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The '''Tareen''' (or '''Tarin''') ({{langx|ps|ترین}}) is a [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] tribe inhabiting southern [[Afghanistan]], and western region of [[Pakistan]].<ref name = "Caroe 1957">Caroe O. ''The Pathans 550 B.C.- A.D. 1957'' Oxford University Press {{ISBN|978-0-19-577221-0}}. Page 521.</ref><ref name="Hyat Khan 1865">Muhammad Hyat Khan, "Hayat i Afghan" (Orig. in Persian 1865) trans. by Priestley H. B. "Afghanistan and its Inhabitants", 1874; Reprint Lahore: Sang i Meel Press, 1981</ref>

==History==

The '''Tareens''' are an important tribe of [[Pashtuns]]. Tareens are settled in Pishin, Harnai, Dukhi, and Gulistan in Balochistan, and the Hazara Division of the [[North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan|North-West Frontier Province]] of [[Pakistan]]. They are also present in sizeable proportions in the areas near [[Kandahar]] in [[Afghanistan]]. They played a very important role in Mohammad Ghori's army and showed great bravery. The Tareens of Hazara Division migrated from [[Kandahar]] in the [[17th century]] [[Anno Domini|AD]] under the leadership of Sher Khan Tareen. After the attacks led by Ahmed Shah Abdali of [[Kabul, Afghanistan|Kabul]], Durranis had a firm grip over this region. Later on Abdali also conquered [[Kashmir]].

Much of the tribe continues to live in their native lands in the southern parts of [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pishin District|Pishin]] in [[Baluchistan]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Panni 1969">"Panni 1969"</ref> During the reign of the [[Mughal emperors|Mughal]] emperor [[Shah Jahan]] (1628 to 1658) a group of Tareen/Tarin emigrated to the area which is now the [[Hazara region]] of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Panni 1969"/><ref name="Hazara">''Hazara District Gazetteer'' 1883 and 1907.</ref> The Tareen Chiefs resisted the [[Sikh]] occupation of Hazara region which resulted in their properties/ land being usurped by Sikh armies.<ref name="Hazara"/><ref>Rawalpindi Gazetteer 1890.</ref>

==Branches (Clans)==

Durranis were not interested in directly ruling this region because they knew there were already some prominent Pashtun tribes present, so they considered it wise to give control to popular local personalities. Amongst these great personalities were Najeebullah Khan Tareen, Sa'adat Khan Swati, Zaka Khan, a.k.a. Sooba Khan Tanoli, and some others. Tareens have some history with other Pashtun tribes of Hazara Division against [[Sikhs]] in the Sikh riegn. People like Mohammad Khan Tareen and Bostan Khan Tareen are heroes for the whole Pashtun tribe.

According to [[Ni'mat Allah al-Harawi]] in ''History of the Afghans'', Tareen had three sons namely: Tor, Spin (Aspin or Speen) and [[Durrani|Awdal/Born Tareen/Abdali]]. Their descendants today have adopted the names above as tribal identities and are known as Tor Tareen, Spin Tareen and Bor Tareen. These three major clans are further divided into smaller units.<ref name="Dorn">Dorn B. ''History of the Afghans: translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah'' Third edition p42.</ref><ref>Elphinstone, II. p. 162.{{full citation needed|date=January 2020}}</ref>

== Location ==

[[Haripur]] (located in North-West Frontier Province) is the main District of Tareen Tribe in the region. Mostly they speak Hindko in the Hazara division, but the spoken language of Tareens in Balochistan is [[Pashto]]. The famous khels and subsections of the Tareen tribe are Taur, Speen, Abdaal, Taranzai, Mangalzai, Bedalzai and Ferozzai. [[Mashwanis]] [[Swati]]s [[Tanoli]] and [[Jadoons]] are the closest Pashtun tribes to Tareens in the region of Hazara division.

Tareens historically belong to [[Pishin District|Pishin]] in northern Balochistan.<ref>{{Cite book| title = 1998 District census report of Pishin| ___location = Islamabad| publisher = Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan| series = Census publication | volume = 113| date = 2000| ref = {{harvid|PCO|2000}} |page=7}}</ref> Over time, a large segment of the tribe has settled in the [[Hazara region]] of northern Pakistan and modern day [[Multan Division]] of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nahyan |first=Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tribes_of_Pakistan/IICXDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Tribes of Pakistan |last2=Hussain |first2=Jamal |last3=Ghafoor |first3=Asad ul |date=2019-05-09 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-3439-1 |pages=81 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people of Tareen descent<!--Only Tarins/Tareens proper are listed here, not any of the Abdalis or other tribes descended from the Tarins/Tareens-->==

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*[[Battle of Mangal#:~:text=Mohammad Khan Tarain|Muhammad Khan Tarin]], tribal leader in Battle of Mangal.

*[[Bostan Khan#:~:text=Bostan Khan|Bostan Khan Tarin]], Nephew of [[Battle of Mangal#:~:text=Background and Battle|Muhammad Khan Tarin]], captured Sirikort Fort.

*[[Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin]], CSI, cavalry officer .

* [[:simple:Abdul Latif Khan Tarin|Abdul Latif Khan Tarin]], [[Indian Distinguished Service Medal|IDSM]], British-Indian Army officer, [[WWI]].

* [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)|Ayub Khan]], former [[President of Pakistan]]<ref name="Panni 1969" />

* [[Sardar Bahadur Khan]], Pakistani politician

* [[Gohar Ayub Khan]], Pakistani ex-[[Army officer]], politician and businessman.

* [[Abdul Majid Khan Tarin]], Magistrate during British times and MP latter.

* [[Abdus Salim Khan]], former Indian and later Pakistani civil servant and diplomat.

* [[Jehangir Khan Tareen]], Pakistani politician and businessman.

* [[Shaukat Tarin]], Pakistani banker and politician.

* [[Habibullah Khan Tarin]], Pakistani army officer and politician.

* [[Naseer Ahmed Khan Tareen]], Pashtun tribal chieftain, social activist and philanthropist

* [[Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen]], Vice-chancellor of [[B. S. Abdur Rahman University]], former vice-chancellor of Pondicherry University.

* [[Haris Tarin]], Afghan-American, director of the [[Muslim Public Affairs Council]], USA.

* [[Nadeem Tarin]], Indian businessman, philanthropist and educationist settled in [[Saudi Arabia]]

* [[Muhammad Israr Tareen]], politician and member of the Pakistani National Assembly.

* [[Yousuf Ayub Khan]], former politician and a businessman.

* [[Omar Ayub Khan]], politician and minister .

* [[Akbar Ayub Khan]], member of Parliament from Haripur district

* [[Mujahid Tareen]], former player of [[Pakistan national football team]]

==References==

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