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'''Awan''' ({{lang-pa|[[Shahmukhi]]:اعوان, [[Gurmukhi]]:ਅਵਾਨ}}) ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اعوان}}}}) is a tribe living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Pakistani Punjab]], [[Khushab District]], [[Soon Valley]], [[Chakwal District]], [[Mianwali District]], [[Attock District]], [[Talagang Tehsil]], [[Choa Saidanshah]], [[Attock District|Lawa]] with significant numbers also present in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber]], [[Azad Kashmir]], and to a lesser extent in [[Sindh]] and [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]. |
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'''Awan''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اعوان}}}}) is a [[Punjabi Muslim]] tribe and surname<ref>{{Citation |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |title=Awan |date=2022-11-30 |work=Dictionary of American Family Names |editor-last= |editor-first= |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-3095 |access-date= |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-024511-5 |last2=Lenarčič |first2=Simon |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor3-last= |editor3-first=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tan |first=Tai Yong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5ZiMV7rqWUC |title=The Garrison State: The Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab 1849–1947 |publisher=Sage |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7619-3336-6 |pages=61–62}}</ref> originating from the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] region of [[Pakistan]]. Awans are predominantly present in the northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, with significant population also present in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Azad Kashmir]], and to a lesser extent, in [[Sindh]] and [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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[[Jamal J. Elias]] notes that the Awans believe themselves to be of [[Arabs|Arab]] origin, descended from [[Ali ibn Abu Talib]] and that the claim of Arab descent gives them "high status in the Indian Muslim environment".<ref>{{cite book|title=Death Before Dying: The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu|last=J. Elias|first=Jamal|author-link=Jamal J. Elias|publisher=University of California Press|date=1998|page=12|isbn=978-0-52021-242-8}}</ref> However, they are also described as having [[Jat Muslim|Jat]] origins.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Sabir Badal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8N1JCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 |title=Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore |date=2013 |publisher=Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale" |language=en|page=40}}</ref> |
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People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the [[Pakistani Army]]<ref>Jones, P.E., 2003, ''The Pakistan People's Party: Rise To Power'', Oxford University Press, p.61.</ref> and have two [[Nishan-e-Haider]]s and a notable martial tradition.<ref>, Ali, I., 2003, ''Punjab under Imperialism, 1885–1947'', Oxford University Press, p.114.</ref> |
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[[Christophe Jaffrelot]] says: {{blockquote|The Awan deserve close attention, because of their historical importance and, above all, because they settled in the west, right up to the edge of [[Baloch people|Baluchi]] and [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] territory. Legend has it that their origins go back to Imam Ali and his second wife, Hanafiya. Historians describe them as valiant warriors and farmers who imposed their supremacy on the [[Janjua]] in part of the [[Salt Range]] and established large colonies all along the [[Indus River|Indus]] to [[Sindh|Sind]], and a densely populated center not far from [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Pakistan and Its Origins |first=Christophe |last=Jaffrelot |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot |edition=Reprinted |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2004 |page=205 |isbn=978-1-84331-149-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9sI_Y2CKAcC}}</ref>}} |
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People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the [[Pakistani Army]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power|last=Jones|first=Philip Edward|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xliNAAAAMAAJ|page=61|quote=This [Awan] tribe is perhaps the most heavily recruited tribe in the [Pakistan] Army.|isbn=0195799666}}</ref> and a notable martial tradition.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ali |first=Imran |year=1998 |title=Punjab under Imperialism, 1885–1947 |publisher=Princeton University Press|page=114 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgUABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114|isbn=1400859581}}</ref> They were listed as an "agricultural tribe" by the British Raj in 1925, a term that was then synonymous with classification as a "[[martial race]]".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4Wop9vwS9sC |title=The Indian Army and the Making of Punjab |first=Rajit K. |last=Mazumder |page=105 |publisher=Orient Longman |year=2003|isbn=9788178240596 }}</ref> |
