Pathans in Bihar: Difference between revisions

The Pathan proper of Bihar belong to eleven sub-groups ones being the [[Suri (Pashtun)|Suri]], [[Shirani (Pashtun tribe)|Sherwani]],  [[Yousafzai]], [[Bangash]], [[Afridi (Pashtun)|shamsu i]], [[Khattak]],[[ Bettani]], [[Lodi (Pashtun tribe)|Lodhi]], [[Tanoli]], [[Orakzai]] and Ghori, all of whom are well known [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] tribes. Most of them have intermarried into local Muslim communities and are undistinguishable from local population. But there's an exclusivist and superior sense of tribalism and Casteism in some erstwhile landowner families even though those are now involved in small farming. They now speak [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] as well as local dialects such as [[Awadhi]] and [[Bhojpuri]]. Like other communities in the region, the Pathan are endogamous, and tend to marry close kin. They practice both parallel cousin and cross cousin marriages. Those who live in the larger cities, such as [[Patna]], Darbhanga,East Champaran and West Champaran. Many villages of Yusufzai and Sherwani Pathans are found in Mithilanchal especially Darbhanga as well as Sitamarhi and near Brauni Refinery area. Many villages of  Koderma, Jharkhand especially Jainagar(Jainagar East, Kheskari etc.) and there nearby area Pathan or Khan are found.