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| name = Tanoli
| ethnicity = [[Hazarewal]]
| language = [[Hindko]]
| religion = [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|20px]] [[Islam]]
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| location = [[Hazara region|Hazara]], Pakistan
| branches = Hindwal Tappa, Palwal Tappa
}}
The '''Tanoli''' ([[Hindko language|Hindko]]: تناؤلی; {{langx|ur|تنولی}}) is a [[Hindkowans|Hindko-speaking]] [[Hazarewal]] tribe from the [[Hazara region|Hazara]] region of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NFTbAAAAMAAJ&q=tanoli+hindko |title= Proceedings of the PASSP Seminar on Kalabagh Dam: Technical options and their impact |page=211 |date=1994 |author= Pakistan Association of Scientists and Scientific Professions |publisher=Pakistan Association of Scientists and Scientific Professions |isbn= 9787503218637 }}</ref><ref name="Soldier Sahibs">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6mLH_rImHYC&pg=PT96 |title=Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier |first=Charles |last=Allen |publisher=Hachette |year=2012 |page=96|isbn=9781848547209 }}</ref>


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They have two major divisions, namely Palwal (پل آل) and Hindwal (ہند آل).<ref name=":2" />
{{short description|Hindko Turkic tribe}}
The '''Tanoli''' ([[Hindko language|Hindko]]/{{lang-ur|تنولی ,تناولی ,تنولي}}) are a tribe living mostly in the [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]] area of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan.<ref>Hazara Gazetteer</ref><ref name="Soldier Sahibs">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6mLH_rImHYC&pg=PT96 |title=Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier |first=Charles |last=Allen |publisher=Hachette |year=2012 |page=96}}</ref> They form the majority of the population of [[Lassan Nawab]] union council.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoowAAAAYAAJ&q=Tanoli |title=Initiating Devolution for Service Delivery in Pakistan: Ignoring the Power Structure |first1=Shahrukh Rafi |last1=Khan |first2=Foqia Sadiq |last2=Khan |first3=Aasim Sajjad |last3=Akhtar |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2007 |page=129}}</ref> The Tanoli describe themselves as [[Barlas]] Turks.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Herald (Pakistan), 2006|page=101 |quote=The Tanolis' own history classifies them conflictingly as either Pakhtuns from the vicinity of [[Ghazni]] or Turks of the Barlas sub-clan. |volume=37 |issue=4–6 |year=2006 |magazine=[[Herald (Pakistan)|Herald]]}}</ref> The Tanoli never submitted to the British colonial rule in the 1840s.<ref name="Soldier Sahibs" /> They have two major divisions, namely Palaal (پل آل) and Hindaal (ہند آل).<ref>Hazara Gazetteer, 1907</ref> Majority of the Tanolis today speak [[Hindko language]].


