Urdu speaking Pashtuns from UP

[marwati]

Re: Urdu speaking Pashtuns from UP

@khoji

There was a sizable community of Pashtuns in UP. Even a whole area had Pashtu origin name, Rohilkhand (roh=mountain). It now comprises cities like Bareli and Rampur. This means that even though they now speak Urdu but they were originally from yousufzai tribe of Pashtuns.
One famous Urdu speaking person with Pashtun origin is Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar.

There were Pashtuns in other places as well, like Bhopal and Hyderabad. I read that Dr. Abdul Qadir Khan also has Pashtun heritage.

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Are there other famous Urdu speaking people with Pashtun heritage that you know of?

1-Dr. zakir hussain, 3rdr president of india, afridi of malihabad.

2- Josh malihabadi, urdu poet, afridi of malihabad (people of malihabad are mostly afridis)

3- Nawab bahadur yar jang, muslim leagui leader of pakistan movement, kakezai pathan.

4- Maulana mohammad ali jauhar and shaukat ali jauhar , yousafzai rohillas from rampur.

5- mushtaq ahmad yousafi, urdu writer, yousafzai from tonk (rajisthan)

6- generel akhtar rehman, ISI chief who played key role in afghan jihad, a rohilla yousafzai.

7- Dr. AQ khan, pathan from bhopal (bhopal was ruled by orakzai pashtuns)

8- sahibzada yaqub khan, a rohilla pathan from U.P

9- Madhubala, bollywood actress, pathan from delhi originally from mardan.

10- junaid jamshed, pathan family from delhi

the list is very long