Tareen
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Tareen (Pashto: ترین) is a prominent Pashtun tribe residing in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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[edit] Tareen History
Tareen is an important tribe of Pashtuns. They played a very important role in Sultan Muhammad Ghori's army and showed great bravery. The Tareen tribes of Hazara Division migrated from Kandahar in the 17th century CE under the leadership of Sher Khan Tareen.
Ahmed Shah Abdali on his conquest of India deputed powerful tribal chiefs with conquered areas. In Hazara region, amongst these deputed chiefs were Najeebullah Khan Tareen, Sa'adat Khan Swati of Garhi Habibullah, Mir Zabardast Khan Tanoli (also known as Suba Khan Tanoli), and some others. Tareens have some history with other Pashtun tribes of Hazara Division, uniting against Sikhs in the Sikh reign. People like Muhammad Khan Tareen and Bostan Khan Tareen are heroes for their staunch resistance against the Sikh empire, now reverred as heroes of Hazara history.
[edit] Tareen Residence
[The base of Tareen tribe is in Pishin near Quetta in Baluchistan province of Pakistan. This area was formerly a part of Afghanistan but was ceded to the British after the Second Afghan War. Some families migrated to Haripur in Hazara in the present North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Tareens are also settled in Quetta,Pishin, Harnai, Dukki (Only the Spin Tareen branch of the tribe), and Gulistan districts in Balochistan and Hazara, North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. They are also present in sizeable proportions in the areas near Kandahar in Afghanistan. A provincial capital in central Afghanistan is also named "Tareen Kot" (Meaning castle of the Tareens). The Tareens have a sizeable presence in Multan since the times of Ahmad Shah Durrani. One Abdul Karim Khan Tareen migrated from Multan to Istanbul (Then capital of erstwhile Ottoman Turkey) in mid-nineteenth century and his descendents are living in Turkey but they do not use the Sirname "Tareen", instead they use the name "Bey". Detailed History of Tareens is available in Sir Olaf Caroe's book "The Pathans", Dewan Hakam Chand (Extra Assisatnt Commissioner)'s book "Tawareekh Multan" (Histories of Multan) Published 1878 AD (One volume available in the Multan Public Library, Bagh Langhe Khan, Multan), and the "Imperial Gazetteer of Quetta and Pishin Districts" (Published in late nineteeth century by the Government of Baluchistan at Peshawar).
[edit] Subsections and Branches of The Tareen Tribe
The famous Khels and subsections of the Tareen tribe are Taur, Speen, Abdaal, Taranzai, Mangalzai, Bedalzai and Ferozzai. Mashwanis, Swatis, and Jadoons are the closest Pashtun tribes to Tareen in the region of Hazara division, and in Multan too. They are also living in the district Pishin, Mastung, Gulistan, and in Chawtair (district Ziarat).
Ayub Khan, former President of Pakistan was also a Tareen and belonged to Haripur, Hazara. His son Gohar Ayub Khanhas been elected five times to the National Assembly from his home constituency, and grandsons Yusuf Ayub Khan and Omar Ayub Khan are among the prominent politicians of Pakistan.
The Hazara Tareens have also produced prominent civilians such as Abdur Rehman Khan (1901 - 1997), former ambassador of Pakistan, decorated for his bravery during the 1965 war with India, and respected for his services to Pakistan in the International Arena. His son, Jehangir Khan, currently Senior Joint Secretary in the Government of Pakistan, is also one of the prominent people of the Hazara Area.
Jahangir Khan Tareen, an individual from Multan, became Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives in 2004.
[edit] Languages
Principal language of Tareens is Pashto while formerly Persian was used as the language for records and correspondence. Tombstones up to late nineteenth century are in Persian. Those who have setteld away from Pishin speak local languages, such as Multani or Sraiki in Multan, Hindko in Hazara, Urdu in Bhopal and Sindhi in Sind.
