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An Afghan personal name consists of a given name (Dari: نام, Pashto: نوم) and sometimes a surname at the end. Personal names are generally not divided into first and family names; a single name is recognized as a full personal name, and the addition of further components – such as additional given names, regional, or ethnic family/clan names or patronymics – is often a matter of ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Afghan origin" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abawi;
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Khan (/ x ɑː n /) is an ancient Indo-European surname and in the variant of 'Khan' of Mongolic origin, used as a title in various global regions, [1] and today most commonly found in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and India.
Arsala family (7 P) K. Karzai family (1 C, 14 P) S. Shah family (18 P) Pages in category "Afghan families" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Territory controlled by the Khaljis circa 1320 [11]. Khalji dynasty (Bengal) (1204—1231) Bakhtiyar Khalji was a Turko-Afghan general of the Ghurid Empire. [12] [13] The Khaljis ruled Bengal until 1227 before they were deposed from power and integrated as a province of the Delhi Sultanate under the Mamluk dynasty.
The Nasher (or Nashir) (Dari: الناشر, Persian: الناشر) are a noble Afghan family and Khans of the Pashtun Kharoti tribe. [1] The family is originally from Qarabagh, Ghazni but founded modern day Kunduz in the early 20th century and lived there until the end of the Barakzai dynasty in the late 20th century.
Like the names derived from farms, most of these family names reflected the family's place of residence at the time the family name was "fixed", however. A family name such as Swedish Dahlgren is derived from "dahl" meaning valley and "gren" meaning branch; or similarly Upvall meaning "upper-valley"; It depends on the country, language, and ...