Pashtuns

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Iranian peoples ethnic group

Pashtuns are an Iranian ethnic group native to Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, known for their Pashto language, tribal structure, and code of conduct called Pashtunwali.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pashtun	25
Pashtun people	3
Pathans	2
Rohilla Afghans	2
Abdali (Durrani) Pashtuns	1
Banuchi Pashtuns	1
Durrani Pashtuns	1
Ghilzai	1
Pakhtuns	1
Pashtun tribes	1
Popalzai tribe	1
Tareen Pashtuns	1
Wazir Pashtuns	1
Yousafzai Pashtuns	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian peoples ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName	Pashtuns ⓘ surface form: Pakhtuns Pashtuns ⓘ surface form: Pathans
borderRegion	Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ surface form: Durand Line
countryWithLargePopulation	Afghanistan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
culturalTrait	honor-based values ⓘ hospitality ⓘ tribal loyalty ⓘ
ethnonym	Pashtuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pashtun
historicalRole	dominant ethnic group in Afghan politics ⓘ founders of the Durrani Empire ⓘ
language	Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto
languageFamily	Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
majorityReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
majorTribalConfederation	Durrani Empire ⓘ surface form: Durrani Pashtuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ghilzai Karlani ⓘ
nativeTo	Afghanistan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
populationStatusInAfghanistan	largest ethnic group in Afghanistan ⓘ
populationStatusInPakistan	second-largest ethnic group in Pakistan ⓘ
primaryRegions	Eastern Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: eastern Afghanistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ surface form: northwestern Pakistan Southern Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: southern Afghanistan
region	Central Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
religion	Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
significantDiaspora	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
socialStructure	patrilineal clans ⓘ tribal society ⓘ
traditionalCode	Pashtunwali ⓘ
traditionalDance	Attan ⓘ
traditionalDress	shalwar kameez ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalLaw	customary law ⓘ
traditionalMusic	Pashto folk music ⓘ
writingSystemForLanguage	Arabic script ⓘ Pashto alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pashtuns → alternativeName → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pakhtuns

Pashtuns → alternativeName → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pathans

Kandahar → associatedTribe → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Durrani Pashtuns

Third Battle of Panipat → belligerent → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rohilla Afghans

Southern Afghanistan → culturalHeartlandOf → Pashtuns ⓘ

Durrani Empire → dominantTribalConfederation → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abdali (Durrani) Pashtuns

Wanetsi → ethnicAssociation → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Wanetsi → ethnicAssociation → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tareen Pashtuns

Hizb-i Islami Khalis → ethnicBase → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Sur Empire → ethnicComposition → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Afghanistan → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Ashraf Ghani → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Babrak Karmal → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Hamid Karzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Hazara → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Hazara Division → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Hotak dynasty → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Jalaluddin Haqqani → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Mahmud Shah Durrani → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Malakand Division → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Malala Yousafzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Mohammad Najibullah → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Shuja Shah Durrani → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Toor Pekai Yousafzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Torkham → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Zaman Shah Durrani → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Ziauddin Yousafzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Durrani Empire → ethnicGroupInPower → Pashtuns ⓘ

Afghan → ethnicGroupIncludes → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Mardan → ethnicGroupMajority → Pashtuns ⓘ

Potohar Plateau → ethnicGroups → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pathans

Afghanistan–Pakistan border → ethnicGroupsAlongBorder → Pashtuns ⓘ

Emirate of Afghanistan → ethnicMajority → Pashtuns ⓘ

Afghan American → ethnicSubgroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Ahmad Shah Durrani → ethnicity → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Bahlul Lodi → ethnicity → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → ethnicity → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Timur Shah Durrani → ethnicity → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Pashtuns → ethnonym → Pashtuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Swabi → hasDemographicsGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Chitral District → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Kohat → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Kohat Division → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Swabi → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yousafzai Pashtuns

Western Afghanistan → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Eastern Afghanistan → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