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The Tareen (or Tarin) (Template:Lang-ps) is a Pashtun tribe inhabiting parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.

History

Much of the tribe continues to live in their native lands in the southern parts of Pishin in Baluchistan, Pakistan. During the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628 to 1658) a group of Tarin emigrated to the area which is now the Hazara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Tareen Chiefs resisted the Sikh occupation of Hazara region which resulted in their properties/ land being usurped by Sikh armies.

Branches (Clans)

According to Ni'mat Allah al-Harawi in History of the Afghans, Tareen had three sons namely: Tor, Spin (Aspin or Speen) and Awdal/Born Tareen/Abdali. Their descendants today have adopted the names above as tribal identities and are known as Tor Tareen, Spin Tareen and Bor Tareen. These three major clans are further divided into smaller units. According too some scholars Tareens is also said to have another son named Zharh Tareen(also known as Zarkhel), who now live among brahvi community and have become extinct.

Languages

The principal languages of Tareen are Tareeno in Harnai District and Ziarat District and Pashto in other pashtun belt of Balochistan, some in kpk, and parts of Afghanistan, Urdu in India mostly, punjabi and saraiki in punjab, Hindko in hazara division Kpk, Dari in some parts of Afghanistan.

Location

Tareens primarily live in Pishin, Dukki, Loralai, Quetta, Mastung, and Harnai districts of Balochistan, while smaller populations are spread all over the province.

In Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, the tribe has 'Tareen Vand' in Mardan. In Haripur, a number of Tareen families claim to have settled there since 1600s, after migrating mainly from Pishin There are also few Tareens scattered in rest parts of Kpk.

In Afghanistan, they can be found in places like Kandahar, Oruzgan, Helmand, Farah, Zabul, Ghazni, Kabul, Kunduz, Herat, Nangarhar,Logar, and other provinces. In Oruzgan province there's a place named Tarinkot, capital city of Oruzgan province. The Tareens found in Afghanistan are of Bor Or Abdal Tareen(now known as Durranis) tribe, then comes Toor Tareens number, rest Tareens like Spin Tareen and Zharh Tareen can also be found in Afghanistan too lesser numbers.

Notable people of Tareen descent

• Sardar Najibullah Khan Tareen, ruler of Hazara region (1762-1799).
• Sardar Muhammad Khan Tareen, rebellious leader against Sikhs and British government and martyred (1799-1825).
• Sardar Ghulam Khan Tareen, fought against British at 1857 rebellion and Martyred by British at Allahabad (D.1857).
• Sardar Bostan Khan (d. 1825) freedom fighter.
• Risaldar Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin, CSI, cavalry officer .
• Abdul Latif Khan Tarin (1884-1916), IDSM, British-Indian Army officer, WWI.
• Risaldar Mir Dad Khan Tarin, retired cavalry officer and father of late Field Marshal Ayub Khan.
• Field Marshall Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan) (1907-1974) was a Tareen from Pishin(batezai) in Quetta District.
• Sardar Bahadur Khan (1908-1975) Pakistani politician (Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa)
• Gohar Ayub Khan (b. 1937) Pakistani ex-Army officer, politician and businessman.
• Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, (1877-1939) Magistrate during British times and MP latter.
• Abdus Salim Khan Tarin, (1907-1957) former Indian and later Pakistani civil servant and diplomat.
• Hayat ullah Khan Tareen Pakistani politician twice member of the Pakistani National Assembly.
• Jehangir Khan Tareen (b. 1953) Pakistani politician and businessman.
• Shaukat Tarin (b. 1953) Pakistani banker and politician.
• Habibullah Khan Tarin (b. 1947) Pakistani army officer and politician.
• Naseer Ahmed Khan Tareen (b. 1936) Pashtun tribal chieftain, social activist and philanthropist
• Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen (b. 1947) Vice-chancellor of B. S. Abdur Rahman University, former vice-chancellor of Pondicherry University.
• Haris Tarin (b. 1978) Afghan-American, director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, USA.
• Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan Tarin) (1919 - 2000) Indian Urdu poet and film lyricist.
• Nadeem Tarin Indian businessman, philanthropist and educationist settled in Saudi Arabia
• Muhammad Israr Tareen, politician and member of the Pakistani National Assembly.
• Yousuf Ayub Khan, former politician and a businessman.
• Omar Ayub Khan, politician and minister .
• Akbar Ayub Khan (b. 1971) Member of Parliament from Haripur district, NWFP, Pakistan.

References

1. Caroe O. The Pathans 550 B.C.- A.D. 1957 Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-577221-0. Page 521.
2. Muhammad Hyat Khan, "Hayat i Afghan" (Orig. in Persian 1865) trans. by Priestley H. B. "Afghanistan and its Inhabitants", 1874; Reprint Lahore: Sang i Meel Press, 1981
3. ^ "Panni 1969"
4. ^ Hazara District Gazetteer 1883 and 1907.
5. Rawalpindi Gazetteer 1890.
6. Dorn B. History of the Afghans: translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah Third edition p42.
7. Elphinstone, II. p. 162.
8. PCO 200, p. 7. sfn error: no target: CITEREFPCO200 (help)
9. "Tazkira by Roshan Khan"

• Social groups of Pakistan
• Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
• Pashtun tribes
• Sarbani Pashtun tribes
• Pakistani names