Durrānī (Persian: درانی) or Abdālī (Persian: ابدالی) is the name of a chief tribal confederation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Originally known by their ancient name Abdali, but was changed to Durrani since the beginning of the Durrani Empire in 1747.^[1] The number of Durranis are estimated to be roughly 16% of the population of Afghanistan or 5 million individuals.^[2] They are also found in large numbers in western Pakistan. The Durrani Pashtuns are bilingual in Pashto, Dari and Urdu, and are arguably the most urbanized and educated of the Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan. Farsi redirects here. ... Farsi redirects here. ... Tribal refers to a culture or society based on tribes or clans. ... A confederation is an association of sovereign states or communities, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. ... The Durrani Empire was a larger state that included modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of eastern Iran and western India. ... Year 1747 (MDCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Pashto (پښتو; also known as Afghan, Pushto, Pashto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, and Pukhto) is the language spoken by the ethnic Afghan otherwise known as the Pashtun people who inhabit Afghanistan and the Western provinces of Pakistan. ... The term Dari derives from Fârsi-e Darbâri which means Persian of the (royal) courts. It developed at the royal courts of the Samanids (980 AD) in Central Asia and became the major language of Persia. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... The Pashtun tribes are divided into four larger tribal confederacies: Sarbani Yusafzai Tarkalani Mohmand Mohammadzai Batani Niazi Ghilzai Lodhi Suri Marwat Lohani Nuhrani Ghourghushti Kakar Mando Jadoon Safi Karlani or Karlanri Mahsud Waziri khattak Afridi Orakzai Dawar Bangash // The Tanolies (also spelt Tanauli, Tanawali) are a prominent and famous Muslim...

The Durranis have been prominent leaders, as the royal family of Afghanistan is derived from the tribe, and a substantial number of Durrani Pashtuns are bureaucrats and public officials, as well as businessmen and merchants. The particular dialect of Pashto language favored by the Durrani Pashtuns tends to be tinged with a slight Persian inflection and is considered the more genteel and urbane dialect, often viewed by Pashtuns overall as the more 'proper' dialect, as opposed to the rougher "Pukhtu" version favored in the north and by most of the Pashtuns of Pakistan. The Durranis, like most other Pashtuns, are Muslims of the Hanafi Sunni Islamic sect and continue to follow the Pashtun honor code known as Pashtunwali. A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy, usually within an institution of the government. ... An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organisation or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either his own or that of his superior and/or employer, public or legally private). ... Pashto (‎, IPA: , also rendered as Pakhto, Pushto, Pukhto ‎, Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, Pathani or Pushtoo and also known as Afghan language[4][5]) is an Iranian language spoken by Pashtuns living in Afghanistan and Pakistan[6]. // Geographic distribution of Pashto (purple) and other Iranian languages Pashto is spoken by about 30... Pashto (‎, IPA: , also rendered as Pakhto, Pushto, Pukhto ‎, Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, Pathani or Pushtoo and also known as Afghan language[4][5]) is an Iranian language spoken by Pashtuns living in Afghanistan and Pakistan[6]. // Geographic distribution of Pashto (purple) and other Iranian languages Pashto is spoken by about 30... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... The Hanafi (Arabic حنفي) school is the oldest of the four schools of thought (Madhhabs) or jurisprudence (Fiqh) within Sunni Islam. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Pashtunwali (Pashto: ) is a concept of living for the Pashtun people (also known as Pathans), which dates back to pre-Islamic eras. ...

A brief history

Ahmed Shah Durrani established the Durrani Empire in 1747.

The Durranis are, like other Pashtuns and neighbouring peoples, Iranian-speaking and are believed to be descendants of Qais Abdul Rashid from Qais tribe of Bani Israel, the ancient Israelites. The Durranis were known in the past as "Abdalis", from approximately the 7th century until about 1750 shortly after the Durrani Empire was established at Kandahar. The Abdalis appear to have begun to spread out during the early Middle Ages along with other Pashtun tribes and came to inhabit much of what is today Afghanistan and western Pakistan. One of the most prominent generals of the Persian empire, was a young Pashtun Abdali chieftain named Ahmad Shah Abdali. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 406 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (726 × 1071 pixel, file size: 913 KB, MIME type: image/png) Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the modern state of Afghanistan in 1747 and ruler of the Durrani Empire. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 406 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (726 × 1071 pixel, file size: 913 KB, MIME type: image/png) Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the modern state of Afghanistan in 1747 and ruler of the Durrani Empire. ... Ahmad Shah Durrani Ahmad Shah Abdali (c. ... The Durrani Empire was a larger state that included modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of eastern Iran and western India. ... Year 1747 (MDCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family. ... In an Islamic context, Bani Israil may refer to: the Children of Israel surat al-Isra This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Look up Israelite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... The Durrani Empire was a larger state that included modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of eastern Iran and western India. ... This article is about the city in Afghanistan. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Ahmad Shah AbdālÄ« (c. ...

