Tirahi
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Tirahi (Pashto: تيراهي) were non-Pashtun Dard people who were the original inhabitants of Peshawar valley in modern-day Pakistan. Thought to be among the aboriginal Indo-Iranian inhabitants of Gandhara, they remained subject to the rule of Shilmani Tajik Dehqans under the Gibari Sultans.[1] A considerable number of them still live in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan, where they speak their ancient but dwindling Tirahi language. [citation needed]
The Tirahis are now extinct, having been almost totally Pashtunized and absorbed into other ethnic and social categories over the past 500 years, after the Sarbani Pashtuns invaded and took over Peshawar Valley. Many "Mian" and "Astanadar" families from Peshawar Valley have Tirahi origins, especially in the Nowshera area.[2] Besides the world famous Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, two villages in the west of Peshawar District also bear their name. [citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Muhammad Akhtar (2002). Tajik Swati Aur Mumlikat E Gibar--Tareekh Kay Ainay Mein. OCLC 506677640.
- ^ Munshi Gopal Das (1875). Tareekh E Peshawar. Government of British India.
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