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On a rural level, Awans historically were of the [[zamindar]] or landowning class,<ref>Ahmed, S., 1977, ''Class and Power in a Punjabi Village'', Monthly Review Press, p.p. 131-132.</ref> and many Awan families, to this day, live on and cultivate land which their ancestors have held for centuries. The tract of land running from [[Attock]] towards the Southern [[Salt Range]] has at various points in history been called the Awan-Kari, or the 'Abode of the Awans'. Awan tribesmen often carry titles typical to punjabi who own tracts of ancestral land<ref>Ahsan, A., 1996, ''The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan'', Oxford University Press, p.88.</ref> which may include the honorific [[Malik]] or [[Khan (title)|Khan]]. [[Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan|State Kalabagh]] is being ruled by Nawabs of Awan Tribe which once spread from modern day [[Dera Ismail Khan]], Bannu, Mianwali, [[Khushab District]] to [[Chakwal District]] |
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==Notable people== |
==Notable people== |
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[[File:Nawab of Kalabagh Malik Amir Mohammad khan.jpeg|thumb|150px|[[Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan]], former [[Nawab]] of Kalabagh, Chief of the Awan tribe, [[Governor]] of [[West Pakistan]] from 1960 to 1966]] |
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===Armed forces=== |
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[[File: Major Akram.jpg|thumb|150px|Major [[Muhammad Akram|Malik Muhammad Akram]] [[Nishan-e-Haider|NH]]]] |
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[[File: Noor khan.jpg|thumb|150px|Air Marshal [[Nur Khan]], Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70]] |
[[File: Noor khan.jpg|thumb|150px|Air Marshal [[Nur Khan]], Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70]] |
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* [[Major]] [[Muhammad Akram|Malik Muhammad Akram]] [[Nishan-e-Haider|NH]], was a military officer in the Pakistan Army who was awarded with the [[Nishan-e-Haider]] posthumously after the military confrontation in railway station in [[Battle of Hilli|Hilli]], [[East Pakistan]].<ref>https://www.shaheedfoundation.org/nishanehaider.asp</ref> |
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* [[Lance Naik]] [[Muhammad Mahfuz Awan]] [[Nishan-e-Haider|NH]], (born 25 October 1944) was a Pakistani soldier, who was awarded the [[Nishan-i-Haider]], the highest military award of Pakistan, he was killed during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>https://www.shaheedfoundation.org/nishanehaider.asp</ref> |
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* [[Air Marshal]] [[Malik Nur Khan|Nur Khan]] – [[Commander in Chief]] of the [[Pakistan Air Force]], 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70, and recipient of the [[Hilal-i-Jurat]].<ref>Khan, R., 1999, ''The American Papers: Secret and Confidential India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Documents, 1965–1973'', Oxford University Press, p.265.</ref> |
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*[[General]] [[Muhammad Shariff]] was a [[Four-star_rank#Pakistan|four-star rank army general]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] who was the first [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] |
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* [[Shahida Malik]] is the first lady officer in the [[Pakistan Army]] to have reached a [[two-star rank|two-star]] rank. Trained as a doctor, she was appointed the Inspector-General Hospitals as well as deputy commander of the [[Pakistan Army Medical Corps]] before retiring in 2004 |
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* [[Tajammul Hussain Malik]] was a [[two-star rank|two-star]] general officer in the [[Pakistan army]] and the former [[General Officer Commanding]] of the 23rd Division of [[Pakistan Army]]. |
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* [[Ameer Faisal Alavi]] was a two-star general in the [[Pakistan Army]] and special operations expert who was also the first [[General Officer Commanding]] (GOC) of the elite [[Special Service Group]]. |
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* [[Sher Shah Awan]] was a British Indian Army soldier who received the [[Victoria Cross]] which is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
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* [[Lieutenant General]] [[Abdul Qayyum (general)|Abdul Qayyum]] Former chairman of [[Pakistan Ordnance Factories]] and [[Pakistan Steel Mills]]. Recipient of the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan's second-highest civilian award, and the highest medal award that can be given to those who have attained the rank of [[Lieutenant General]]. |
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* [[Sattar Alvi]] [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|SI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Jurat|SJ]], is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the [[Pakistan Air Force]], who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], and served as a military advisor in the [[Syrian Air Force]] during the [[Yom Kippur War]]. |
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* [[Lieutenant General]] [[Akhtar Hussain Malik]] (d 22 August 1969) was a distinguished [[General]], a war hero of [[Pakistan Army]] in the [[Indo-Pakistan war of 1965]]. |
