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The Tanoli (Hindko/Urdu: تنولی، تناولی) are a Hindkowan tribe living mainly in the Hazara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. [1] [2] They form the majority of the population of Lassan Nawab union council. [3] The Tanoli describe themselves as Barlas Turks. They never submitted to the British colonial rule in the 1840s.
They acted as hereditary bards, genealogists, and musicians. They performed at folk, qawwali, gurbani, melas at Sufi spaces in that period. Traditional lore, such as Heer Ranjha in the Bhairavi raga, were performed musically. Ragadari (raga) was evoked and employed by the Punjabi Mirasi, even if they lacked the precise technical knowledge of it ...
The development of Urdu, the most famous Muhajir language, as a common language of communication for people speaking different dialects is considered the greatest contribution in the field of literature during the Mughal rule. [9] Mughals especially the later kings have the most vital role in the development and evolution of the Urdu language.
The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.
It is a corrupted form of Chath bazaar. Chath is a hindi/urdu word means Shade, which is used to provide shade to the bazaar marchants. Dar-ul-Shifa - literally "House of Healing" in Urdu; named after a historic hospital in the area. [12] Dabirpura - literally "Colony of Scholars". Named in the honour of Dabir-ul-Mulk. [7]
Hindustani (sometimes called Hindi–Urdu) is a colloquial language and lingua franca of Pakistan and the Hindi Belt of India. It forms a dialect continuum between its two formal registers: the highly Persianized Urdu, and the de-Persianized, Sanskritized Hindi. [2] Urdu uses a modification of the Persian alphabet, whereas Hindi uses Devanagari ...
Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...
The British colonial administration regarded the Pashtun Afridi tribesmen as "martial tribe" under the martial races theory. [20] Different Afridi clans also cooperated with the British in exchange for subsidies, and some even served with the Khyber Rifles , an auxiliary force of the British Indian Army .