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*[[Hazrat Abass]] Father of All [[Awans]] In Pakistan And India |
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* [[Sultan Bahu]] (Urdu: سُلطان باہُو{{lrm}}{{lrm}}; also spelled Bahoo; ca 1630–1691) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the Mughal empire mostly in the present-day Punjab province of Pakistan. |
* [[Sultan Bahu]] (Urdu: سُلطان باہُو{{lrm}}{{lrm}}; also spelled Bahoo; ca 1630–1691) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the Mughal empire mostly in the present-day Punjab province of Pakistan. |
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*[[Gazi Mumtaz Hussain Qadari ]] |
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* [[Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad]] – legal scholar of the [[Qur'an]], [[Hadith]], and the [[Hanafi school]] of [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref name=soonvalley>Sarwar, S., 2002, ''Wadi Soon Sakesar: The Soon Valley'', Al-Faisal Nashran, p.35, p.149, p.152, p.163, p.177.</ref> |
* [[Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad]] – legal scholar of the [[Qur'an]], [[Hadith]], and the [[Hanafi school]] of [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref name=soonvalley>Sarwar, S., 2002, ''Wadi Soon Sakesar: The Soon Valley'', Al-Faisal Nashran, p.35, p.149, p.152, p.163, p.177.</ref> |
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*[[Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan]] (Urdu: امیر محمد اکرم اعوان{{lrm}}, Amīr Muḥammad Akram A‘wān; born 31 December 1934 in Noorpur Sethi, British India – died 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Owaisiah order of Sufism. |
*[[Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan]] (Urdu: امیر محمد اکرم اعوان{{lrm}}, Amīr Muḥammad Akram A‘wān; born 31 December 1934 in Noorpur Sethi, British India – died 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Owaisiah order of Sufism. |
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Awan (Punjabi: ਅਵਾਨ, Urdu: اعوان) is a tribe living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Pakistani Punjab, Khushab District, Soon Valley, Chakwal District, Mianwali District, Attock District, Talagang Tehsil, Lawa with significant numbers also present in Khyber, Azad Kashmir, and to a lesser extent in Sindh and Balochistan.
History
People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the Pakistani Army[1] and have two Nishan-e-Haiders [need quotation to verify] and a notable martial tradition.[2]
Christophe Jaffrelot says:
The Awan deserve close attention, because of their historical importance and, above all, because they settled in the west, right up to the edge of Baluchi and Pashtun territory. [Tribal] Awan trace their origins back to Imam Ali through his son Al-Abbas ibn Ali. Historians describe them as valiant warriors and farmers who imposed their supremacy on their rivals the Janjuas and other Rajput and Jatts in part of the Salt Range and established large colonies all along the Indus to Sind, and a densely populated center not far from Lahore.[3]
On a rural level, Awans historically were of the zamindar or landowning class,[4] and many Awan families, to this day, live on and cultivate land which their ancestors have held for centuries. The tract of land running from Attock towards the Southern Salt Range has at various points in history been called the Awan-Kari, or the 'Abode of the Awans'. Awan tribesmen often carry titles typical to punjabi who own tracts of ancestral land[5] which may include the honorific Malik or Khan. State Kalabagh is being ruled by Nawabs of Awan Tribe which once spread from modern day Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Mianwali, Khushab District to Chakwal District
Notable people
Armed forces
- Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Awan NH, was a Pakistani soldier, who was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider, the highest military award of Pakistan, he was killed during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
- Major Muhammad Akram NH, was a military officer in the Pakistan Army who was awarded with the Nishan-e-Haider posthumously after the military confrontation in railway station in Hilli, East Pakistan.
- Air Marshal Nur Khan – Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965–69(nice), Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70, and recipient of the Hilal-i-Jurat.[6]
- Sher Shah Awan was a British Indian Army soldier who received the Victoria Cross which is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
- Lieutenant General Abdul Qayyum (Former chairman of Pakistan Ordnance Factories, and former chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills. Recipient of the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Pakistans second-highest civilian award, and the highest medal award that can be given to those who have attained the rank of Lieutenant General.
- Sattar Alvi SI(M) SJ, (Urdu: عبد ستار ىلوى) is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force, who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and served as a military advisor in the Syrian Air Force during the Yom Kippur War.
- Lieutenant General Akhtar Hussain Malik (died 22 August 1969) was a distinguished General, a war hero of Pakistan Army in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1965.
- Malik Munawar Khan Awan
- General Mohammad Iqbal Khan NI(m) SI(m) SBt, was a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from being appointed in 1980 until 1984.[7]
Politics
- Arif Alvi is a Pakistani politician serving as the 13th and President of Pakistan.
- Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan – late Chief of the Awan tribe – Governor of West Pakistan from 1960–66.[8]
- Malik Meraj Khalid (Urdu: ملک معراج خالد; 20 September 1915 – 13 June 2003), was a Pakistani left-wing statesman and Marxist philosopher who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan in an acting capacity from November 1996 until February 1997.
- Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan, is the former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and member of Majlis-e-Shoora from 2008 to 2013. He was one of the youngest members of the Cabinet of Pakistan.
- Sumaira Malik (Urdu: سمیرا ملک; born 19 December 1963) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to October 2013.
- Firdous Ashiq Awan (Punjabi, Urdu: فردوس عاشق اعوان, born 11 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. She is currently serving as a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Broadcasting.
- Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan (Urdu: ظہیر الدین بابر اعوان; born 27 January 1958; SI), is a Pakistani politician, lawyer, author, analyst, columnist, and leftist writer. He also served as a Federal Minister for parliamentary and also minister for law and justice.
- Imran Awan (born 1980) is a Pakistani-American information technology worker. From 2004 to 2017, he worked as a shared employee for Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Malik Ata Muhammad Khan popularly known as Prince Malik Ata was a feudal lord and former politician. Also known as "The Father of Tent pegging".[9]
- Muhammad Safdar Awan (born 19 January 1966) is a Pakistani politician and retired Pakistan Army officer who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2008 to May 2018.
- Ghulam Sarwar Khan (born 13 October 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Minister for Petroleum, in office since 20 August 2018.
Religion
- Sultan Bahu (Urdu: سُلطان باہُو; also spelled Bahoo; ca 1630–1691) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the Mughal empire mostly in the present-day Punjab province of Pakistan.
- Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad – legal scholar of the Qur'an, Hadith, and the Hanafi school of Islamic law.[10]
- Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (Urdu: امیر محمد اکرم اعوان, Amīr Muḥammad Akram A‘wān; born 31 December 1934 in Noorpur Sethi, British India – died 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Owaisiah order of Sufism.
- Khadim Hussain Rizvi is an Islamic scholar, a Hafiz-e-Quran and Sheikh-ul-Hadith, belonging to the Barelvi tradition as well as a political leader, being the founding chairman and chief of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
Cinema and television
- Dilip Kumar – Kumar was born as 'Yousuf Khan' to an Awan family on 11 December 1922, in Mohallah Khudadad, near Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar.[11]
- Zayn Malik (born 12 January 1993), known mononymously as Zayn, is a British-Pakistani singer and songwriter.[12]
- Asad Malik is a Pakistani actor, director, and producer.
- Imran Ashraf Awan (born 11 September 1989 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani actor and writer.
- Abrar Alvi was an Indian film writer, director, and actor.
- Nasir Khan was an Indian and Pakistan film actor. He has acted as the hero in Pakistan's first film Teri Yaad. He was the younger brother of the actor Dilip Kumar and is the father of actor Ayub Khan.
- Samina Awan (born 3 January 1985) is a British actress.
Academics & Writers
- Akil N. Awan is a British academic and the current RCUK Fellow in the 'Contemporary History of Faith, Power and Terror' and Lecturer in both International Terrorism and Contemporary Islam in the Department of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London.
- Wasif Ali Wasif was a teacher, writer, poet, and Sufi intellectual from Pakistan.
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, born Ahmad Shah Awan, was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist, and short story author.[13]
- Muhammad Huzair Awan (born: 5 June 2006) also known as Cyber Kid, is a Pakistani Information Technology (IT) prodigy and public speaker.
Sports
- Shoaib Malik is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team.
- Salim Malik was a former Pakistani cricketer & former captain who played for the Pakistan national cricket team.
- Sohail Tanvir is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team.
- Mohammad Akram is a British Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer. He is the current coach of Peshawar Zalmi.
- Dildar Awan was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1958-59 to 1972-73.
- Imran Awan (born 2 June 1979) is a Pakistani born American cricketer.[14]
See also
References
- ^ Jones, P.E., 2003, The Pakistan People's Party: Rise To Power, Oxford University Press, p.61.
- ^ , Ali, I., 2003, Punjab under Imperialism, 1885–1947, Oxford University Press, p.114.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2004). A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (Reprinted ed.). Anthem Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-84331-149-2.
- ^ Ahmed, S., 1977, Class and Power in a Punjabi Village, Monthly Review Press, p.p. 131-132.
- ^ Ahsan, A., 1996, The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan, Oxford University Press, p.88.
- ^ Khan, R., 1999, The American Papers: Secret and Confidential India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Documents, 1965–1973, Oxford University Press, p.265.
- ^ Top Story, et.all. (8 October 2013). "CJCSC office in Pakistan and the world over". The News International. Islamabad. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Feldman, H., 1972, From Crisis to Crisis: Pakistan 1962–1969, Oxford University MPress, p.57.
- ^ https://www.brecorder.com/2020/02/06/568397/tent-pegging-champion-prince-malik-ata-passes-away/
- ^ Sarwar, S., 2002, Wadi Soon Sakesar: The Soon Valley, Al-Faisal Nashran, p.35, p.149, p.152, p.163, p.177.
- ^ https://tribune.com.pk/story/805375/the-king-of-tragedy-dilip-kumars-92nd-birthday-celebrated-in-the-city/
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25430560
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5166788.stm
- ^ https://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25878.html