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The Sherani (or Shirani or Marranri (شیرانی )) are a Sarbani Pashtun tribe living in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They should not be confused with the Baloch Shirani, who live in Iran.

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1 History 2 Territories 3 References 4 References

History

Sherani are divided in four main sub tribes.Which are given below 1. OBA KHEL 2. HUSSAN KHEL 3. MARHEEL 4. CHORR KHEL The main village of oba khel is darazinda and ragha sar,landi mamoon zai and also shiekh mela.the main village of hussan khel is morgha.and main village of chorr khel is mughal kot.and there is no main village of marheel. During the 19th century, the tribal group known as the Shirani was recorded as living on the northwest Punjab border in what became the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of British India. After the annexation by the British, their homeland was a part of the Sherani Agency. The agency occupied an area of 1,500 square miles (3,900 km2), and had a population of 12,371 according to the 1901 census. The Shirani occupied the principal portion of the mountain known as the Takht-e-Sulaiman and the country from there southeast to the border of darabanDera Ismail Khan district, close to Baluchistan. They were constrained on the north by the Gomal Pass, and beyond that by the Mahsud and Waziri tribes; on the south by the Ustarana, Zmarai and Zimri tribes; and on the west by the Harifal, Kakar and Mandu Khel tribes.

TOPOGRAPHY/PHYSICAL FEATURE. In the north-east of Balochistan plateau, Zhob and sherani basin forms a lobe surrounded on all side by mountains. The Sherani district occupies an area of 1500 sq.k m. Qais Abdul Rashid(575 A.D.---661 A.D.) who is believed[citation needed] to be one of the progenitors of the Pushtoons lived in the Suleiman mountains. Natives call the place where he is buried "Da Kase Ghar" (the mountain of Qais). another story which is famous about kase ghar is that a afghan king named kase loyak which came when he became old and setteled here and also buried there.there fore the mountain was named as a kase ghar. In pushto accent "Q" has no pronunciation. The Kiase Ghar was known to Britisher as Takh-e-Sulaman, or thorn of Solomon. It makes the eastern boundary of the district, with height at peak is 3441 metres. The general elevation of the district is about 1500 to 3000 meter. obaste chukai height is 3441 meter. In June 1891,the first Political Agent Zhob, Captain I. MacIver,(22 January 1890 to 14 March 1898) and sir Henry visited the area of Takht-i Suleiman and recorded their account dated 8 August 1894 and published in the "Geographical Journal" for that year: Takht-i-Suleman shrine is situated on a ledge below the crest on the southernmost bluff of Kaisa-ghar mountain. Both sister peaks(Shinghar and Kiasaghar) form highest range of Suleiman range.

Many legends attach to it, like one legend says Noah's Ark alighted here after the Deluge; while other connect it with King Solomon, whose throne alighted on this peak, which has ever since borne the name of Takht-i-Suleman. The lofty ranges west of the Takht-i-Suleiman contain strata of liassic[disambiguation needed] (lower Jurassic) and middle Jurassic (about 146 to 208 million years ago ). Rainfall is about 10 inches. Clouds causing rain in district come from Bengal gulf. The climate is hot and dry in summer. January is the coldest month with mean maximum & minimum temperature of about 11.5 °C (52.7 °F) and 1.9 °C (35.4 °F) respectively. July is the hottest month, with mean maximum and minimum temperature of about 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) to 21.8 °C (71.2 °F) respectively.

District being in monsoon range receive heavy rainfall in summer from July to September. The district headquarters is under construction at "Stano Raaghah. FR SHERANI: starts from sur daggar and ends at katoy dabara near mughal kot.the main village of sherani tribe is darazinda having maximuim popultion in whole sherani.in winter the weather is cold and also snow on the mountains but in summer the weather of darazinda is warm but near the koi suleman there is cold.and from district sherani the FR area is most developed becuase there is a govt: degree college for boys and also for girls.and both are regularly started. The District was created in January 2006, following bifurcation of Zhob District. The main and only language of the district is pashto. It is bounded by Zhob on west and north, while bounded on south by Musakhil. On eastern side the contiguous district is DIK.(225 km).

Actual length of the gorge is 4 miles. The enclosing limestone cliffs rise perpendicularly some 15,000 feet (4,600 m). The gorge gradually narrows from 20 yards to a few feet. Britishers made road through pass thus connecting Zhob with DIK. It took one long decade from 1895---1905. but after that the pakistani governament take intrest in it made a single road there.which is in working condition. Inhabitants of the district generally live in stone built houses with flat mud roofs, while nomad in improvised tenements. The area of district is 1,500 square miles (3,900 km2).

Geographically the Shiranis are divided by britains into two groups by administration not by caste.On the both sides koi suleman they are the one caste.so we are against that who says they are divided into two groups---those residing to the east of the Suleiman range being known as the Largha Shiranis, falls under the administrative control of DIK, while those residing to the west of that range are called the Bargha Shirans, comes in the jurisdiction of Sherani district. This division was effected by British raj following khiderzai expedition in 1890.

The bargha lands were formerly held by Hazaras, who deserted the country and migrated to Rozgan in the north.

the people says that bargha lands is remain waste due to fear of wazir tribe but it's not fact.in early years all pushtun are nomads that in winter the sherani tribes will live in largha while in summer they were go to bargha.and that is the truth.now a days also the marheel sub branch of sherani they stay in summer in bargha while in winter they come to largha.and the other sherani belonging from sherani tribe.they settelled down in largha and bargha.