The name or title Durrani or 'Durr-i-Durran' means the 'pearl of pearls' in Persian. It was carried by the Abdali tribe in 1747 when Ahmad Shah Abdali united the Pashtun tribes following a loya jirga and changed his own name to Ahmad Shah Durrani after becoming Emir of Afghanistan or Emir of the Durrani Empire. Since this period, the kings of Afghanistan have been of Durrani extraction. The Durranis were the most divided Pashtun tribe during the rule of the Ghilzai-dominated Taliban, with some having openly opposed them. The Durrani are the politically dominant Pashtun group in Afghanistan as the current President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, is of the Durrani sub-group known as the Popalzai and has close ties to the former king of Afghanistan Zahir Shah, another member of the Durrani tribe. For other uses, see Pearl (disambiguation). ... A loya jirga that was held in Kabul, Afghanistan. ... See Ahmad Shah Qajar for the Persian ruler (1909-1925). ... // Padshah Ahmad Shah Durrani (October 1747-October 16 (23?) 1772) Emir Timur Shah Durrani (October 1772-1793) Emir Zaman Shah Durrani (1793-1800) Emir Mahmud Shah Durrani (1800-1803) Emir Shoja Shah (1803-1809) Emir Mahmud Shah Durrani (1809-1818) Emir Sultan Ali Shah (1818-1819) Emir Ayub Shah (1819... The Durrani Empire was a larger state that included modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of eastern Iran and western India. ... The Ghilzais (also known as Khiljis or Ghaljis) are one of two largest groups of Pashtuns, along with the Durrani tribe, found in Afghanistan with a large group also found in neighboring Pakistan. ... The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ... Afghanistan has only intermittently been a republic - between 1973-1992 and from 2001 onwards - at other times being governed by a variety of kings, emirs and (under the mujahideen and Taliban regimes in the 1990s) Islamist rulers. ... Hamid Karzai (Persian: حامد کرزى and Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. ... Popalzai or Popalzay is the name of the Pashtun clan that is part of the larger Durrani tribe from which the first king of Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Durrani originated. ... Mohammed Zahir Shah (born October 16, 1914) was the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973. ...

Branches, clans, subtribes

The Durrani tribe is divided into two branches. Durrani tribes of the Tareen branch are found especially in the Kandahar, Gulistan, Quetta, Loralai and Pishin region and include the Tor Tareen, Spin Tareen, Zarh Tareen, Bor Tareen and Abdal Tareen. These tribes Popalzai, the Alikozai, the Barakzai, and the Achakzai are the sub tribes of Tareen ( Boor Tareen - Zeerak ). Tareen (Pashto: ترین) is a prominent Pashtun tribe residing in Pakistan and Afghanistan. ... This article is about the city in Afghanistan. ... Gulistan or Golestan (Rose garden in Persian) can mean: The Iranian province of Golestan. ...   (Urdu: کوئٹہ) also spelled Kwatah city is a variation of kwatkot, a Pashto word meaning “fort,”. It is the largest city and provincial capital and district of Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. ... Loralai is a town and district of Pakistan, in Baluchistan. ... Pishin, or Peshin is a district of Baluchistan with a town of the same name. ... Popalzai or Popalzay is the name of the Pashtun clan that is part of the larger Durrani tribe from which the first king of Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Durrani originated. ... The Alikozai are a Afghani subtribe of the Durrani tribe who, in turn, are a subtribe of the Pashtun tribe. ... The Barakzai Dynasty was the line of rulers in Afghanistan in the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Achakzai (Urdu: اچکزئی) is a Pashtun tribe settled in Pakistan. ... Tareen (Pashto: ترین) is a prominent Pashtun tribe residing in Pakistan and Afghanistan. ...

The Panjpaou branch are today mainly found west of Kandahar in Helmand and Farah, and include the Noorzai, the Alizai and the Eshaqzai or Sakzai. Helmand province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Farah (فرح ), meaning joy in Arabic, may refer to the following: People: Farrah Franklin, American singer, actress and model, better known as a former member of Destinys Child Joseph Farah, a Lebanese-American journalist Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934–1996), Somali politician Farah Pahlavi (b. ... Noorzai are one of the major tribes of Pushtun. ... Alizai is a village in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, located near the Durand Line border with Afghanistan. ...

The Durrani tribe is further divided into smaller clans and subtribes such as the aforementioned Tareen and Popalzai.

The literacy rate of the Durrani is the highest of all of the Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan and hovers around 25%. The Durrani are considered the most liberal of the Pashtun tribes. The Durrani continue to live in close proximity to other people of Afghanistan and culturally overlap in many ways with the Tajiks with whom they often share more cultural and socio-economic traits in comparison to the more tribal Pashtuns such as the Ghilzai, who are the other major Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan. The Durrani are part of Sarbans, a Pashtun tribal group. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Demographics of Afghanistan. ... Languages Persian Religions Islam (predominantly Sunni (Hanafi), with Shia (Twelver and Ismaili) minorities) Tājik (Persian: ; UniPers: Tâjik; Tajik: ) is a term generally applied to Persian-speaking peoples of Iranian origin living east and northeast of present-day Iran. ... The Ghilzais (also known as Khiljis or Ghaljis) are one of two largest groups of Pashtuns, along with the Durrani tribe, found in Afghanistan with a large group also found in neighboring Pakistan. ... Sarbans are a tribal group of Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ...

See also

• Ghilzai

The Ghilzais (also known as Khiljis or Ghaljis) are one of two largest groups of Pashtuns, along with the Durrani tribe, found in Afghanistan with a large group also found in neighboring Pakistan. ...

References

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External links

• Encyclopedia Britannica - Durrani