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The Tanoli is a tribe of the Tanawal valley region in the Hazara. The Tanolis are Pashtun origin and descent from Ghilzai tribe of Bettani Confederation of Pashtuns and the Tanoli tribe are the descendants of Hazrat Yusuf (as).The Most members of the Tanoli tribe reside in District of Pakistan i.e Mansehra, Haripur, Abbottabad, Battagram and Kohistan districts. A branch of the Tanoli tribe also resides in Kashmir, mainly in Muzaffarabad and Srinagar. Tanolis also inhabit the cities of Quetta and Karachi. They dominate the Tanawal-Sherwan belt. They also living in Swabi , Mardan , Swat and Peshawar. In Afghanistan, the Tanoli primarily live in the eastern provinces of Paktia, Gardez, and Ghazni..The word Tanawal is derived from Dara Tanol Of Afghanistan.The Tanoli participated in the frontier wars with the British and in Charles Allen's analysis of those wars were described as "extremely hostile" and "brave and hardy and accounted for the best swordsmen in Hazara."
Name of Tanoli Tribe
The Name of Tanoli tribe was derived from Darra e Tanal of Afghanistan from there Tanoli word comes and this tribe known as Tanoli.
The Reference of the Book
• Taarikh e Tanolian written by syed murad ali shah
• Al Afghan Tanoli written by Haji Ghulam Nabi khan
• Tanoli Taarikh e Aaina written by M.Ismail Khan kokalvi
• Tarikh e Tanawal written by Fida Hussain Khan
• Tarikh Tanol written by Farid khan
• Marshals of Tanawal written by HabibuRehman khan
• Mehfil e Tanolian written by Sardar khan
Language of Tanoli Tribe
In most of the Hazara region, the principal language of the Tanolis is Hindko. The Tanolis living in other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Afghanistan speak Pashto, whereas many living in other parts of Pakistan have adopted Urdu and other languages.
Origion
The Tanolis originally lived in Dara Tanal, in the Ghazni region of Afghanistan. In the 10th century, the Tanolis joined the army of the Ghaznavid Emperor Sabuktigin and traveled with them to Hindustan. After the conquests, the Tanolis settled in Swat and Buner, formed their own state and appointed Anwar Khan Tanoli as their first head. But later they came into conflict with the other Afghan tribes who had newly migrated eastward into the region, most notably the Yusufzai. The Tanolis were defeated under their leader "Khan Ameer Khan Tanoli" at a battle in Topi. When the Tanolis were ousted, they migrated further eastwards and crossed the Indus River under the command of Mawlawi Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, and succeeded to defeat the Turks settled on the eastern bank of the Indus River, capturing the territory and named this area to their tribe i.e "Tanawal".
Tanolis/TanoKhels and Ahmad Shah Abdali
In 1752, the Tanolis allied with the Afghan Emperor Ahmad Shah Abdali and took part in military conquests, including the Battle of Panipat in 1761, under their chief Zabardast Khan Tanoli who was given the title of "Suba Khan” by Ahmad Shah Baba for his bravery. In the 18th and early 19th century, two of the main Tanoli clans, the Hindwal Khel and the Pallal Khel, fell into a feud and had a bitter struggle between them. The Hindwal khel clan gradually began to gain ascendancy, and Painda Khan of the Hindwal khel clan successfully united all Tanolis into one entity, which eventually became the princely states of Amb and Phulra. The Amb State lasted until 1969, with its primary capital at Darband, and summer capital at Shergarh. The construction of the Tarbela Dam reservoir in the early 1970s submerged Darband, a capital of the former state of Amb, underwater.
Branches of Tanoli/TanoKhel tribe
Sher Khani
Baiga khel/baigal khel
Tappa Pallal
Tappa Hindwal
Thakriyal Khel
Bhojal khel/Pojhal Khel
Argnal khel
The Hindwal Tappa and Pallal Tappa are the major divisions of the tribe.