As per a Genetic Analysis of tribes residing in [[Buner]] and [[Swabi]], through Dental Morphology and DNA Analysis, the most prevalent Y chromosomal haplogroup among the Tanoli is R1b1, with very small contribution of R1a1, a genetic characteristic unlike Ghilzai [[Pashtuns]]. LM20 and other South Asian lines are also present as well but to a little extent.<ref name="Genetic Analysis">{{Cite thesis |last=Tariq |first=Muhammad |title=Genetic Analysis of the Major Tribes of Buner and Swabi Areas through Dental Morphology and DNA Analysis |date=2017 |degree=Ph. D. |publisher=Hazara University, Mansehra |url=http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/9941/1/Muhammad%20Tariq_Genetics_2017_HU_Mansehra_Main%20part.pdf}}</ref>
== History ==
The exact origins of the Tanoli is uncertain, and whatever is known depends on folk history. According to one theory, the tribe was driven out of its original homeland across the [[Indus]] by the [[Yusufzai|Yousafzai Pashtuns]] arriving from [[Afghanistan]], with the Tanoli later settling in Hazara.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Amb |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Indica |publisher=New Delhi: Anmol Publications |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_Indica_Princely_states_in/wfUvAQAAIAAJ?hl=en |last=Shashi |first=Shyam Singh |date=1996 |author-link=Shyam Singh Shashi |volume=167: Princely states in colonial India-I |pages=47-49 |language=en |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |quote=}}</ref> According to another tradition both the Tanoli clan and the [[Janjua|Janjua clan]] of [[Pothohar Plateau|Pothohar]] descend from one Raja Mal through his two sons, Raja Tanoli (also known as Raja Tanawali) and Raja Jodh, respectively. Raja Tanoli was succeeded by his son Amir Khan Tanoli, whose two sons Hind Khan and Pal Khan became the ancestors of the two Tanoli subtribes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Amb |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh |publisher= |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_Indica_Princely_states_in/wfUvAQAAIAAJ?hl=en |last=Shashi |first=Shyam Singh |date=1996 |author-link=Shyam Singh Shashi |volume=167: Princely states in colonial India-I |pages=47–51 |language=en |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |quote=The more prominent theory is of Janjua descent, which actually cites historic references unlike the Pashtun theory. The first mention of Tanolis entering the North-West Frontier Province history is from the early 13th century when a Janjua conqueror Raja Mal Khan aided his sons conquest into different regions of Northern India. One of his sons, Raja Tanoli (also spelt Tanawali) conquered the region of what is today Hazara. Raja Tanoli was succeeded by his son Amir Khan Tanoli. Amir Khan Tanoli was succeeded by his two sons, Hind Khan and Pal Khan. They are also both the apical ancestor of the Hindwal Tanolis and the Palwal Tanolis.}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Khan |first=Dr. Hussain |date=1993 |title=Janju'as in Hazara |url=http://journals.uop.edu.pk/papers/AP_v8_185to187.pdf |journal=Ancient Pakistan |publisher=Peshawar: [[University of Peshawar|Department of Archaeology, University of Peshawar]] |volume=8 |pages=185-187 |issn=2708-4590}}</ref> According to the anthropologist [[Shyam Singh Shashi|S. S. Shashi]] there is historical evidence for this tradition.<ref name=":0" /> The historian Dr. Hussain Khan also expresses similar views, noting that [[Darband, Mansehra|Darband]], the historical capital of the Tanoli, was inhabited by the Janjua during the reign of Mughal emperor [[Akbar]]. According to ''[[Ain-i-Akbari]]'' the Janjua chief of Darband was to maintain a [[cavalry]] of 20 and an [[infantry]] of 500.<ref name=":1" /> According to Khan, the Tanawal tract gained its named from Raja Tanawali, and his descendants came to be known after him.<ref name=":1" /> He also rejects the claims of [[Mughal people|Mughal]] decent of Tanoli tribe.<ref name=":1" /> Shashi further notes that the names of Tanoli subtribes, ''Hindwal'' and ''Palwal'', do not follow the usual Pashtun conventions of naming, which end in -[[Khel (clan)|khel]] or ''-''[[Zai (suffix)|zai]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Amb |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Indica |publisher=New Delhi: Anmol Publications |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_Indica_Princely_states_in/wfUvAQAAIAAJ?hl=en |last=Shashi |first=Shyam Singh |date=1996 |author-link=Shyam Singh Shashi |volume=167: Princely states in colonial India-I |pages=47-49 |language=en |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |quote=Tanoli clan names do not all follow the Pashtun style, such as end with khel or zai... Hindwal Tanolis and the Palwal Tanolis. These are two most prominent and recognised branches of the Tanoli.}}</ref>


==Notable Tanoli people==
The first mention of Tanoli tribe in its present region dates to 13th century.<ref name=":0" /> Tanawal was invaded by the Yousafzai during the Mughal period, and later became a part of Kashmir during the [[Durrani Empire|Durrani rule]].<ref name=":1" /> The Tanoli chief [[Mir Painda Khan]] lost much of his lands to the [[Sikh Empire]] but his son [[Mir Jehandad Khan]] recovered them through the favour of Maharaja [[Gulab Singh]] and the British government. During the British colonial period the Tanawal tract consisted of the two [[Princely state|princely states]] of [[Amb (princely state)|Amb]] and [[Phulra]], which acceded to Pakistan after 1947.<ref name=":1" />
*[[Mir Jehandad Khan|Mir Jehandad Khan Tanoli]], was a tribal chief of the Tanoli people
 
The Tanoli never submitted to the [[British Empire|British colonial rule in the 1840s]].<ref name="Soldier Sahibs22">{{cite book |last=Allen |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6mLH_rImHYC&pg=PT96 |title=Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier |publisher=Hachette |year=2012 |isbn=9781848547209 |page=96}}</ref> They form the majority of the population of [[Lassan Nawab]] union council.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Shahrukh Rafi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoowAAAAYAAJ&q=Tanoli |title=Initiating Devolution for Service Delivery in Pakistan: Ignoring the Power Structure |last2=Khan |first2=Foqia Sadiq |last3=Akhtar |first3=Aasim Sajjad |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-19-547221-9 |page=129}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
* [[Suba Khan Tanoli]], Tanoli chieftain who fought on Afghan side in the [[Third Battle of Panipat]]
*[[Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin|Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin Tanoli]], Pakistani politician
*[[Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin|Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin Tanoli]], Pakistani politician
*[[Sanjay Khan]], Indian film actor, producer, director
*[[Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan]], Nawab of Amb
*[[Akbar Khan (director)|Akbar Khan]], Indian film actor, screenwriter, producer and director
*[[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]], former Indian actor, film editor, producer and director
*[[Fardeen Khan]], former Indian film actor
*[[Zayed Khan]], Indian actor and producer
 
