Pashtuns

E31432

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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All labels observed (33)

Label	Occurrences
Pashtuns canonical	125
Pashtun	93
Pashtun people	17
Pashtun tribes	7
Rohilla Afghans	7
Ghilji Pashtuns	4
Pathans	3
Rohilla Pathans	2
Abdali (Durrani) Pashtuns	1
Banuchi Pashtuns	1
Durrani Pashtuns	1
Eastern Pashtun	1
Eastern Pashtuns	1
Ghilzai	1
Ghilzai Afghans	1
Ishaqzai	1
Karlani Pashtuns	1
Pakhtuns	1
Pakistani Pashtuns	1
Pashtun Muslims	1
Pashtun communities	1
Pashtun community	1
Pashtun peoples	1
Pashtun tribal society	1
Popalzai tribe	1
Rohilla (Roh) Pashtun grouping	1
Sarabani Pashtuns	1
Swati Pashtuns	1
Tareen Pashtuns	1
Wardak tribe	1
Wazir Pashtuns	1
Yousafzai Pashtuns	1
پشتون‌ها	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 (283)

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

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

Malala Yousafzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Pashto language → primaryLanguageOfEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun people

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Afghanistan → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Durrani Empire → ethnicGroupInPower → Pashtuns ⓘ

Durrani Empire → dominantTribalConfederation → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abdali (Durrani) Pashtuns

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → ethnicity → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Aimaqs → neighboringGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Zhob → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Baloch people → relatedEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun people

Quetta → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Pashtuns → ethnonym → Pashtuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Pashtuns → alternativeName → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pakhtuns

Pashtuns → alternativeName → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pathans

Pashtuns → majorTribalConfederation → Pashtuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghilzai

Pishin → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Brahui people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun people

Ziauddin Yousafzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Toor Pekai Yousafzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Hamid Karzai → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Hamid Karzai → memberOf → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Popalzai tribe

Ashraf Ghani → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Potohar Plateau → ethnicGroups → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pathans

Rohilkhand → namedAfter → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rohilla Afghans

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Pashtuns ⓘ

Southern Afghanistan → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Southern Afghanistan → culturalHeartlandOf → Pashtuns ⓘ

Southern Afghanistan → politicalHeartlandOf → Pashtuns ⓘ

Nuristani people → relatedEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Western Afghanistan → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Pakhto → spokenBy → Pashtuns ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Afghan American → ethnicSubgroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Eastern Afghanistan → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Chitral District → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Wanetsi → ethnicAssociation → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Wanetsi → ethnicAssociation → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tareen Pashtuns

Torkham → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Anglo-Afghan Wars → involves → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun tribes

Kabul → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Kohat → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Hazara Division → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

Malakand Division → ethnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

KPK → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

KP → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ

subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Third Battle of Panipat → belligerent → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rohilla Afghans

Afghan → ethnicGroupIncludes → Pashtuns ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pashtun

Kohat Division → hasEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