Shirani or Sherani is a Pashtun tribe, living predominantly in modern Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pashtuns ( Pashto: پښتون Paṣtūn, Paxtūn, also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns) also called Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,
During the 19th century, the tribal group known as the Shiranis was recorded as living on the northwest Punjab border in what became the North-West Frontier Province of British India. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Punjab ( ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, पंजाब پنجاب also Panjab (پنجاب meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP ( Urdu: śimāl maġribī sarhadī sūba) is the smallest of the four main provinces of Pakistan. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British After annexation by the British, their homeland was a part of The Sherani Agency. The agency occupied an area of 1500 miles and had a population of 12,371 according to the 1901 census. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The Shiranis occupied the principal portion of the mountain known as the Takht-e-Sulaiman and the country thence eastward down to the border of Dera Ismail Khan district. For a site in West Azarbaijan, Iran known by the same name see Takht-i-Suleiman For a site located in Osh, Kyrgyzstan Dera Ismail Khan is one of the 24 districts in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, the capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail They were bounded on the north by the Gomal Pass, and beyond that by the Mahsud and Waziri tribes; on the south by the Ustaranas and Zmarais, Zimri; and on the west by the Haripals, Kakars and Mandu Khels. Gumal Pass or Gomal Pass (گومل is a Mountain pass on the border of Afghanistan and the southeastern portion of South Waziristan in Masood ( Pashto: مسعود،مسيد، محسود is a Pashtun tribe in Waziristan, Pashtunistan. The Wazirs or Waziris are a Pashtun tribe settled in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA of Pakistan, the North West Frontier Kakar is the name one of the largest Pashtun tribes, with members living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Shirani tribe is divided into three main sub branches, namely Marani, Babar and Miani. Miani, (pronounced Mianrhi in Pashto) is a Pushtoon tribe and the main sub branch of the Shirani tribe but today it is identified as a separate tribe The Marani sub branch, which is now commonly referred to as Shiranis, live in the areas of Dera Ismail Khan District (NWFP) and Sherani Subdistrict in Baluchistan. Dera Ismail Khan is one of the 24 districts in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, the capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Sherani Subdistrict or Sherani Sub-Division is an administrative division of Zhob District, Balochistan province of Pakistan. The other two sub branches i. e. , Babar's and Miani's have migrated to other areas. The Babars live, mainly, in the southern part of D I Khan, a place known as Chodhwan. The Miani's have migrated, mainly, to the Gomal area of Tank. Beside this, a large number of Miani's either live in Afghanistan or migrate between Afghanistan and Pakistan. These two sub branches of Shirani i. e. , Babar's and Miani's, instead of being referred to as Shiranis, identify themselves as separate tribes. Strangely enough those Miani's and Babars who had remained in the F. R. D I Khan region identify themselves as Shirani's only, but they must not be confused with the Marani's i. e. , the main sub branch of Sherani. Some Shiranis migerated toSanghar,now calledTaunsa Sharif. Sanghar (سانگھڑ is the district head quarter of Sanghar District, situated in the province of Sindh in Pakistan. Taunsa Sharif or Taunsa is a Tehsil (subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
There is a village called Sherani Abad in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, India. The village is having four mohallas namely Sufiya, Gausiya, Najmiyan and Noori. There are even small villages like Barnel, Bheniyad, Danta, Hamidpur, Dungari where Sherani's are residing. In all these villages only Sherani community is living. Famous Shayari Akhatar Sherani belongs to this community. His father Hafiz Mehmood Khan Sherani was a renowened writer. Rajasthan Urdu Academy award is given under his name.
References
- Paget, William Henry (1874) "Section II: The Shirani Expedition, March 1853" A record of the expeditions undertaken against the North-west frontier tribes. Compiled from the military and political despatches, Lieut. -Colonel McGregor's gazetteer, and other official sources. Office of Supt. of Govt. Printing, Calcutta, OCLC 28445038
Some sherani pathan are also lived in vadnagar, gujarat india. they lived in called shemberwada known from samarkand, Sherani tribes of pathan migrated in india during the great king of moghal Humayun, when he came to india second time with support of Sherani Pathan warrior he win the battel, during the mughal king akbar, sherani pathan migrated to kaligam near ahemdabad gujarat. On that time Nawab of Gujarat send them to defeat Dodia Rajput near Rajasthan Gujarat border, sherani pathan defeat Dodia Rajput on great battel and took their land. they called them shembher or summer coming from sumerkand.
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