The Khogyani (Khugyani, Khogiani,Khugiani,Khakwani) (Persian: خاکوانی) tribe is a Pashtun tribe of the Karlani or "Hill Tribes" branch. The tribe originated from the Khogyani District along the Koh-i-Safed mountain range in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. The branches of this tribe are also found in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab province of Pakistan.
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The tribe is divided into three sub-tribes: the Kharbon, the Wazir, and the Shirzad tribe.[1] The Khogianis have a long history of conflict with the neighboring Shinwari and Ghilzai tribes.[2]
The Khogyani tended to support the Hizb-e Islami Khalis, as Yunus Khalis was a Khogyani. Whereas the Shinwari tribe tended to support Hizb-i Islami Gulbuddin, headed by Hekmatyar Gulbuddin. The Khogyanis played a prominent role in the revolt that overthrew King Amanullah in 1928.[3] [4]
Khogyani tribe living in Pakistan is known as Khakwani Pathans, the first branch of the family to appear in multan was that of Malik Shah Pal who with his brothers accompanied Mughal Emperor Humayun to regain his father throne in Delhi. The present family of Multan are the descendants of Hazrat Chopan Khan Khogyani who was a Sufi Saint and his shrine is located in Ghazni. His descendant Khudadad Khan Khogyani migrated from Ghazni, he was from Chopanzai clan, he settled near the area of Multan in central Pakistan. His descendants influenced the region with the help of various Afghan kings. When Multan was the province of Afghanistan, Nawab Ali Mohammad Khan was the Nawab Of Multan. He built the famous Mosque Ali Mohammad Khan and constructed the Wali Muhammad Canal. Khakwani's continued to live with substantial holdings of agricultural land in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. They are still collectively one of the largest landowners in Pakistan.