Mountstuart Elphinstone on page # 382 of his book: "An Account of the kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tatary......The great historian writes." "The Neeka commands in their wars, and before any expedition, all the troops pass under his turban, which is stretched out for the purpose by the Neeka and a Moollah. This they think secures them from wounds and death; and they tell stories of persons who have lost their lives from neglecting or disdaining this ceremony".

The recognized Khan of both Largha and Bargha shirani ABAD KHAN S/O Khan Mir Ajab Khan still lives in Largha. Territories

Besides the populations living in Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is a village SheraniAbad in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan, India. The village has four mohallas: Sufiya, Gausiya, Najmiyan and Noori. There are also small villages (like Barnel, Bheniyad, Danta, Hamidpur and Dungari) with Shirani communities. The renowned Urdu poet Akhtar Sheerani belongs to this community. His father Hafiz Mehmood Khan Sherani was a noted author, and it was in his name that the Rajasthan Urdu Academy award was given. This lineage now resides primarily in Pakistan (in Lahore, Dera Ismail Khan and Karachi).

Some Shirani Pathans also lived in Vadnagar, Gujarat, India. They lived in Shemberwada, near Samarkand. Pathan Shirani tribes migrated in India during the time of the Mughal Humayun who, with the support of Shirani Pathan warriors, was victorious in battle when he came to India for the second time. During the reign of the Mughal King Akbar (son of Humayun), the Shirani Pathan migrated to Kaligam (near Ahemdabad, Gujarat). At that time, the Nawab of Gujarat sent them to fight the Dodia Rajput near the Rajasthan-Gujarat border. The Shirani Pathan defeated Dodia Rajput in battle, and took over their land; they were called Shembher (or Summer), since they came from Samarkand. The peoples of Sherani district have long historical background. They also put up resistance to the British occupation. Folks heroes: SHERANI FOUGHT BEFORE BRITAINS: In 15th century fateh khan saw a dream that we will defeat the baloch of Dera ismail khan.The baloch take tax from sherani's in shape of goat,sheep,crops and also precious things.he start to combine the sherani and make an army.and then they attack on the baloch and defeat them and there some warriors are lost in battle famous name is landak.the battle was happened SARKHOZAI NARIE near SHIEKH MELA. GANDAPUR,BABAR,USTRANA and MAIN KHEL were living besides SHERANI.from KOHE BAHARA to KULACHI thier is residing NAIZI in all area.These tribe comes to sherani and say to him that take that land from naizi and give to us.Then sherani fought with naizi and all the land from them and give to those tribes.Which are now currently living there. SHERANI FOUGHT AGAINST BRITAINS: These are the heroes which fought against britain when ghazi aman ullah ordered to pushtun to took independence from britain.when they failed then they signed a second a second resolution.MASHO KHAN Sherani, a folk hero; was the refractive leader of these Sherani warriors. He was killed during fighting against British army in 1919 at the famous area of SHERANI District called "Silyazi" and also his brother was killed in this battle named sundi. MALIK MURTAZA khan sherani belonging to khiderzai also fight against britains and he disable the english officer leg sandeman in 18th century but when the british ruled there then he was captured and tooked to andaman jail situated in islands. after taken by the british then the people of area says if he will not allowed to come his home then we will never pay tax.and therefore there is no patwary system in sherani district and as well as in FR D I KHAN. MALLA BAZOON is also a folk hero of sherani in 1919 he fought against britains but captured in war and hanged them.AHMAND KHAN is also a folk hero he attacked a british post in daba manda and killed english officer named arbab of peshawer and also fird the hole post in 19th century.SPIN SANIZAI is also a folk hero and fought against britain but un fortunatly killed by british in DAHNA SAR near KATOY DABARA in 19th century. Malak Mir Wali khan of the Obakhil tribe fought the british forces for a long time. He was named Laatoo (Pashto : لټو ) for his bravery and gorilla warfare. Mir Wali after a series of attacks and resistance had to migrate his family to Kabul for the safety of his women and children. He continued resistance after wards under the direct command of Amanullah Khan until the freedom of some of Afghan land was earned. but unfortunately Takht e suliman still remained under the british rule and Mir Wali Khan started living in Ghazni and never returned. Ater freedom and many other a unnammed heroes from sherani.SHERANI also destroyed a castle of british which was built at CHARMARIE in JAHAZ DAGGAR.They ruined the whole castle After that they built a second castle at wali chacher now a days called FC QILLA. SHERANI FOUGHT AFTER BRITISH: After british sherani fight with wazir tribe on the coal mountain and in this fight 25 to 30 peoples killed from both sides in 1988.

Dr. Ghouse khan Sherani, was Dewan of Jay Chamraja Wadeyar king of Mysore settled in Tumkur district Karnataka. He was prominent leader of Muslims and also was freedom fighter. Till today there is Road named after him as "Sherani Road" in Tumkur. His grand children settled in Bangalore city karnataka India.

References

Paget, William Henry (1874) "Section II: The Shirani Expedition, March 1853" A record of the expeditions undertaken against the North-west frontier tribes. Compiled from the military and political despatches, Lieut.-Colonel McGregor's gazetteer, and other official sources. Office of Supt. of Govt. Printing, Calcutta, OCLC 28445038 Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press RENAME [drive:][path]aimal sherani