Lohani
Lohani, also known as Nuhani, is a Pashtun sub-tribe beloning to the larger Lodi tribe.[1][2]
Nimat Allah al-Harawi in his Makhzan-i-Afghani provides the following geneaology for the Lohani.[3]
To Lodi, God Almighty gave three sons, Niazi, Siani and Dotani. To Siani, God Almighty gave two sons, Ismail and Prangi. Ismail had three sons, Sur, Lohani and Mahpal. Lohani's original name was Nuh. He had two wives; Toori and Shiri. From the first wife he had five sons, Mamya, Mia, Tatur, Patakh and Hud. Shiri, the second wife of Lohani, had one son, whom she called Marwat.
ââNimat Allah al-Harawi, Makhzan-i-Afghani
While known as Lohani today, the earliest historical mention records them as Nuhani, coming from an inscription written on a tablet from 1496 AD in Bihar during the days of the Lodi dynasty.[1] The inscription records the construction of a certain gate by Darya Khan Nuhani who is thereafter mentioned as one of the ''governors of the kingdom". The Lohani tribes were also mentioned by the Mughal Emperor Babur in his memoirs, the Baburnama, as Nuhani Afghan around 1529.[2]
Due to their current Lohani designation, they are sometimes confused with the Lohana instead, a Hindu mercantile caste originating from Sindh that engaged in the Indo-Central Asian trade.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Siddiqi, Jamal. Epigraphia Indica: Arabic and Persian Supplement (In Continuation of the Series Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica) 1966 and 1967. Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi. p. 172.
- 1 2 Beveridge, Annette. Baburnama: A Memoir (PDF). p. 24. ISBN 978-8129141750.
- â History of the Afghans: Translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah. 265.
- â Oonk, Gijsbert (2007). Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory. Amsterdam University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-90-5356-035-8.
