Panni (Pashtun tribe)
Panni or Parni refers to a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Like other Pashtuns, they have Eastern Iranian genetic and ethnolinguistic heritage. They claim descent from Parthian people of Ancient Parthia.
Most of them are settled in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, such as Ghor, Herat, Kandahar, Karachi, Quetta, Musakhail, Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, Peshawar, Haripur, Kabul, Tank, Kohat, Sibi, while there are some communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and other Western countries. They were, at one point in time ruler of Bahlol Lodhi or Lodhi Dynasty they had main rule over darbar. After ending of Lodhi dynasty, they scattered and migrated to various parts of the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. [citation needed] Some Pannis/Parnis have also migrated to South India. However, most of them are settled in Pakistan. The Zamindars of Karatia in Bangladesh are of Panni/Parni descent.[1]
Subtribes
References
- ^ Mahbub, Khan (2012). "Karatia Zamindari". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ The Pathans by Olaf Caroe (1958)
- The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires