Pashtuns

Pashtuns, known historically as ethnic Afghans and in the Indian subcontinent as Pathans, form an ethnic group of approximately 49 million people^[1] who mainly live in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Pashtuns (some pronounce it as Pakhtoons) speak their native Pashto language but many of them are also fluent in Persian, Urdu and Hindi.^[2]

Notable people who relate to the Pashtun ethnicity

Sher Shah Suri (Sher Khan), founder of the Sur Empire in India during the 1500s
Shah Mahmud Hotak, member of the Hotak dynasty, overthrew the Safavid dynasty and became King of Persia from 1722 until 1725
Dost Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal in India between 1723 and 1728
Shah Hussain Hotak, son of Mirwais and brother of Mahmud, was the last Hotak ruler at Kandahar from 1722 to 1738
Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani (Ahmad Shah Baba), founder of the Durrani Empire (Afghan Empire) at Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1747
Zaman Shah, son of Timur Shah and grandson of Ahmad Shah Baba, governed the Durrani Empire from 1793 to 1801
Shah Shujah Durrani governed the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809 and again from 1839 to 1842
Dost Mohammad Khan, leader of the Barakzai dynasty, took control of Afghanistan after the decline of the previous Durrani dynasty
Mohammad Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mohammad Khan, defeated the advancing British and Sikh army during the First Anglo-Afghan War
Ghulam Hyder Khan, 4th son of Dost Mohammad Khan, led Afghan forces at the Battle of Ghazni in 1839
Gul Mohammad Khan, leader of the Ghilzais during the First Anglo-Afghan War
Sher Ali Khan was King of Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Prince Yaqub Khan of Afghanistan
Ayub Khan defeated the British forces in the famous Battle of Maiwand in July 1880
Abdur Rahman Khan was ruler of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901
Prince Nasrullah Khan of Afghanistan
King Habibullah Khan ruled Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919
Mahmud Tarzi, a great intellectual who is known as the father of journalism in Afghanistan
King Amanullah Khan ruled Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929, during the Third Anglo-Afghan War
Queen Soraya Tarzi, daughter of Mahmud Tarzi and wife of King Amanaullah
Inayatullah Khan, brother of Amanullah, was only king for several days
King Nadir Khan, ruler of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933
King Zahir Shah, ruler of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
Madhubala, Bollywood actress who appeared in classic Indian films of Hindi Cinema from 1942 to 1960.

Madhubala, Bollywood actress who appeared in classic Indian films of Hindi Cinema from 1942 to 1960.
Salim Khan, Indian actor and screenwriter since the 1960s, and father of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969
Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971
Kader Khan, appeared in over 400 Indian films since 1970, often playing the role of a Pathan such as in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999).
Ali Ahmad Jalali, Afghan politician; worked for Voice of America for over 20 years, now a Professor at the National Defense University in the United States
Zalmay Khalilzad, served as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations
Hamid Karzai, leader and President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014
Abdul Rahim Wardak, former Defense Minister of Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan; former member of World Bank, Chairman of the Institute of State Effectiveness and a Commisioner at the UNDP
Taliban leaders in 2021
Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM)
Ahmed Gailani was an Afghan politician
Hedayat Amin Arsala, Afghan politican and former World Bank employee
Sher Mohammad Karimi, former Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army
Abdul Salam Azimi, former Chief Justic of Afghanistan
Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, Afghan politican
Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, Afghan politician
Amirzai Sangin, Afghan politican
Tooryalai Wesa, Afghan politician
Gul Agha Sherzai, Afghan politician
General Abdul Raziq was Afghan politician
Ghulam Haider Hamidi was Afghan politician
Dr. Mohammad Daim Kakar, Afghan politician
Farhad Darya, one of many Afghan musicians
Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricket player
Mohammad Nabi, Afghan cricker player
Imran Khan, famous cricket player and now Prime Minister of Pakistan. He belongs to the Niazi tribe
Laila Khan, Pakistani singer
Naghma, one of many Afghan musicians
Shukria Barakzai, Afghan politician
Malala Yousafzai, rights activist from Pakistan
Tabassum Adnan, women's rights activist from Pakistan
Zarine Khan, Bollywood actress from India

Random images of Pashtuns from Afghanistan

Collage of images showing Pashtuns from various provinces of Afghanistan
Girls in Kandahar Province
Children in Kandahar
Girls in Khost Province
Men in Kandahar
Boy in Wardak Province
Man and his son from Urozgan Province
Children in Zabul Province
Boy in Helmand Province
Boy in Ghazni Province
Girls in Ghazni Province
School girls in Bamozai, Paktia Province
Boys and their father from Qara Bagh District in Ghazni Province
Street scene in Asadabad, Kunar Province
Men praying in Kunar Province
Boys in Paktika province
Men engaged in agriculture business
Men doing national dance of Afghanistan

Random images of Pashtuns from Pakistan

Pashtun man shopping at a store in Islamabad, Pakistan
Khattak is a swift martial sword-dance of the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns mainly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area of Pakistan

References

↑ Lewis, Paul M.. Pashto, Northern. SIL International. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. "Ethnic population: 49,529,000 possibly total Pashto in all countries."
↑ Pashtun | people (in en). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2021-02-25.

[1] Lewis, Paul M.. Pashto, Northern. SIL International. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. "Ethnic population: 49,529,000 possibly total Pashto in all countries."

[2] Pashtun | people (in en). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2021-02-25.

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