your last name is Khan, really?

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Re: your last name is Khan, really?

@manbearpig

The Mongols actually never settled in modern day Karachi, Punjab or india. They did however settled in modern day KP. So it makes sense that pashtuns have Khan in their name. It doesn’t make any sense when people of none pashtun origin have Khan in their name especially from Karachi or india.

There were many Pashtuns who brought the name Khan to India when they settled in different Indian cities. People like Josh Malihabadi (Afridi), Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi (Yousufzai), Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Dr. Zakir Hussain; all had Pashtun background. A lot of them opted for Pakistan alongside other Muslims when Pakistan came into being.

So it is not surprising to see the surname Khan among Urdu speaking people of Karachi.

Secondly, Khan Bahadur was also a title awarded by the British government. Thus many people with non-Pashtun background also have the Khan surname.