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Lohani are Hindu Bharmin, basically are from Uttarakhand (INDIA). There are seven village where Lohani peoples are found. |
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'''Lohani''' are a [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] tribe found in [[Pakistan]] espacially in the region of dera ismail khan and tank, and can also be found in other parts of [[South Asia]]. Land Lord Miraj ud din Khan lohani and Salah ud din khan lohani are one of the biggest names of Lohani family from Dera ismail khan {{Cquote|The Lohani section have four branches, — Daulat Khel, Pani, Mian Khel, Katti Khel, Tator and [[Niazi]] are one of the richest of the [[Povindah]] tribes <ref>Encyclopaedia Asiatica, Comprising Indian Subcontinent, Eastern and Southern Asia: H. Jangtang By Edward Balfour Published by Cosmo Publications, 1976 Item notes: v. 4 Original from the University of Michigan Page 188</ref>}} |
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Maximum lohani's are founds in Bageshawer Zila. |
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They have been a pastoral people as well as a merchant clan that used to conduct trade between [[India]] and the regions up to the [[Amu River]] in [[Central Asia]] . The Lohani also make the majority of the [[Pathans of Gujarat|Pathans]] population of [[Gujarat]].<ref>Encyclopaedia Asiatica, Comprising Indian Subcontinent, Eastern and Southern Asia: H. Jangtang By Edward Balfour Published by Cosmo Publications, 1976 Item notes: v. 4 Original from the University of Michigan Page 187</ref> |
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==Origin== |
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{{Cquote|A significant number of these Muslim [[Multani]]s were most likely Indo Afghan merchants belonging to the largely nomadic tribe known as the Lohani ([[Lohana]], Loharni). There is some confusion regarding the Lohani ethnicity. While some authors refer to the Lohani as Muslim Pashtun [[Povindah|Powinda]] tribe, others recognize the designation as a reference to a sedentary [[Hindu]] Merchant caste or conglomeration of castes of Sindh engaged in Indo Central Asian commerce.<ref name="Global Indian Diasporas Page 41">Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory By Gijsbert Oonk Published by Amsterdam University Press, 2008 Page 41 ISBN 90-5356-035-1, ISBN 978-90-5356-035-8</ref>}} |
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{{Cquote|While the subject certainly merits further investigation, it seems reasonable to suggest that the Lohani underwent a process of bifurcation since the eighth century Arab conquests. That is to say over the centuries some of the Lohani in Sindh settled, adopted a commercial economy and maintained a version of their ancestral religion, while others continued their pastoral economy and eventually became associated with Islam <ref name="Global Indian Diasporas Page 41"/>}} |
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==See also== |
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*[[Povindah]] |
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*[[Niazi]] |
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*[[Lohana]] |
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*[[Lone]] |
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*[[Kuchi]] |
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*[[Pathans of Gujarat]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Batani Pashtun tribes]] |
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Revision as of 20:55, 1 April 2014
Lohani are Hindu Bharmin, basically are from Uttarakhand (INDIA). There are seven village where Lohani peoples are found.
Maximum lohani's are founds in Bageshawer Zila.