The Jadoon (also Gadoon) (

Hindko Hindko (, romanized: , ) is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pun ...

/ ur, جدون; ps, جدون ,ګدون) is a

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

Afghan tribe in Pakistan, partly in Gadoon in

Swabi Swabi ( ps, صوابۍ; ur, ) is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan,Abbottabad Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth ...

and Haripur districts of

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province. Across the

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, some members of the tribe live in Nangarhar and Kunar in Afghanistan. The Jadoons speak

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in Swabi and Afghanistan and

in Abbottabad and Haripur. The Jadoons are subdivided into three clans: Salar, Mansoor and Hassanzai.Jadoon (also known as Gadoon)
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History

The Jadoons originally lived on the western slopes of the

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range, in the Nangarhar region of

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. Later on, the Jadoons migrated eastwards, and allied with the

Yusufzai The Yusufzai or Yousafzai ( ps, یوسفزی, ), also referred to as the Esapzai (, ) are one of the largest Pashtun tribes, tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to which they migrated to from Sulim ...

tribe of the Afghans, who had recently migrated to Peshawar after their expulsion from Kabul by Mirza Ulugh Beg, a paternal uncle of the Mughal Emperor

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. The Jadoons and the Yusufzai migrated further northeastwards into areas settled by the

Dilazak The Dilazak ( ps, دلزاک) is a Pashtun tribe, primarily living in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. History The Dilazak originally dwelled in eastern Afghanistan. They were among the earliest Pashtun tribes to have migrated to present-day northwestern Pakis ...

tribe of the Afghans. They succeeded to defeat the Dilazaks at the battle of Katlang, and pushed them towards the Hazara region east of the

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. The Jadoons eventually settled in

and Haripur.

The British Raj period

In 1841 J. Forbes and

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said the following with reference to the Jadoons who lived in the tribal areas outside the limits of

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.Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for the British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia. Vol.XXXV-New Series, May–August, 1841

People

Iqbal Khan Jadoon Iqbal Khan Jadoon (1931 - 1977) was a Pakistani politician from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. He was born in 1931 in Abbottabad and died in 1977. He was the 7th elected Chief Minister of the province from the 9 April 1977 to 5 Jul ...

, former Governor of

Amanullah Khan Jadoon Amanullah Khan Jadoon is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources from 2002 to 2007. Political career Amanullah Khan Jadoon was twice elected as an MPA, (Member of the Provincial Assembly) of Khy ...

, former Federal Minister of Pakistan

References

{{reflist * "Tazkara Sarfaroshan e Sarhad" by Muhammad Shafi Sabir. * "The Jadoons" by Sultan Khan Jadoon (2001). * Sir Olaf Caroe, his book "The Pathans". * "Afghan" by Muhammad Asif Fitrat Pashtun tribes Gharghashti Pashtun tribes Surnames Pakistani names

History

The British Raj period

People

See also

References