brahmins in Pashtun Tribes.

[Aham Brahmasmi]

As far as I know many turkish, Iranic and even dardic and Potoharis were assimilated into pashtun ethnicity after taking over of KPK in medival period. My question is are there any brahmin tribe in pashtun race ? Some guy told me that turis were ancient brahmins who were assimilated into pashtun fold.

[salman47]

There are some families of converted Hindus in Pakhtunkhwa who are called "Shaikhs" out of respect, some of them might be from background of Brahmans. According to Bannu district Gazetteer 1883 (which also included bmy area Lakki) , there were around 30,000 Hindus in Bannu, the majority of whom were Aroras, the rest being Khatris and Brahmans.

Turis themselves claimed Turkish origin but many have nowadays started claiming Karlanri Pashtun roots.....the celebrated 17th century poet Khushal Khan Khattak call them Karlanires........as early as 1250 AD, they were identified as Afghans and Muslims (Tarikh-i-nama-Herat mentioned one of the Afghan chieftain of Afghanistan to be Ahmad Turi)

Just being curious, do they speak proper Pashto? Or the kharian type Pashto?

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

Generally speaking, it seems when Pashtuns overtook Hindu populations, the Hindus were hamsaya and paid tribute to the Pashtuns.

[Charsi Malang]

Hindus of Bannu? All of them migrated to India in 1947 so i have no idea what was their Pashto. The Hindus in these regions , noted for their wealth, were mostly confined to cities and towns and had roots from Punjab.

You do still get a few in some cities, as you do get a few Christians as well. There's one we know in Kohat in our area. I've only met him a couple of times but by God what an annoying man he is. He only speaks Urdu/Hindi- he can speak Pashto but doesn't for some reason.

[salman47]

Hindus of Bannu? All of them migrated to India in 1947 so i have no idea what was their Pashto. The Hindus in these regions , noted for their wealth, were mostly confined to cities and towns and had roots from Punjab.

Ahh, I though you said something like they assimilated amongst us.

[Elite Pakhtun]

Before the arrival of Islam?

Well depends on your definition of Hindu. If you mean the polytheistic religion which was coined as "Hinduism" in 18th century, from which the modern definition is derived, then for sure there were "Brahmins".

If you mean the original definition i.e. people East of the Indus river, then very few/none (because its West of the Indus river).

Doubtful that many pashtuns are able to trace their ancestry as far back as pre-Islamic caste... but anything is possible.

[Aham Brahmasmi]

no guys, i am talking about those Brahmins and kshatriyas who used to live in Afghanistan even before Iranics conquered it.

fore-example, Panini was a Brahmin who used to live in Afghanistan. what happened to his Tribe after Pashtun Race Developed ?

[Aham Brahmasmi]

Ahh, I though you said something like they assimilated amongst us.

yes, did they Assimilated among pashtuns ?or fled to Hindu Regions ?

all Hindnkos are Kshatriyas, none is Brahmin.