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* [[Malik Munawar Khan Awan]] was a Major rank officer in the [[Pakistan Army]]. |
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* [[Abdul Ali Malik]] was a [[Three-star_rank#Pakistan_three-star_ranks|Three-star]] rank army general in the [[Pakistan Army]] and an engineering officer in the [[Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]]. |
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* [[General officer|General]] [[Iqbal Khan (general)|Mohammad Iqbal Khan]] [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(m)]] [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|SI(m)]] [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]], was a retired [[Four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[Pak Fauj|army general]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] who served as the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman]] [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] from being appointed in 1980 until 1984.<ref name="The News International, 2013">{{cite news|last1=Top Story|first1=et.all.|title=CJCSC office in Pakistan and the world over|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/633545-cjcsc-office-in-pakistan-and-the-world-over|accessdate=6 April 2018|work=The News International|date=8 October 2013|location=Islamabad|language=en}}</ref> |
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*Major [[Malik Habib|Malik Mohammad Habib Khan]] (PSP) is a Former Federal Interior Minister of Pakistan in 2013 and had served as Inspector General of Police (PSP) Baluchistan , AJK & Pakistan Railways.[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Malik_Habib_Khan.jpg] |
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* [[Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan]] – Former [[Nawab]] of [[Kalabagh]], Chief of the Awan tribe and [[Governor]] of [[West Pakistan]] from 1960 to 1966.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pakistan Leadership Challenges|last=Khan|first=Jahan Dad|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MjZuAAAAMAAJ|page=72|isbn=0195795873}}</ref> |
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===Politics=== |
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* [[Nur Khan|Air Marshal Nur Khan]] – [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Pakistan Air Force]], 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70, and recipient of the [[Hilal-i-Jurat]], the second-highest military award of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The American Papers: Secret and Confidential India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Documents, 1965-1973|last=Khan|first=Roedad|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxpuAAAAMAAJ|page=265|isbn=0195791908}}</ref> |
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* [[Tajammul Hussain Malik]], War Hero of the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], held an impenetrable defence in the [[Battle of Hilli]] against a multiple times larger force, famously refused to surrender and attempted coup against the [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Military Dictatorship]] of the 1980s |
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[[File:President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Arif Alvi]] current [[President of Pakistan]] ]] |
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* [[Mir Sultan Khan]] – A [[chess master]] also believed by some to be the greatest natural [[chess]] player of modern times.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sultan|first1=Ather|last2=Sultan|first2=Atiyab|date=17 May 2020|title=CHESS:The Wrath of Khan|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1557393|work=Dawn|access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Arif Alvi]] is a Pakistani politician serving as the 13th and [[President of Pakistan]]. |
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* [[Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi]] – [[Urdu]] poet, journalist, [[literary critic]], dramatist, short story author, recipient of the [[Pride of Performance]] and [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]], the third-highest civil award of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Flower on a Grave: Poems from Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi|first=Daud |last=Kamal|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|url=http://global.oup.com/academic/product/flower-on-a-grave-9780195474978|isbn=9780195474978}}</ref> |
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*[[Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani]] is a Pakistani politician who is the current Speaker of [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. |
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* [[Sultan Bahu]] – A [[Sufi]] [[mysticism|mystic]], [[poet]], [[scholar]] and founder of [[Sufism|mystic tradition]] known as [[Sarwari Qadiri]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Friends of God: Sufi Saints in Islam, Popular Poster Art from Pakistan|first=Jürgen Wasim |last=Frembgen|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wzzYAAAAMAAJ|page=103|quote= ... Sultan Bahu (d. 1691) whose real name was Sultan Muhammad. Born into an Awan Family in Shorkot (District Jhang), ... |isbn=0195470060}}</ref> |
