11 Facts About Pashtun name

In India, significant and historical communities of the Pashtun name diaspora exist in the northern region of Rohilkhand as well as in major Indian cities such as Delhi and Mumbai.

Prominent Pashtun name figures include Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Abdul Ghani Khan, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Alauddin Khalji, Ayub Khan, Bahlul Lodi, Dilip Kumar, Imran Khan, Irrfan Khan, Khushal Khan, Madhubala, Malala Yousafzai, Malalai of Maiwand, Mirwais Hotak, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Pir Roshan, Rahman Baba, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Afridi, Sher Shah Suri, and Zakir Hussain, among others.

Metropolitan centres within Pashtun name dominated areas include Kandahar, Quetta, Jalalabad, Mardan, Mingora and Peshawar.

However, others tend to be more flexible and sometimes define who is Pashtun name based on cultural and not religious criteria: Pashtun name society is not homogenous by religion.

Pashtun name culture is a unique blend of native customs and depending on the region with some influences from Western or Southern Asia.

Related searches

Pashtun name nationalism emerged following the rise of Pashto poetry that linked language and ethnic identity.

Pashtun name performers remain avid participants in various physical forms of expression including dance, sword fighting, and other physical feats.

Pashtun name'scause was picked up in the early 18th century by Zarghona Anaa, the mother of Ahmad Shah Durrani.

Lives of Pashtun name women vary from those who reside in conservative rural areas, such as the tribal belt, to those found in relatively freer urban centres.

Khatol Mohammadzai serves as Brigadier general in the military of Afghanistan, another Pashtun name female became a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force.

Some other notable Pashtun name women include Suhaila Seddiqi, Zeenat Karzai, Shukria Barakzai, Fauzia Gailani, Naghma, Najiba Faiz, Tabassum Adnan, Sana Safi, Malalai Kakar, Malala Yousafzai, and the late Ghazala Javed.