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346: 152: 369: 780:. They were forcibly ousted by the Awans. The Awans claim that their ancestor, Qutb Shah came along with the army of Sultan Mahmood of Ghazna in the 10th century. He headed some troops of Alavids who had been given the title of Awans by the Sultan. 1163:
HVSI sequence homology showed that Hazarewal populations fall into three major clusters: Syeds and Awans sorted out into cluster I, ... A three-cytosine deletion (CCC) at position 16191-16193 observed in the ethnic Awan population residing in
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territory. Legend has it that their origins go back to Imam Ali and his second wife, Hanafiya. Historians describe them as valiant warriors and farmers who imposed their supremacy on the
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and a notable martial tradition. They were listed as an "agricultural tribe" by the British Raj in 1925, a term that was then synonymous with classification as a "
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conducted different studies in which hypervariable segment I (HVSI) from mtDNA was analyzed to establish the genetic lineage of the populations living in
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The Awan deserve close attention, because of their historical importance and, above all, because they settled in the west, right up to the edge of
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and that the claim of Arab descent gives them "high status in the Indian Muslim environment". However, they are also described as having
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It appears to have originated somewhere around the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, perhaps somewhere between Israel to the Jordan Valley.
111:. Awans are predominantly present in the northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, with significant population also present in 613: 851: 804: 690: 664: 1301:... Sultan Bahu (d. 1691) whose real name was Sultan Muhammad. Born into an Awan Family in Shorkot (District Jhang), ... 1441: 1101:"GENETIC ANALYSES OF THE MAJOR TRIBES OF ABBOTTABAD AND MANSEHRA DISTRICTS THROUGH DENTAL MORPHOLOGY AND DNA ANALYSES" 1267: 935: 279:, which concluded that Awans are genetically isolated, endogamous and very different from its neighbouring tribes. 1422: 1340: 1294: 1214: 1187: 908: 878: 723: 381: 349: 314: 952: 1446: 1257: 1123:"HVSI polymorphism indicates multiple origins of mtDNA in the Hazarewal population of Northern Pakistan" 1384:"Pakistan mourns the loss of legendary Indian star Dilip Kumar, prayers offered outside ancestral home" 596: 516: 429: 264: 1082: 1003:), particularly in the Awan, indicating genetic isolation and a high cumulative level of autozygosity. 522: 295: 436:
against a multiple times larger force, famously refused to surrender and attempted coup against the
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N. Akbar; H. Ahmad; M.S. Nadeem; B.E. Hemphill; K. Muhammad; W. Ahmad; M. Ilyas (24 June 2016).
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The American Papers: Secret and Confidential India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Documents, 1965-1973
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W. Wang; S. G. Sullivan; S. Ahmed; D. Chandler; L. A. Zhivotovsky; A. H. Bittles (2000).
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Before the arrival of Awan tribes, the valley was a part of the state under the rule of
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The Garrison State: The Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab 1849–1947
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and a decorated soldier awarded for gallantry for his conquering of areas of the
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conducted different genetic studies on Awan and its neighbouring tribes, namely
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There was a reduction in heterozygosity and high average inbreeding effects (
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The Friends of God: Sufi Saints in Islam, Popular Poster Art from Pakistan
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This tribe is perhaps the most heavily recruited tribe in the Army.
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Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (30 November 2022),
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conducted a dental morphology and DNA analysis of major tribes in
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Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation
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People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the
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Kinship and Continuity: Pakistani Families in Britain
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Index

Punjab
Sindh
Hazara
Azad Kashmir
Hindko
Punjabi
Urdu
Islam
Urdu
Northern Pakistan
Punjab
Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Azad Kashmir
Sindh
Balochistan
Arab
Alid
Qutub Shah
Mahmud of Ghazni

Nawab
Kalabagh
Indus
Jamal J. Elias
Arab
Ali ibn Abu Talib
Jat
British Raj
Christophe Jaffrelot

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