The tribe later engulfed the pashtoons, converts Muslims and converts Christians from Buddhist of Ghor Afghanistan named Ghuraid after the battles conquered by Muhammad of Ghor's courtier referred to him as the "Sultan-i-Ghazi" (sultan of the holy warriors) and portrayed his Indian expeditions as a battle between the army of Islam and the army of infidels.
The city of Meerut, in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has been said to be the earliest settlement of the Ghuraids or Ghauri/Ghori in North India, and the Ghauris have been settled there for at least eight hundred years with other pathan tribes in the district include the Kakar, Bangash, Tareen and Afridi.
[2] In Lahore, a historic cultural center of wider Punjab region, Ghauris settled within the confines of Mochi Gate, which itself is marred form of Urdu word “Morchi” meaning “Trench Soldier” different streets (Mohallahs) still bear their old names like Mohalla Teer-garan (arrow craftsmen), Mohalla Kaman-garan (bow craftsmen) etc.
Today Ghauris are a widely spread community of people not only in Turky Iran and Afghanistan but also present day Pakistan and India.
Thus spread over a vast geographical area and riven by socio-economic, political, tribal and linguistic differences, nevertheless sharing a unique sense of common identity.