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Awan ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a tribe living predominantly in the northern, central, and western parts of
* Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan – Former Nawab of Kalabagh, Chief of the Awan tribe and Governor of West Pakistan from 1960 to 1966.
* Nur Khan, Air Marshal Nur Khan – Commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70, and recipient of the Hilal-i-Jurat, the second-highest military award of Pakistan.
* Mir Sultan Khan – A chess master also believed by some to be the greatest natural chess player of modern times.
* Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi – Urdu poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist, short story author, recipient of the Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third-highest civil award of Pakistan.
* Sultan Bahu – A Sufi mysticism, mystic, poet, scholar and founder of Sufism, mystic tradition known as Sarwari Qadiri.
* Khadim Hussain Rizvi – A Pakistani Islamic scholar and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
* Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan – Islamic scholar and Sheikh#Sufi term, spiritual leader of the Sufism, mystic tradition known as Naqshbandia Owaisiah.
*Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi – Islamic scholar, Faqīh, jurist and Hadith studies, muhaddith.
*Dilip Kumar – An actor in Hindi cinema.
*Babar Awan - Pakistani politician and lawyer
Pakistani Punjab
Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...
, with significant numbers also present in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
, Azad Kashmir, and to a lesser extent in Sindh and Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
.
History
Jamal J. Elias notes that the Awans believe themselves to be ofArab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
origin, descended from Ali ibn Abu Talib and that the claim of Arab descent gives them "high status in the Indian Muslim environment".
Christophe Jaffrelot says:
People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the Pakistani Army and a notable martial tradition. They were listed as an "agricultural tribe" by the British Raj in 1925, a term that was then synonymous with classification as a "martial race".
Notable people
* Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan – Former Nawab of Kalabagh, Chief of the Awan tribe and Governor of West Pakistan from 1960 to 1966.
* Nur Khan, Air Marshal Nur Khan – Commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70, and recipient of the Hilal-i-Jurat, the second-highest military award of Pakistan.
* Mir Sultan Khan – A chess master also believed by some to be the greatest natural chess player of modern times.
* Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi – Urdu poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist, short story author, recipient of the Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third-highest civil award of Pakistan.
* Sultan Bahu – A Sufi mysticism, mystic, poet, scholar and founder of Sufism, mystic tradition known as Sarwari Qadiri.
* Khadim Hussain Rizvi – A Pakistani Islamic scholar and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
* Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan – Islamic scholar and Sheikh#Sufi term, spiritual leader of the Sufism, mystic tradition known as Naqshbandia Owaisiah.
*Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi – Islamic scholar, Faqīh, jurist and Hadith studies, muhaddith.
*Dilip Kumar – An actor in Hindi cinema.
*Babar Awan - Pakistani politician and lawyer
See also
*Tribes and clans of the Pothohar Plateau *Ahmed Gul Khel *Awan PattiReferences
Further reading
* {{Castes and Tribes of the Punjab Punjabi tribes, * Social groups of Pakistan