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* [[Shehla Raza]] is a [[Pakistan People's Party]] politician in the [[Sindh province]] of [[Pakistan]]. |
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* [[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]] – A Pakistani [[Islamic scholar]] and the founder of [[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Warraich |first= Suhail |date=10 December 2017 |title=A Barelvi revival? |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/564518-barelvi-revival |work= The News International |location= Islamabad|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan]] – late Chief of the Awan tribe – [[Governor]] of [[West Pakistan]] from 1960–66.<ref>Feldman, H., 1972, ''From Crisis to Crisis: Pakistan 1962–1969'', Oxford University MPress, p.57.</ref> |
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* [[Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan]] – [[Islamic scholar]] and [[Sheikh#Sufi term|spiritual leader]] of the [[Sufism|mystic tradition]] known as [[Naqshbandia Owaisiah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naqshbandiaowaisiah.org/hazrat-ameer-muhammad-akram-awan-ra.html |title=Hazrat Ameer Muhammad Akram (RA) |website=Silsala Naqshbandia Owaisia |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Malik Meraj Khalid]] was a Pakistani left-wing statesman and Marxist philosopher who served as [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] in an acting capacity from November 1996 until February 1997. |
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* [[Saad Hussain Rizvi]], Pakistani politician |
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* [[Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan]], is the former [[Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Foreign Affairs]] and member of [[Majlis-e-Shoora]]. |
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*[[Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi]] – Islamic scholar, [[Faqīh|jurist]] and [[Hadith studies|muhaddith]].<ref>Ustad-e-Punjab (teacher of Punjab), in [[Urdu|Urdu Language]], by Maulana Majeed Sohadravi, Darussalam Pakistan/Muslim Publication, [[Lahore]]. page 41</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2022}} |
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* [[Sumaira Malik]] is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly]] of Pakistan. |
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*[[Dilip Kumar]] – An actor in [[Hindi cinema]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Web Team|first=WION|date=July 8, 2021|title=Pakistan mourns the loss of legendary Indian star Dilip Kumar, prayers offered outside ancestral home|work=WION|location=New Delhi, India|url=https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/pakistan-mourns-the-loss-of-legendary-indian-star-dilip-kumar-prayers-offered-outside-ancestral-home-396784|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Firdous Ashiq Awan]] is a Pakistani politician from [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]. She is currently serving as a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Broadcasting. |
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*[[Babar Awan]] - Pakistani politician and lawyer |
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*[[Zahid Qurban Alvi]] was the interim caretaker [[Chief Minister]] of [[Sindh]] 27th [[Chief Minister of Sindh]], Pakistan in 2013. |
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*[[Hardev Bahri]] - linguist who wrote a two volume thesis on the [[Awankari dialect]] |
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* [[Babar Awan|Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan]] [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|SI]], is a Pakistani politician, lawyer, author, analyst, columnist, and leftist writer. He also served as a Federal Minister for parliamentary and also minister for law and justice. |
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*[[Ghulam Farooq Awan]] is a Pakistani lawyer and former adviser to the disgraced [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]]<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/19/pakistan-yousuf-raza-gilani</ref> for law, justice and parliamentary affairs. He previously also served as additional [[Attorney General of Pakistan]]. |
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[[File:Prince Malik Ata.jpg|thumb|[[Malik Ata Muhammad Khan]]]] |
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* [[Imran Awan]] is a Pakistani-American information technology worker. From 2004 to 2017, he worked as a shared employee for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. |
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* [[Malik Ata Muhammad Khan]] popularly known as Prince Malik Ata was a feudal lord and former politician. Also known as "The Father of [[Tent pegging]]".<ref>https://www.brecorder.com/2020/02/06/568397/tent-pegging-champion-prince-malik-ata-passes-away/</ref> |
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* [[Muhammad Safdar Awan]] is a Pakistani politician and retired Pakistan Army officer who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from June 2008 to May 2018. |
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* [[Ghulam Sarwar Khan]] is a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Minister for Petroleum, in office since 20 August 2018. |
