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Tareen is an important tribe of Pashtuns. Tareens are settled in pishin harnai dukhi gulistan in balochistan and Hazara Division of the N.W.F.P of Pakistan . They are present in sizeable proportions in the areas near Qandhar in Afghanistan. They had played some very important role in Mohammad Ghori's Army and showed great breavery. The Tareens of Hazara Division migerated from Qandhar in 17th century AD under the leadership of Sher Khan Tareen. After the attacks led by Ahmed Shah Abdali of Kabul, Durranis had a firm grip over this region. Later on Ahmed Shah Abdali also conquered Kashmir. Durranis were not interested to directly rule this region because they knew there are already some prominent Pashtun Tribes are present, so they considered it wise to give control to popular personalities. Amongst these great personalities were Najeebullah Khan Tareen, Sa'adat Khan Swati, Zaka khan aka Sooba Khan Tanoli and some others. Tareens have some great brave history with other Pashtun tribes of Hazara Division against Sikhs in the Sikh riegn. People like Mohammad Khan Tareen and Bostan Khan Tareen are the heroes for the whole Pashtuns. Haripur (N.W.F.P) is the main District of Tareen Tribe in the region. Mostly they speak Hindko in Hazara division but the spoken language of Tareens in Balochistan is Pashto. The famous khels and subsections of the Tareen tribe are Taur, Speen, Abdaal, Taranzai, Mangalzai, Bedalzai and Ferozzai. Mashwanis Swatis Tanoli and Jadoons are the closest Pashtun tribes to Tareens in the region of Hazara division. The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, or ethnic Afghan; in referring to the period of the British Raj or earlier, sometimes Pathan) are an ethnic/religious group of people, living primarily in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India who follow Pashtunwali, their indigenous religion. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Swati is a famous Pashtun tribe that lives in District Battagram and Mansehra of N.W-F.P of Pakistan. ... Haripur is a city in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ... 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 Mashwani (also Moshwani, Mishwani, Miswani) are a tribal group, living predominantly in Pakistan and Afghanistan. ... Swati is a famous Pashtun tribe that lives in District Battagram and Mansehra of N.W-F.P of Pakistan. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Jadoon is a Pashtun tribe. ...


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Tareen (Pashto: ترین) is a prominent Pashtun tribe residing in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Tareen tribes of Hazara Division migrated from Kandahar in the 17th century CE under the leadership of Sher Khan Tareen.
Tareens are also settled in Quetta,Pishin, Harnai, Dukki (Only the Spin Tareen branch of the tribe), and Gulistan districts in Balochistan and Hazara, North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
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