Durrani Brahmins of Kashmir.

[Aham Brahmasmi]

So i have a Kashmiri brahmin Friend whos surname is Durrani. According to him they used to work under Durrani Kings so durrani mings gave them this title. after little reaserch i found out that his story s true. And both Hindu and Muslim Brahmins of Kashmir use Durrani Surname.

Kashmiri Brahmin Surnames – Ramani's blog

Can tmyou tell me what kind of work these brahmins used to do under Durrani kings ? And how you guys view these People (Muslims)? According to my friend some muslim durranis claim Kashmiri-Pathan/Bhatta-Pathan or Brahmin-Pathan title or heritage.

[MENTION=18842]Samandri[/MENTION] [MENTION=19566]Elite Pakhtun[/MENTION] do you guys have any idea ?

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Anyone ?

So according to his father, they ancestors worked with Durrani Afghans. Now they dont know if they were warriors or Nobles of the court.

[a.s.takhar]

Anyone ?

So according to his father, they ancestors worked with Durrani Afghans. Now they dont know if they were warriors or Nobles of the court.

dude, they were office clerks. Its just a nickname. no point in asking Pashtuns here, they havnt got a clue, and Brahmins are same as Indian Dalits to them.

[Aham Brahmasmi]

dude, they were office clerks. Its just a nickname. no point in asking Pashtuns here, they havnt got a clue, and Brahmins are same as Indian Dalits to them.

Some Hindus serving Rohillas in Rohilkhand also began to call themselves Rohillas. There was a book about Afghan rule in Kashmir, which i do not have with me right now, in which role of Hindus in the Durrani machinery is mentioned in detail. All the office work, clerical job, and the job of collecting taxes in Kashmir was done by Hindus in the service of Afghans.

oh i see... they were mere nobles of the Durranis, my friend claims that they were warriors who fought with durranis lol !

thank you or your valuable Input !

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on the note, we have one durrani Actor in bollywood.

Zain Khan Durrani.

[salman47]

To any normal Pashtun in the streets of Pashtunistan, he/she never heard of those so-called 'durranis'

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Fighting material of Pashtuns was in abundance, they did not need local Kashmiris (Hindus as well as Muslims) to fill their shoes.

Here is a Kashmiri Hindu calling himself a "Bamezai", which is a clan of Durrani/Abdali tribe

Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai

Identity cricis is strong in the case of Kashmiris lol.

Thank you for finding out this guy sor, your knoledge and Arality never fails in amusing me.

By the way what Bamezai means ? There is not Bamezai tribe in Avdali secton according to this map.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmSnR1NTQc3mhAoxGWhKcJEzyTbk1gYAgihR-CcRskF2P79S7L8eMWkrl2

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Identity cricis is strong in the case of Kashmiris lol.

Thank you for finding out this guy sor, your knoledge and Arality never fails in amusing me.

By the way what Bamezai means ? There is not Bamezai tribe in Avdali secton according to this map.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...P79S7L8eMWkrl2

All the Durranis (proper Afghan national Durranis) I have come across don't use Durrani as a surname. Instead they use the name of their subtribe or clan ie Barakzai, Saddozai, Popalzai, Ishaqzai, so on and so forth. I have come across on TV one or two Pakistani politicians (I think) who use Durrani as a surname. Of course, I don't believe they can speak a word of Pashto.