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* [[Raashid Alvi]] is an Indian politician who served as a member of the [[Indian Parliament ]] from both the [[Lok Sabha]] and [[Rajya Sabha]]. He is currently a member of the [[Indian National Congress party]]. |
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* [[Malik Naeem Khan Awan]] is a former Federal Minister of [[Pakistan]]. |
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[[File:darbarsharif.jpg|thumb|Shrine of [[Sultan Bahu]]]] |
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===Religion=== |
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* [[Qutb Shah]] Father of all Awans in Subcontinet |
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* [[Sultan Bahu]] was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the [[Mughal empire]] mostly in the present-day Punjab province of Pakistan. |
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* [[Mumtaz Qadri]] better known as Gazi Mumtaz Qadri was the assassin of [[Salmaan Taseer]] Governor of Punjab. |
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* [[Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad]] – legal scholar of the [[Qur'an]], [[Hadith]], and the [[Hanafi school]] of [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref name=soonvalley>Sarwar, S., 2002, ''Wadi Soon Sakesar: The Soon Valley'', Al-Faisal Nashran, p.35, p.149, p.152, p.163, p.177.</ref> |
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* [[Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan]] was an Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Owaisiah order of Sufism. |
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* [[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]] is an Islamic scholar, a [[Hafiz-e-Quran]] and [[Sheikh]]-ul-[[Hadith]], belonging to the Barelvi tradition as well as a political leader, being the founding chairman and chief of [[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan]]. |
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* [[Wajihuddin Alvi]] also known as Haider Ali Saani, was an Islamic scholar and [[Sufi]] in the [[Shattari]] tradition |
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* [[Maulana Ghulam Rasool Mehr]] was a Pakistani Muslim scholar born in [[Phoolpur]], a village in the district of [[Jalandhar]], [[British India]].<ref>Tyagi, Vidya Prakash, 2009, ''Martial races of undivided India'', Kalpaz Publications, p. 203. {{ISBN|978-81-7835-775-1}} </ref> |
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===Cinema and television=== |
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[[File:Dilip Kumar in 1946.jpg|thumb|150px|Dilip Kumar]] |
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* [[Dilip Kumar]] – Kumar was born as 'Yousuf Khan' to an Awan family on 11 December 1922, in Mohallah Khudadad, near [[Qissa Khwani Bazaar]], [[Peshawar]].<ref>https://tribune.com.pk/story/805375/the-king-of-tragedy-dilip-kumars-92nd-birthday-celebrated-in-the-city/</ref> |
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* [[Zayn Malik]] (born 12 January 1993), known mononymously as Zayn, is a [[British-Pakistani]] singer and songwriter.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25430560</ref> |
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* [[Asad Malik]] is a Pakistani actor, director, and producer. |
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* [[Imran Ashraf|Imran Ashraf Awan]] (born 11 September 1989 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani actor and writer. |
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* [[Abrar Alvi]] was an Indian film writer, director, and actor. |
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* [[Nasir Khan (actor)|Nasir Khan]] was an Indian and Pakistan film actor. He has acted as the hero in Pakistan's first film [[Teri Yaad (film)|Teri Yaad]]. He was the younger brother of the actor [[Dilip Kumar]] and is the father of actor [[Ayub Khan]]. |
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* [[Ayub Khan]] is an Indian film and television actor, most known for the TV series, Uttaran (2008–2015). He is the son of actor Nasir Khan and Begum Para. He is the nephew of actor Dilip Kumar, his father being Dilip Kumar's younger brother |
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* [[Samina Awan]] (born 3 January 1985) is a British actress. |
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* [[Shahood Alvi]] is a TV actor, [[Television director|Director]] and a Producer working in * [[Pakistani television]] dramas since 1996. |
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* [[Suroosh Alvi]] is a [[Pakistani-Canadian]] journalist and filmmaker. |
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* [[Samroj Ajmi Alvi]] is a Bangladeshi actress and model. |
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===Academics & Writers=== |
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[[File:Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi.jpg|thumb|150px|Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi]] |
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* [[Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi]], born Ahmad Shah Awan, was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist, and short story author.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5166788.stm</ref> |
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* [[Akil N. Awan]] is a British academic, current [[Research Councils UK|RCUK]] fellow and a lecturer. |