==See also==
*[[Amb (princely state)]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
[[Category:Social groups of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Pakistan]]
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Tanoli
EthnicityHazarewal
LocationHazara, Pakistan
BranchesHindwal Tappa, Palwal Tappa
LanguageHindko
Religion Islam

The Tanoli (Hindko: تناؤلی; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a Hindko-speaking Hazarewal tribe from the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1][2]

They have two major divisions, namely Palwal (پل آل) and Hindwal (ہند آل).[3]

History[edit | edit source]

The exact origins of the Tanoli is uncertain, and whatever is known depends on folk history. According to one theory, the tribe was driven out of its original homeland across the Indus by the Yousafzai Pashtuns arriving from Afghanistan, with the Tanoli later settling in Hazara.[4] According to another tradition both the Tanoli clan and the Janjua clan of Pothohar descend from one Raja Mal through his two sons, Raja Tanoli (also known as Raja Tanawali) and Raja Jodh, respectively. Raja Tanoli was succeeded by his son Amir Khan Tanoli, whose two sons Hind Khan and Pal Khan became the ancestors of the two Tanoli subtribes.[5][6] According to the anthropologist S. S. Shashi there is historical evidence for this tradition.[5] The historian Dr. Hussain Khan also expresses similar views, noting that Darband, the historical capital of the Tanoli, was inhabited by the Janjua during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar. According to Ain-i-Akbari the Janjua chief of Darband was to maintain a cavalry of 20 and an infantry of 500.[6] According to Khan, the Tanawal tract gained its named from Raja Tanawali, and his descendants came to be known after him.[6] He also rejects the claims of Mughal decent of Tanoli tribe.[6] Shashi further notes that the names of Tanoli subtribes, Hindwal and Palwal, do not follow the usual Pashtun conventions of naming, which end in -khel or -zai.[3]

The first mention of Tanoli tribe in its present region dates to 13th century.[5] Tanawal was invaded by the Yousafzai during the Mughal period, and later became a part of Kashmir during the Durrani rule.[6] The Tanoli chief Mir Painda Khan lost much of his lands to the Sikh Empire but his son Mir Jehandad Khan recovered them through the favour of Maharaja Gulab Singh and the British government. During the British colonial period the Tanawal tract consisted of the two princely states of Amb and Phulra, which acceded to Pakistan after 1947.[6]

The Tanoli never submitted to the British colonial rule in the 1840s.[7] They form the majority of the population of Lassan Nawab union council.[8]

Notable people[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Pakistan Association of Scientists and Scientific Professions (1994). Proceedings of the PASSP Seminar on Kalabagh Dam: Technical options and their impact. Pakistan Association of Scientists and Scientific Professions. p. 211. ISBN 9787503218637.
  2. Allen, Charles (2012). Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier. Hachette. p. 96. ISBN 9781848547209.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shashi, Shyam Singh (1996). "Amb". Encyclopaedia Indica. Vol. 167: Princely states in colonial India-I. New Delhi: Anmol Publications. pp. 47–49. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7. Tanoli clan names do not all follow the Pashtun style, such as end with khel or zai... Hindwal Tanolis and the Palwal Tanolis. These are two most prominent and recognised branches of the Tanoli.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. Shashi, Shyam Singh (1996). "Amb". Encyclopaedia Indica. Vol. 167: Princely states in colonial India-I. New Delhi: Anmol Publications. pp. 47–49. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Shashi, Shyam Singh (1996). "Amb". Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Vol. 167: Princely states in colonial India-I. pp. 47–51. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7. The more prominent theory is of Janjua descent, which actually cites historic references unlike the Pashtun theory. The first mention of Tanolis entering the North-West Frontier Province history is from the early 13th century when a Janjua conqueror Raja Mal Khan aided his sons conquest into different regions of Northern India. One of his sons, Raja Tanoli (also spelt Tanawali) conquered the region of what is today Hazara. Raja Tanoli was succeeded by his son Amir Khan Tanoli. Amir Khan Tanoli was succeeded by his two sons, Hind Khan and Pal Khan. They are also both the apical ancestor of the Hindwal Tanolis and the Palwal Tanolis.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Khan, Dr. Hussain (1993). "Janju'as in Hazara" (PDF). Ancient Pakistan. 8. Peshawar: Department of Archaeology, University of Peshawar: 185–187. ISSN 2708-4590.
  7. Allen, Charles (2012). Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier. Hachette. p. 96. ISBN 9781848547209.
  8. Khan, Shahrukh Rafi; Khan, Foqia Sadiq; Akhtar, Aasim Sajjad (2007). Initiating Devolution for Service Delivery in Pakistan: Ignoring the Power Structure. Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-19-547221-9.