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The Mohmand (Pashto: مومند) or Momand is a prominent tribe of Pashtun people belonging to the Ghoryakhel tribe of Sarbani Branch.1
Distribution
They are based primarily in the Mohmand territory, which is located in Nangarhar, Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency, in Pakistan. Momonds are in every province of Afghanistan, their areas of presence include Nangarhar, Ghazni, Kandahar, Kunar, Logar and Kunduz. Mohmands are In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan, they predominantly reside in the Mohmand Agency (formerly part of the Tribal Areas), with others later settle area in Charsadda, Mardan and Peshawar District.
Momands are living southside in Peshawar called (Koz Momand) in Pashto mean Lower Momand. as every historian or writer mentioned in their book, that these two Momand are the same Momand and same Shajarah Nasab, or Family Tree. Peshawar Momands has so many villages, from Badaber, Mashokhel, Hassankhel, Masrizai, Bazidkhel, etc 23Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The Momands had many battles with the British Empire in multiple wars, including taking part in the 1897 Frontier Revolt, alongside other rebellions across Pashtunistan, for Afghan Independence in the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War and they also fought independently in the 1935 Mohmand Campaign.4 Additionally, the Mohmand people resisted other invaders of Afghanistan, such as during the Soviet–Afghan War as well as the American War in Afghanistan including against Pakistan Security Forces.5
In May 2018, Mohmand tribal elders condemned the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and expressed support for the creation of a separate province, Qabailistan.6
Notables
- Rahman Baba Abdur Rahmān Mohmand (1632–1706) (Pashto: عبدالرحمان بابا), or Rahmān Bābā (Pashto: رحمان بابا), was a renowned Pashtun Sufi Dervish and poet.
- Abdul Hamid Baba Abdul Hamid Mohmand ( –1732) (Pashto: عبدالحميد ماشو گگر), or Abdul Hamid (Pashto: عبدالحميد ), was a Pashtun poet and a Sufi figure.
- Aimal Khan Mohmand, Afghan warrior ruler who fought in the Afghan-Mughal Wars of the 17th Century against Emperor Aurangzeb
- Qalandar Momand, Pashto scholar, poet, critic, short story writer, journalist, linguist, lexicographer and academic.
- Mohammad Gul Khan Momand, Afghan Army Officer during the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War
- Abdul Ahad Momand, the first Afghan and the fourth Muslim to reach outer space.7
- Rustam Shah Mohmand, former Chief Secretary of N.W.F.P, Diplomat, commissioner for Afghan Refugees and ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan
- Jamshaid Khan Mohmand, Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Imran Khan Mohmand, former ANP and later independent candidate in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, martyred in a suicide blast in Shergarh
- Zain Khan Sirhindi (Mohmand), made Governor (Subahdar) of Sirhind province, India by Ahmad Shah Durrani (Abdali).
References
References
- "Mohmand tribe". Khyber.org website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- Nisar, S., & Raza S S (2022). Borders Divide: Fencing the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border and the Question of Political Identity of Mohmand tribe. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VII (II), 25-30 University of Peshawar
- The Program for Culture & Conflict Studies Mohmand tribe Naval Postgraduate School
- Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. pp. 395–397, 461. ISBN 9781789140101.
- Amnesty International (2010) ‘As if Hell fell on me’ Crisis in North West Pakistan
- Mohmand, Mureeb (29 May 2018). "Aftermath: Mohmand tribe opposes Fata, K-P merger". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- Jenny Norton (23 March 2014). "Afghanistan's first spaceman returns home (as part of Soviet space program - Soyuz Mir crew)". BBC News website. Retrieved 19 December 2022.