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* [[Wasif Ali Wasif]] was a teacher, writer, poet, and Sufi intellectual from [[Pakistan]]. |
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* [[Naheed Qasimi]] is a Pakistani writer and literary critic. She serves as Head of the Department of Urdu, [[Samanabad#Educational_institutions|Samnabad College]], [[Lahore]]. She is author of several books of [[literary criticism]], and has edited collections of poetry by her father [[Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi]]. |
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* [[Rafiq Anjum]] is a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu]] and [[Gojri]] poet, Islamic scholar and researcher from [[Jammu and Kashmir]]. |
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* [[Muhammad Huzair Awan]] also known as Cyber Kid, is a Pakistani Information Technology (IT) prodigy and public speaker. |
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* [[ Nadira Naipaul]] is a former [[journalist]] and married to noted British-Trinidadian novelist and Nobel laureate [[V. S. Naipaul]] |
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* [[Moniza Alvi]] is a Pakistani-British poet and writer. She has won several well-known prizes for her verse. |
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* [[Khalid Alvi]] is a professor at the [[University of Delhi]], critic, and Urdu poet. |
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* [[ Hamza Alvi ]] was a [[Marxist]] academic [[sociologist]] and activist. |
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* [[Farrukh S. Alvi]] is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at [[Florida State University]]. |
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* [[Sarfraz Nawaz]] was a [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistani]] [[Test cricket]]er who is widely considered to have discovered [[reverse swing]]. <ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/Sarfraz-Nawaz_2645|title=Sarfraz Nawaz Biography|publisher=[[Yahoo! Cricket]]|accessdate=25 April 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Shoaib Malik]] is a [[Pakistani cricketer]] former captain who plays for the [[Pakistan national cricket team]]. |
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* [[Salim Malik]] was a former[[Pakistani cricketer| Pakistani cricketer & former captain]] who played for the [[Pakistan national cricket team]]. |
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* [[Mohammad Akram (cricketer)|Mohammad Akram]] is a [[British Pakistani]] cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer. He is the current coach of [[Peshawar Zalmi]]. |
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*[[Aamer Malik]] is a former [[Pakistani cricketer]] |
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* [[Mir Sultan Khan]] was a [[Chess master]] also believed by some to be the greatest natural [[chess]] player of modern times.<ref>David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed. 1992), Oxford University Press, p. 402. {{ISBN|0-19-866164-9}}.</ref> |
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* [[Abdul Khaliq (athlete)|Abdul Khaliq]] was a Pakistani sprinter also known as 'The Fastest Man of Asia'<ref>https://www.dawn.com/news/1077188</ref> & 'Pakistan's Flying Bird'.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/indian-film-evokes-memories-of-pakistans-flying-bird/article5532476.ece</ref> |
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*[[Abdul Malik (athlete)|Abdul Malik]] is a Pakistani sprinter who has won numerous medals for Pakistan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/abdul-malik-1.html Abdul Malik at Sports Reference]</ref> |
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* [[Dildar Awan]] was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1958-59 to 1972-73. |
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* [[Hasan Jamil]] was a Pakistani cricketer. |
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* [[Junaid Alvi]] was a Pakistani cricketer. |
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* [[Khalid Alvi ]] was a Pakistani cricketer. |
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* [[Imran Awan]] is a Pakistani born [[United States national cricket team|American cricketer]].<ref>https://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25878.html</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of Punjabi Muslim tribes]] |
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*[[Tribes and clans of the Pothohar Plateau]] |
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*[[Ahmed Gul Khel]] |
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*[[Awan Patti]] |
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*[[Gangal Awan]] |
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==References== |
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Awan اعوان | |
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Ethnicity | Punjabi (incl. Hindkowans) |
Location | Punjab, Sindh and Azad Kashmir |
Language | Punjabi, Hindko |
Religion | Islam |
Awan (Punjabi and Urdu: اعوان) is a Punjabi Muslim tribe and surname[1][2] originating from the Punjab region of Pakistan. Awans are predominantly present in the northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, with significant population also present in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and to a lesser extent, in Sindh and Balochistan.
