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In recent times, there have been several large scale DNA tests of various Pakistani races/tribes; and I have read some papers that are of quite reliable provenance , that seem to prove that Awans are 100% of Indo-European origins. Mithocondrial DNA testing has shown with over 80% accuracy rates that the Awans are closely related to a number of Rajput and other indigenous South Asian tribes in Northern Punjab and nearby regions . The fact that some tribes converted totally and some partially to Islam at a certain time has nothing to do with the genetic factors. There are several old Hindu tribes that converted entirely and are all Muslims today eg Jhodras, Ghebas, Noons , Arains, Dhond-Abbasis, Karlals, Bambas etc ; whereas there are others that are mostly Muslims in Pakistan area now with some smaller non-Muslim populations in India -such as Tiwanas, Khattars, Tarars and so on. I shall try to dig out the DNA based research articles and share here for everyone's edification. I strongly believe we should all forget about these fake claims (due to our continued complexes about our old /true origins after accepting Islam) and take pride that we are who we are , in fact , and that our elders did accept the truth of Islam centuries ago. (Hamid Ali Awan, Havelian, NW Pakistan)
The book reference ultimately refers to a British Gazetteer, which to my understanding are not allowed to be included in the Wikipedia articles.
Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 40.
Verbatim:
"Similarly, the Awans, said to be of Jat origin (Attock District Gazetteer 1932: 82), claim Arab origins having descended from Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, from a wife other Fatima...."
[1] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8N1JCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false QutbShah ( talk) 21:04, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Mārg̲: A Magazine of Architecture and Art, Volumes 1-2
1946, page 32:
"The people of this area are 90 per cent Muslims of the Awan tribe. They are an independent and proud set, claiming unmixed descent from a tribe of Arab invaders." QutbShah ( talk) 21:34, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
So an edit was added claiming that Awan are a Punjabi Muslim tribe at the very start. I dont think this is a good idea, it doesnt really help to simplify the tribe to new readers, just confusing since this people group dont even identify themselves as Punjabis and some of the people follow other cultures too, like Pashtuns, Qizilbash, Tajik cultures in Peshawar. The opening body already tells you they are settled in the West Punjab region. That shouldve been and has been enough detail for the reader.
It feels misleading and this has only ever been a recent (ONLINE) phenomenon of identifying Awans as a Branch of Punjabi identity. This isnt something meant to be added to Wikipedia. It is not in the place for Wikipedia editors to assign an identity to them for the sake of simplifying or just for the sake of giving it an ethnicity. Leave it as is instead of adding "Punjabi Muslim". RevolutionaryPatriot ( talk) 05:26, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Consequently, socially dominant Muslim tribes such as the Gakkhars, Janjuas and Awans, and a few Rajput tribes, concentrated in the Rawalpindi and Jhelum districts in the northern Salt Range tract in the Punjab, accounted for more than ninety per cent of Punjabi Muslim recruits.
You have been here for a year, but I don't think you properly understand WP:GUIDELINES. The sources for Punjabi ethnicity are reliable and verifiable; you'd need equally reliable sources to prove them Pashtuns or whatever you think they are. Your personal observations about them, while may not be entirely untrue, mean nothing, and same holds true for Pakistani/Punjab topic editors, as it is original research while Wikipedia is based upon what RS state. Sutyarashi ( talk) 15:48, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
dear u have wrote in the article with headline about Awans as Punjabi muslims which is not fair...listing them as punjabi is much more blurry than listing them as Pashtun or arab...i could not understand the criteria by which a rqce is recognized in such websites...pashtuns living in punjab remain pashtun, baloch remain baloch then why such discriminatory while mentioning Awans as punjabis rather than pashtuns or arabs...so plz remove this term punjabi from the article..furthermore Awan is not a punjabi word it is an arabic word which means Helper...plz change that mistake... 137.59.220.64 ( talk) 04:58, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
dear hazara University has performed the DNA research of the tribes living in kpk including Awans...result of their research confirmed the whole tribe claims of arab descent is true and they close to Syeds..and haplogroup T1 originated in israel is found in Awans only...in this advance period of science such proofs can not be denied...so look into the matter and change that misleading ethnicity of Awan tribe. Malikkhel ( talk) 05:24, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
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In recent times, there have been several large scale DNA tests of various Pakistani races/tribes; and I have read some papers that are of quite reliable provenance , that seem to prove that Awans are 100% of Indo-European origins. Mithocondrial DNA testing has shown with over 80% accuracy rates that the Awans are closely related to a number of Rajput and other indigenous South Asian tribes in Northern Punjab and nearby regions . The fact that some tribes converted totally and some partially to Islam at a certain time has nothing to do with the genetic factors. There are several old Hindu tribes that converted entirely and are all Muslims today eg Jhodras, Ghebas, Noons , Arains, Dhond-Abbasis, Karlals, Bambas etc ; whereas there are others that are mostly Muslims in Pakistan area now with some smaller non-Muslim populations in India -such as Tiwanas, Khattars, Tarars and so on. I shall try to dig out the DNA based research articles and share here for everyone's edification. I strongly believe we should all forget about these fake claims (due to our continued complexes about our old /true origins after accepting Islam) and take pride that we are who we are , in fact , and that our elders did accept the truth of Islam centuries ago. (Hamid Ali Awan, Havelian, NW Pakistan)
The book reference ultimately refers to a British Gazetteer, which to my understanding are not allowed to be included in the Wikipedia articles.
Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 40.
Verbatim:
"Similarly, the Awans, said to be of Jat origin (Attock District Gazetteer 1932: 82), claim Arab origins having descended from Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, from a wife other Fatima...."
[1] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8N1JCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false QutbShah ( talk) 21:04, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Mārg̲: A Magazine of Architecture and Art, Volumes 1-2
1946, page 32:
"The people of this area are 90 per cent Muslims of the Awan tribe. They are an independent and proud set, claiming unmixed descent from a tribe of Arab invaders." QutbShah ( talk) 21:34, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
So an edit was added claiming that Awan are a Punjabi Muslim tribe at the very start. I dont think this is a good idea, it doesnt really help to simplify the tribe to new readers, just confusing since this people group dont even identify themselves as Punjabis and some of the people follow other cultures too, like Pashtuns, Qizilbash, Tajik cultures in Peshawar. The opening body already tells you they are settled in the West Punjab region. That shouldve been and has been enough detail for the reader.
It feels misleading and this has only ever been a recent (ONLINE) phenomenon of identifying Awans as a Branch of Punjabi identity. This isnt something meant to be added to Wikipedia. It is not in the place for Wikipedia editors to assign an identity to them for the sake of simplifying or just for the sake of giving it an ethnicity. Leave it as is instead of adding "Punjabi Muslim". RevolutionaryPatriot ( talk) 05:26, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Consequently, socially dominant Muslim tribes such as the Gakkhars, Janjuas and Awans, and a few Rajput tribes, concentrated in the Rawalpindi and Jhelum districts in the northern Salt Range tract in the Punjab, accounted for more than ninety per cent of Punjabi Muslim recruits.
You have been here for a year, but I don't think you properly understand WP:GUIDELINES. The sources for Punjabi ethnicity are reliable and verifiable; you'd need equally reliable sources to prove them Pashtuns or whatever you think they are. Your personal observations about them, while may not be entirely untrue, mean nothing, and same holds true for Pakistani/Punjab topic editors, as it is original research while Wikipedia is based upon what RS state. Sutyarashi ( talk) 15:48, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
dear u have wrote in the article with headline about Awans as Punjabi muslims which is not fair...listing them as punjabi is much more blurry than listing them as Pashtun or arab...i could not understand the criteria by which a rqce is recognized in such websites...pashtuns living in punjab remain pashtun, baloch remain baloch then why such discriminatory while mentioning Awans as punjabis rather than pashtuns or arabs...so plz remove this term punjabi from the article..furthermore Awan is not a punjabi word it is an arabic word which means Helper...plz change that mistake... 137.59.220.64 ( talk) 04:58, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
dear hazara University has performed the DNA research of the tribes living in kpk including Awans...result of their research confirmed the whole tribe claims of arab descent is true and they close to Syeds..and haplogroup T1 originated in israel is found in Awans only...in this advance period of science such proofs can not be denied...so look into the matter and change that misleading ethnicity of Awan tribe. Malikkhel ( talk) 05:24, 8 July 2024 (UTC)