Dhund (tribe)

The Dhund Abbasi is a Pahari-Pothwari speaking tribe found in India and Pakistan.

Dhund
Religions Islam
LanguagesPunjabi
CountryPakistan
RegionPunjab
EthnicityPahari
LineageBanu Hashem from Quraish

In Pakistan, its members are found in parts of Murree and Potohar regions of northern Punjab, Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in the Pakistani-controlled territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. They are notable for rising up against East India Company, an event later known as Murree rebellion of 1857.

In India, the tribe is found in the Indian-controlled union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In the Kashmir Valley, they are particularly found in the Nowshehra area of Rajouri district of Jammu division and in the Uri and Faqirbagh Chandusa areas of Baramulla district. In Jammu division, the tribe is found in the Poonch and Rajouri districts of the Pir Panjal Region.

The tribe speaks the Pahari dialect of Pahari-Potwari as well as Pashto and Hazarewal Hindko. The tribe considers Akbar Gahi Khan, also known as Zarab Khan Abbassi, as its forefather. The tribe gets its name Dhund from the honorary title given to Shah Wali Khan (also known as Dhund Khan) by the Iraqi Sufi scholar, Bahauddin Zakariya.

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