Khogyani (Pashtun tribe)

The Khugyani, Khogyani or Khogiani

Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, near the city of Jalalabad and the Kōh-i-Safēd

Formerly, the tribe name Khakwani was widely used. It's still current in the Indian subcontinent.

Background

The Khogyani tribal root is the Karlāṇī Pashtuns. In the folklore origin of the Karlāṇī tribal confederacy, of which the Khogyani form a part, Karlāṇī (

Pashto: کرلاڼي),the Karlāṇī branch of the Pashtuns descend.^{[citation needed}

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The Khogyani tribe itself consists of five clans: Mohsin Zai, Daulat Zai, Maroof Zai, Saib Zai and Chopan Zai.^[citation needed]

A mountain people, Khogianis were often embroiled in wars against the

Ghilzai tribes. The Karlāṇī tribes in general have a reputation amongst other Pashtun tribes as especially skilled fighters. The Karlāṇī themselves maintain that they have never been subjugated by a foreign power and that they continue to live their lives by unchanged, age-old tradition.^{[citation needed}

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Emergence in the subcontinent

The ancestors of this tribe came to the

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Following Malik Shahpal, came Khudadad Khan from

Rahimyar Khan, and Layyah districts of Pakistan

. They are still a wealthy and influential family, and the single largest landowners of their region.

During Pashtun rule

Multan during the

Bahawalpur state. Multan remained under the Khogyani for a long period of time.^[specify] It is believed that the Khogyani gave refuge to Ahmad Shāh Durrānī's mother.^[why?] Ahmad Shāh Durrānī was born in Multan.^[when?] Later, the Khogyani paid taxes to the central government in Kabul and remained the Nawabs for an extended period of time.^[vague

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