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The most frequent haplogroup among Pakistani Pashtuns is haplogroup R which is found at a rate of 28–50%. Haplogroup J2 was found in 9% to 24% depending on the study and Haplogroup E has been found at a frequency of 4% to 13%. Haplogroup L occurs at a rate of 8%. Certain Pakistani Pashtun groups exhibit high levels of R1b.
An Afghan personal name consists of a given name (Dari: نام, Pashto: نوم) and sometimes a surname at the end. Personal names are generally not divided into first and family names; a single name is recognized as a full personal name, and the addition of further components – such as additional given names, regional, or ethnic family/clan names or patronymics – is often a matter of ...
Ghulam Sediq Wardak (Afghanistan) – Pashtun inventor who is known for more than 344 inventions; Jamal al-Din al-Afghani – one of the founders of Islamic Modernism, [10] as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in India against the British. Zemaryalai Tarzi – Pashtun archeologist; Daud Shah Saba – Ethnic Afghan (Pashtun) geologist
Pakistan's census does not include the 1.4 million citizens of Afghanistan who are temporarily residing in Pakistan. [8] [9] [10] The majority of them were born in Pakistan within the last four decades and mostly belong to the Pashtun ethnic group. They also include Tajiks, Uzbeks and others. [11]
[3] which originates from the ethnonym Afghan. Historically, Pashtuns were referred to as Afghans, the largest ethnic group of Afghanistan. [2] [4] The earliest reference to the name is found in the 10th-century geography book known as Hudud al-'Alam. [5] The last part of the name, -stān is a Persian suffix for "place".
Zai (Pashto: زی zay 'son of'; plural: زي zī) is a suffix denoting a member of certain Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Clan names are formed with the word khel . Distribution
[54] [9] [10] Bellew's theory was that all Pashtun tribal names could be traced to Rajput names. [55] [56] The Arab historian al-Masudi wrote that "Qandhar" (Gandhara in modern-day north west Pakistan) is a country of Rajputs and was a separate kingdom with a non-Muslim ruler. [57] Due to similar sounding names, this has been a source of ...
Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, Pakistani army general and former Military Governor of East Pakistan; Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician and activist; Amjad Khan Niazi, Pakistani admiral; Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Pakistani folk singer and politician; Fazal Niazai, Afghan cricketer; Gholam Mohammad Niazi, Afghan politician and religious ...