</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popalzai" title="Popalzai">Popalzai</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Habibzai" class="mw-redirect" title="Habibzai">Habibzai</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sadozai_(Pashtun_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadozai (Pashtun tribe)">Sadozai</a></span></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yusufzai" title="Yusufzai">Yusufzai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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