The Tanoli (
Hindko
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/ ur, تنولی ,تناولی ,تنولي) are a tribe living mostly in the
Hazara
Hazara may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* The Hazaras, a Persian-speaking people of Afghanistan and Pakistan
* Aimaq Hazara, Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin
* Hazarawals, a Hindko-speaking people of the Hazara region of northern Pakistan
* Hazar ...
area of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
They form the majority of the population of
Lassan Nawab
Lassan Nawab (لساں نواب) is a town situated in a long and narrow valley about 32 kilometers from Mansehra city. Lassan Nawab town is also a union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Khy ...
union council. The Tanoli describe themselves as
Barlas
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Turks. The Tanoli never submitted to the British colonial rule in the 1840s.
They have two major divisions, namely Palaal (پل آل) and Hindaal (ہند آل).
[Hazara Gazetteer, 1907] Majority of the Tanolis today speak
Hindko language.
As per a Genetic Analysis of tribes residing in
Buner and
Swabi
Swabi ( ps, صوابۍ; ur, ) is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan,[Pashtuns
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. LM20 and other South Asian lines are also present as well but to a little extent.
Notable Tanoli people
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Mir Jehandad Khan Tanoli, was a tribal chief of the Tanoli people
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Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin Tanoli, Pakistani politician
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Sanjay Khan, Indian film actor, producer, director
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Akbar Khan, Indian film actor, screenwriter, producer and director
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Feroz Khan Feroz Khan or Feroze Khan may refer to:
* Feroz Khan (actor) (1939–2009), Indian actor and film director
* Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970), Pakistani politician and 8th Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Feroze Khan (born 1990), Pakistani VJ, television ...
, former Indian actor, film editor, producer and director
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Fardeen Khan, former Indian film actor
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Zayed Khan, Indian actor and producer
See also
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Amb (princely state)
Amb or Kingdom of Amb also Feudal Tanawal (Urdu/Persian: ''ریاست امب,'' romanized: ''Riyasat-e-Amb'') was a princely state in the present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. It was a monarchy ruled by the Tanolis, a tribe of the ...
References
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Social groups of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ethnic groups in Pakistan