Zamand () is a village in

Joghatai Rural District Joghatai Rural District () is in the Central District of Joghatai County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Abu Chenari. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's p ...

, in the Central District of

Joghatai County Joghatai County () is in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Joghatai. History After the 2006 National Census, Joghatai District was separated from Sabzevar County Sabzevar County () is in Razavi Khorasan p ...

, Razavi Khorasan Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,310, in 320 families. Zamand is a Sarbani Pashtun/Afghan tribe living in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistani KPK Province. It lives amongst

Muhammadzai Mohammadzai (), also spelled Moḥammadzay (meaning "descendants of Mohammad"), is a Pashtun sub-tribe or clan of the Barakzai which is part of the Durrani confederacy of tribes. They are primarily centered on Kandahar, Kabul and Ghazni in Afgh ...

Charsadda Chārsadda (; ; ; ) is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.Kheshgi The Kheshgi or Khaishgi (Pashto: خیشکی) is a prominent Sarbani Pashtun tribe and Imperial dynasty in South Asia, mainly in India and Pakistan. Origins The Kheshgi are believed to be descendants of the Kheshig, the Mongol imperial guards w ...

Naikzai and

Tokhi Tokhi (Pashto; توخئ) is a Ghilji tribe found in Afghanistan. Tokhi are one of the largest branches of the Ghilji confederation. The mythical patriarch of the Ghilji confederacy is Madhnai Nika (مړنئ نيکه) who had three sons ranche ...

. The large number of settlements of Pashtuns in

Khorasan KhorasanDabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 (; , ) is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West and Central Asia that encompasses western and no ...

, or North-Western Iran originate from the reign of the

Hotak Dynasty The Hotak dynasty ( ) was an Afghan monarchy founded by Ghilji Pashtuns that briefly ruled portions of Iran and Afghanistan during the 1720s. It was established in April 1709 by Mirwais Hotak, who led a successful rebellion against the declining ...

which once ruled Persia.

References

Populated places in Joghatai County {{Joghatai-geo-stub