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

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.

Kabul → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
Iranian peoples → hasPart → Pashtuns ⓘ
Anglo-Afghan Wars → involves → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashtun tribes
Bannu → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banuchi Pashtuns
Bannu → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wazir Pashtuns
Charsadda → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashtun
Kandahar → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
KPK → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pishin → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
Quetta → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
Zhob → majorEthnicGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashtun
Pashtuns → majorTribalConfederation → Pashtuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghilzai
Hamid Karzai → memberOf → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Popalzai tribe
Rohilkhand → namedAfter → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rohilla Afghans
this entity surface form: Pashtun people
Aimaqs → neighboringGroup → Pashtuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashtun people
this entity surface form: Pashtun people
Pakhto → spokenBy → Pashtuns ⓘ