Miyanai (Pashto: ميانا, also Romanized as Mīýānāì) is a Pashtun tribe of Durrani clan having their origin from Mianishien Mountains in Kandahar, Afghanistan.[2][3]
Regions with significant populations | |
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Miyanishin District, Kandahar, Afghanistan | |
[1] | |
Languages | |
Pashto • Dari | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Durani |
Origin
editMianai is related to Qais Abdul Rasheed through his grandson whose name was also Mianai.[4]
References
edit- ^ Shah, Mehtab Ali (15 November 1997). The Foreign Policy of Pakistan: Ethnic Impacts on Diplomacy 1971-1994. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860641695 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Afghan forces collect 76 more bodies of rebels". 25 June 2005.
- ^ "'Many killed' in Afghan fighting". 3 June 2006 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "History of pakhtoon nation". Nur Banu AhmedZai. 13 April 2015.