History
The Jadoons originally lived on the western slopes of the Spin Ghar range, in the Nangarhar Province, Nangarhar region of Afghanistan. Later on, the Jadoons migrated eastwards, and allied with the Yusufzai 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 Babur. The Jadoons and the Yusufzai migrated further northeastwards into areas settled by the Dilazak tribe of the Afghans. They succeeded to defeat the Dilazaks at the battle of Katlang, and pushed them towards the Hazara, Pakistan, Hazara region east of the Indus River. The Jadoons eventually settled in Swabi District, Swabi at the western bank of the Indus River. But later, some of the Jadoons also settled on the eastern bank of the Indus River, in Abbottabad District, Abbottabad and Haripur District, Haripur.The British Raj period
In 1841 J. Forbes and John William Kaye said the following with reference to the Jadoons who lived in the tribal areas outside the limits of British India.Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for the British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia. Vol.XXXV-New Series, May–August, 1841People
*Iqbal Khan Jadoon, former Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa *Amanullah Khan Jadoon, former Federal Minister of PakistanSee also
* Nimat Allah al-Harawi Author of ''Tarikh-i-Khan Jahani Makhzan-i-Afghani'' (The History of the Afghans).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