History of Pashtun tribal settlements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

[farhan_9909]

Your relative toke 23andme test? Can you upload his raw data to gedmatch.com for admixture results? I doubt we have any awan results, it will be interesting. There is Malik in this list but we are not sure who he is because Malik is generic surname.

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23andme or any other similar test is available in Pakistan?any idea about the cost?

 

[Pakistani E]

Syed Abdullah Qutb Shah Awn ibn Ya‘lā, was a medieval sufi. He probably came to South Asia in the fifth century A.H. (about the eleventh century according to western era) by order of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani He was supposedly a descendant ofHasan Ibn Ali and a relative of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani and one of his spiritual successors. He was probably born in 1028 in Baghdad. Qutb Shah Qadiri was an appointed a Qutb (spiritual pole) by Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani and sent as a missionary to South Asia in 1068 AD. Due to the efforts of Sufis like him, many of the local tribes converted to the Islam most prominent being the Qutb Shahi Awans.[1] Many of his descendants who lived in Egypt and nearby lands departed for Turkistan and Iran due to persecution at the hands of Hujjaj bin Yusuf. As time went by, they resettled in places such as Bukhara and Hamadan in Turkistan, and Baghdad in Iraq. Some migrated to Khurasan and others to Herat in the mountainous regions of present-day Afghanistan.

He is not to be confused with the fictional Mir Qutb Shah who was supposed to have been a ruler of Herat, in Afghnaistan, and who is claimed to have later shifted to the areas now comprising Pakistani Punjab

Yes I am aware of this esteem gentleman aswell. The name of Ya'la is also actually mentioned in the supposed family tree of the Qutb shahi awans. I have a feeling that he may have settled here and gave the name of "Awan" to the locals who converted to Islam. It's just one of the many angles I am pursuing at the moment.

It's most likely the case that the vast majority of Awans are indigenius to Pakistan but who were converted by this saint. The timeline of his supposed migration to the sub continent, the names of his family and his direct involvement with "Awans" does indeed point to the case of him being the origional source of this whole legend.

 

[Kabira]

23andme or any other similar test is available in Pakistan?any idea about the cost?

Cost is $99+shipping depending on country but they don't ship to Pakistan. For someone in Pakistan he/she will have to ask some relative living in west to bring back 23andme kit to Pakistan and after that ship them back to 23andme.

 

[farhan_9909]

Cost is $99+shipping depending on country but they don't ship to Pakistan. For someone in Pakistan he/she will have to ask some relative living in west to bring back 23andme kit to Pakistan and after that ship them back to 23andme.

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[Kabira]

It was not 23andme, I am not sure which company it was. All I saw was a single sheet with the haplogroup details. This is why I am planning on doing one from 23andme in a few months time. I will make sure I enter my details on gedmatch.

Company doesn't matter if he want to upload on gedmatch.com. IMO you will get better idea about awans after gedmatch.com results. It takes few minutes if you have access to his raw file which can be downloaded from company website.

 

[Pakistani E]

Company doesn't matter if he want to upload on gedmatch.com. IMO you will get better idea about awans after gedmatch.com results. It takes few minutes if you have access to his raw file which can be downloaded from company website.

That's the problem. I don't have access to it. It's precisly the reason why I am looking forward to doing my own. Just need to divert some funds around for it.

 

[LadyAleena]

I'm of yusufzai and barakzai lineage. Are the barakzai from the khashi tribes ?

 

[Samandri]

I'm of yusufzai and barakzai lineage. Are the barakzai from the khashi tribes ?

Barakzais (sub-tribe of Abdali/Durrani) are not Khashis but they are Sarabani like Yousafzais.