Awan (tribe)

The tribe claim Arab, particularly Alid, origin[3] through its primary ancestor Qutub Shah, who came to modern-day Pakistan with Mahmud of Ghazni.

[6] Christophe Jaffrelot says: The Awan deserve close attention, because of their historical importance and, above all, because they settled in the west, right up to the edge of Baluchi and Pashtun territory.

Historians describe them as valiant warriors and farmers who imposed their supremacy on the Janjua in part of the Salt Range and established large colonies all along the Indus to Sind, and a densely populated center not far from Lahore.

[7]People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the Pakistan Army[8] and a notable martial tradition.

In the study it was concluded that Awans fall in the same genetic cluster as the Arab tribe of Syeds because of their similarity.