Tareen (Urdu: ترین) is a Pashtun tribe living in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Tareen are settled in Pishin, Harnai, Dukhi, and Gulistan districts in Balochistan and the Hazara Division of the 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 Sultan Mohammad Ghori's army and showed great bravery. The Tareens of Hazara Division migrated from Kandahar in the 17th century CE under the leadership of Sher Khan Tareen.
Amongst these great personalities were Najeebullah Khan Tareen, Sa'adat Khan of Swat, Zaka Khan, also known as 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.
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 Tareen tribe in Balochistan is Pashto. The famous khels and subsections of the Tareen tribe are Taur, Speen, Abdaal, Taranzai, Mangalzai, Bedalzai and Ferozzai. Mashwanis, Swatis, Tanoli and Jadoons are the closest Pashtun tribes to Tareen in the region of Hazara division.
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