Tareen Explained

The Tareen (or Tarin) (Pushto; Pashto: ترین) is a Pashtun tribe inhabiting southern Afghanistan, and western region of Pakistan.^{[1] [2]}

History

Much of the tribe continues to live in their native lands in the southern parts of Afghanistan and Pishin in Baluchistan, Pakistan.^[3] During the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628 to 1658) a group of Tareen/Tarin emigrated to the area which is now the Hazara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^{[3] [4]} The Tareen Chiefs resisted the Sikh occupation of Hazara region which resulted in their properties/ land being usurped by Sikh armies.^{[4] [5]}

Branches (Clans)

According to Ni'mat Allah al-Harawi in History of the Afghans, Tareen had three sons namely: Tor, Spin (Aspin or Speen) and Awdal/Born Tareen/Abdali. Their descendants today have adopted the names above as tribal identities and are known as Tor Tareen, Spin Tareen and Bor Tareen. These three major clans are further divided into smaller units.^{[6] [7]}

Languages

See main article: Wanetsi. The principal languages of Tareen are Tareeno and Pashto and Urdu Punjabi in Pakistan.

Location

Tareens primarily live in Pishin,^[8] Dukki, Loralai, Quetta, Mastung, and Harnai districts of Balochistan, while smaller populations are spread all over the province.

In Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, the tribe has 'Tareen Vand' in Mardan.^[9] In Haripur, a number of Tareen families claim to have settled there since 1600s, after migrating mainly from Pishin and Kandahar.

Notable people of Tareen descent

• Ahmad Khan Abdali Tareen (1747–1772 AD) 1st Emir of the Durrani Empire.
• Ghazi Haji Zabardast Khan Batezai Tareen (1761 AD) freedom fighter.
• Sardar Muhammad Khan Batezai Tareen Shaheed freedom fighter.
• Sardar Bostan Khan Batezai Tareen Shaheed (d. 1825) freedom fighter.
• Sardar Ghulam Khan Batezai Tareen Shaheed (d. 1857) freedom fighter.
• Ghazi Faiz Muhammad Hekalzai Tareen freedom fighter.
• Risaldar Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin, CSI, cavalry officer .
• Abdul Latif Khan Tarin (1884-1916), IDSM, British-Indian Army officer, WWI.
• Risaldar Mir Dad Khan Tarin, retired cavalry officer and father of late Field Marshal Ayub Khan.
• Field Marshall Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan) (1907-1974) was a Tareen ancestrally from Pishin (Batezai) in Quetta District.
• Sardar Bahadur Khan (1908-1975) Pakistani politician (Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa)
• Gohar Ayub Khan (b. 1937) Pakistani ex-Army officer, politician and businessman.
• Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, (1877-1939) Magistrate during British times and MP latter.
• Abdus Salim Khan Tarin, (1907-1957) former Indian and later Pakistani civil servant and diplomat.
• Jehangir Khan Tareen (b. 1953) Pakistani politician and businessman.
• Shaukat Tarin (b. 1953) Pakistani banker and politician.
• Habibullah Khan Tarin (b. 1947) Pakistani army officer and politician.
• Naseer Ahmed Khan Tareen (b. 1936) Pashtun tribal chieftain, social activist and philanthropist
• Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen (b. 1947) Vice-chancellor of B. S. Abdur Rahman University, former vice-chancellor of Pondicherry University.
• Haris Tarin (b. 1978) Afghan-American, director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, USA.
• Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan Tarin) (1919 - 2000) Indian Urdu poet and film lyricist.
• Nadeem Tarin Indian businessman, philanthropist and educationist settled in Saudi Arabia
• Muhammad Israr Tareen, politician and member of the Pakistani National Assembly.
• Yousuf Ayub Khan, former politician and a businessman.
• Omar Ayub Khan, politician and minister .
• Akbar Ayub Khan (b. 1971) Member of Parliament from Haripur district, NWFP, Pakistan.

Notes and References

1. Caroe O. The Pathans 550 B.C.- A.D. 1957 Oxford University Press . Page 521.
2. Muhammad Hyat Khan, "Hayat i Afghan" (Orig. in Persian 1865) trans. by Priestley H. B. "Afghanistan and its Inhabitants", 1874; Reprint Lahore: Sang i Meel Press, 1981
3. "Panni 1969"
4. Hazara District Gazetteer 1883 and 1907.
5. Rawalpindi Gazetteer 1890.
6. Dorn B. History of the Afghans: translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah Third edition p42.
7. Elphinstone, II. p. 162.
8. Book: 1998 District census report of Pishin. Islamabad. Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. Census publication . 113. 2000. . 7.
9. "Tazkira by Roshan Khan"