Mohmand

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Mohmand (Pashto: مہمند ) is the name of a Pashton tribe, living primarily in southeastern Afghanistan and in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Mohmands live under strict tribal laws, by following the customary pre-Islamic "code of honour" known as Pashtunwali.

In Pakistan the Mohmand Agency is an abode for Mohmands, further migrations from Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency have occurred and continue down to the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas like Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta.

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[edit] Sub-tribes

The Mohmand tribe is divided into three main clans: Tarakzai, Baizai, and Khwaezai.

The Tarakzai are further divided into:

  1. Tarakzai proper
  2. Halimzai
  3. Burhan Khel

In Ghazni reside the Musa Khel, Esa Khel, Tarakzai, Dado Khel, Mansur Khel, and the Masum Khel.

Other clans of the Mohmands are:

  1. Halimzai
  2. Dawezai
  3. Atman Khel
  4. Bazid khel
  5. Kuda Khel
  6. Kumar
  7. Kasam Khel
  8. Utmanzai
  9. Kukuzai
  10. Khuga Khail
  11. Essa Khail
  12. Attmar Khail

[edit] Famous Personalities

  • Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan to reach space.
  • Abdul Rahman (Rahman Baba) , A great Sufi Poet of Pushthu

[edit] See also

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Mohmand.

[edit] Links and References

  • [1], Mohamnd Information
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  • [3], Rahman Baba Poetry
  • [4]
  • [5], Mohmand Agency


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