++ Tappa Hindwal
Sariyal khel
Bohal khel
Jalwal khel
Jamal khel
Peerwal Khel
Ladhyal Khel
Qasmal Khel
Gajiyal Khel
Abdwaal Khel
Bariyal Khel
Khagral Khel
Sharkiyal Khel
Dwriyal Khel
Dwrizal Khel
Chariyal Khel
Haibat Khan
Nawab Khel
mast Khan Khel
++ Tappa Pallal
Badhial Khel
Saidal Khel
Tajwal khel
Rajwal khel
peelal Khel
Basial Khel
Jokhal Khel
Panial Khel
Juhdaal Khel
Dafral Khel---> (labial,majeetal,marjal,Kargwal,peejwal,Habibal Bahadurkhani,sahibkhani,and soobakhani etc)
Benkaryal khel/Benkar Khel---> (pakhral,satiyal,laswal,mulla khel,fawjdaar etc)
Matiyal Khel---> ( Noorkal,Gujjeal,misrial,Adiyal,Madlial,Hamzal,Khaidwal,Brali khel etc)
Misunderstandings About Tanoli Tribe
The Tanoli nation has no historical or kinship with the Abbasi nation. The ancestry of these two nations is different. Many Abbasi brothers claim that the Tanoli people belong to the Abbasi family. In the genealogy of the Abbasi people, they have written a name "Tanoli Khan" and they claim that the Tanoli area and the people living outside the area Tanoli is the offspring of this "Tanoli Khan" which is completely wrong. All the historical books written on our nation, which have been compiled by people belonging to the Tanoli people themselves, have been denied by all the authors of this claim of the Abbasi brothers. The name "Tanoli Khan" is not mentioned anywhere in the genealogy of the Tanoli nation. In the same way, the names of many great men in our nation have passed away like Mughal Khan, Baloch Khan and Turk Khan. its not possible .
And those few Tanoli brothers who are very few in number and are calling themselves Abbasi while being Tanoli due to their lack of knowledge, please do it and write Abbasi by erasing your nation "Tanoli" in the treasury. Because Tanoli Alhamdulillah are ethnic people and this act is not of ethnic people who change their caste.
Alhamdulillah Tanoli Afghans are a Pakhtun tribe and descendants of Hazrat Yusuf (as).
At the same time, it is a bitter truth for those who are not Tanoli people but have become Tanoli only because they live in Tanol area. Not everyone living in the Tanol area is Tanoli. Tanoli is a tribe and a family is a blood and a race. Apart from the Tanoli tribe, other tribes are also settled, including Sulaimani, Dalzak, Travara, Sohlan, Shadwal, Maliar, Ghakhar, Kharal, Jarl, Abbasi and Qasbdar tribes. These tribes are not Tanoli. "according to mehkma maal record these tribes are not tanoli".
The people of Shadwal belong to the Awans. They are not Tanoli
The Tanoli people make up 85% of the population in Tanol, but the other tribes that make up 15% of Tanoli include one Shadwal (Awan). Settled in different villages of Tanol area, this nation is quite old. Which is a branch of the tribe of Awan. 1872 Records of Lower Tanol, Abbottabad District and Haripur District show that when the Tanoli tribe acquired the present area by force from the Tanol Turks, the Shadwal Awan were still present in the area. But there was no battle of Tanoli with Shadwal. That is to say, the already settled Shidwals did not support the Turks against the Tanoli tribe, nor did they support the Tanoli against the Turks. As soon as the Tanoli people occupied this whole area, they pushed the Turks to rehabilitate the polytheistic areas of Tanoli. There was a population of Shadwal (Awan) so they were not move from thier villages Because in the old days most of the people of this tribe were associated with the profession of Imam of the mosque.[1]
Taarikh e Tanolian written by syed murad ali shah
• Al Afghan Tanoli written by Haji Ghulam Nabi khan
• Tanoli Taarikh e Aaina written by M.Ismail Khan kokalvi
• Tarikh e Tanawal written by Fida Hussain Khan
• Tarikh Tanol written by Farid khan
• Marshals of Tanawal written by HabibuRehman khan
• Mehfil e Tanolian written by Sardar khan Rohmye (talk) 05:42, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Day Creature (talk) 13:50, 23 December 2025 (UTC)