History
Jamal J. Elias notes that the Awans believe themselves to be of Arab origin, descended from Ali ibn Abu Talib and that the claim of Arab descent gives them "high status in the Indian Muslim environment".[3] However, they are also described as having Jat origins.[4]
Christophe Jaffrelot says:
The Awan deserve close attention, because of their historical importance and, above all, because they settled in the west, right up to the edge of Baluchi and Pashtun territory. Legend has it that their origins go back to Imam Ali and his second wife, Hanafiya. Historians describe them as valiant warriors and farmers who imposed their supremacy on the Janjua in part of the Salt Range and established large colonies all along the Indus to Sind, and a densely populated center not far from Lahore.[5]
People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the Pakistani Army[6] and a notable martial tradition.[7] They were listed as an "agricultural tribe" by the British Raj in 1925, a term that was then synonymous with classification as a "martial race".[8]
Notable people
- Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan – Former Nawab of Kalabagh, Chief of the Awan tribe and Governor of West Pakistan from 1960 to 1966.[9]
- Air Marshal Nur Khan – Commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70, and recipient of the Hilal-i-Jurat, the second-highest military award of Pakistan.[10]
- Tajammul Hussain Malik, War Hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, held an impenetrable defence in the Battle of Hilli against a multiple times larger force, famously refused to surrender and attempted coup against the Military Dictatorship of the 1980s
- Mir Sultan Khan – A chess master also believed by some to be the greatest natural chess player of modern times.[11]
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi – Urdu poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist, short story author, recipient of the Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third-highest civil award of Pakistan.[12]
- Sultan Bahu – A Sufi mystic, poet, scholar and founder of mystic tradition known as Sarwari Qadiri.[13]
- Khadim Hussain Rizvi – A Pakistani Islamic scholar and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.[14]
- Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan – Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the mystic tradition known as Naqshbandia Owaisiah.[15]
- Saad Hussain Rizvi, Pakistani politician
- Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi – Islamic scholar, jurist and muhaddith.[16][better source needed]
- Dilip Kumar – An actor in Hindi cinema.[17]
- Babar Awan - Pakistani politician and lawyer
- Hardev Bahri - linguist who wrote a two volume thesis on the Awankari dialect
See also
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (30 November 2022), "Awan", Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5
- ^ Tan, Tai Yong (2005). The Garrison State: The Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab 1849–1947. Sage. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-0-7619-3336-6.
- ^ J. Elias, Jamal (1998). Death Before Dying: The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu. University of California Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-52021-242-8.
- ^ Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 40.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2004). A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (Reprinted ed.). Anthem Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-84331-149-2.
- ^ Jones, Philip Edward (2003). The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0195799666.
This [Awan] tribe is perhaps the most heavily recruited tribe in the [Pakistan] Army.
- ^ Ali, Imran (1998). Punjab under Imperialism, 1885–1947. Princeton University Press. p. 114. ISBN 1400859581.
- ^ Mazumder, Rajit K. (2003). The Indian Army and the Making of Punjab. Orient Longman. p. 105. ISBN 9788178240596.
- ^ Khan, Jahan Dad (2001). Pakistan Leadership Challenges. Oxford University Press. p. 72. ISBN 0195795873.
- ^ Khan, Roedad (1999). The American Papers: Secret and Confidential India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Documents, 1965-1973. Oxford University Press. p. 265. ISBN 0195791908.
- ^ Sultan, Ather; Sultan, Atiyab (17 May 2020). "CHESS:The Wrath of Khan". Dawn. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ Kamal, Daud (2008). Flower on a Grave: Poems from Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195474978.
- ^ Frembgen, Jürgen Wasim (2006). The Friends of God: Sufi Saints in Islam, Popular Poster Art from Pakistan. Oxford University Press. p. 103. ISBN 0195470060.
... Sultan Bahu (d. 1691) whose real name was Sultan Muhammad. Born into an Awan Family in Shorkot (District Jhang), ...
- ^ Warraich, Suhail (10 December 2017). "A Barelvi revival?". The News International. Islamabad. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazrat Ameer Muhammad Akram (RA)". Silsala Naqshbandia Owaisia. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Ustad-e-Punjab (teacher of Punjab), in Urdu Language, by Maulana Majeed Sohadravi, Darussalam Pakistan/Muslim Publication, Lahore. page 41
- ^ Web Team, WION (8 July 2021). "Pakistan mourns the loss of legendary Indian star Dilip Kumar, prayers offered outside ancestral home". WION. New Delhi, India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
Further reading
- Qadeer, Mohammad (22 November 2006). Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation. Taylor & Francis. p. 71. ISBN 1134186177.