e/Miani (tribe)

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has gloss	eng: Miani, (pronounced Mianrhi in Pashto) is a Pushtoon tribe and the main sub branch of the Shirani tribe, but today it is identified as a separate tribe. The Miani tribe mainly inhabits the Gomal plains which fall in Tank in the North-West Frontier Province. But they also have scattered population in the Frontier Region of Dera Ismail Khan District,Punjab and Afghanistan. A number of clans and sub clans of Miani tribe were Powindahs, who migrated between Afghanistan and Pakistan,afterwards large number of them settled in the Gomal Plains along with their other earlier settled tribesmen.Regarding their settlement in the Gomal area, it is said that the area at that time was ruled by the Katti Khel Nawabs.In the meantime, a war broke out between the Bittanis and Ghurazais(a sub tribe of Kakars).
has gloss	eng: The Miani, are a Pushtoon tribe, they mainly live in the Gomal plains which is part of Tank District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. But the tribe also live in the Frontier Region of Dera Ismail Khan District and Afghanistan.
lexicalization	eng: Miani
instance of	e/Ethnic groups in Pakistan