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 Durrani Empire
To the east, the Waziris and their close relatives, the Mahsuds, had lived in the hills of the central Suleiman Range since the fourteenth century.
By the end of the sixteenth century and the final Turkish-Mongol invasions, tribes such as the Shinwaris, Yusufzais, and Mohmands had moved from the upper Kabul River valley into the valleys and plains west, north, and northeast of Peshawar.
The Afridis had long been established in the hills and mountain ranges south of the Khyber Pass.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/d/du/durrani_empire.html   (1701 words)

  
 History of Pashtuns, Pakhtoons, Pukhtuns, Pukhtoons, Pakhtuns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Regarding the large number of tribes living on both sides of Pak-Afghan border such as Shinwaris, Mohmands, Mahsuds, Khattaks, Afridis, Orakzais, Achakzais, Bannuchis, Waziris, Bangash, Yusufzais, etc., some trace their origin to Aryans, others to Greeks who had come with Alexander, some to the Jews and still others to the Caucasians.
The Khattak tribe of the well known warrior-poet Khushal Khan Khattak is also one of the well known tribes of Peshawar and Kohat border.
There are other smaller tribe such as Shinwaris, Mullagoris, Shilmanis, Safis, Zaimukht, Muqbil, Mangal, Zadran, Para Chamkani, Kharoti, Jadoon and Daur etc.
pakhtun.com /AboutPashtuns/PakhtunsDetail.htm   (6994 words)

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