Awan (}}) is a tribe and ethnic community centred in the Northern and Punjab regions of Pakistan, the name Awan is used as a surname for this tribe. Awans are predominantly present in the northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, with significant population also present in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and to a lesser extent, in Sindh and Balochistan. The tribe claim Arab, particularly Alid, origin through its primary ancestor Qutub Shah, who is said to have came to modern-day Pakistan with Mahmud of Ghazni.
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![Watercolour of an Awan sepoy, named Hakim Khan, painted by Major A.C. Lovett, circa 1908.<ref>[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1953-02-50-1 82nd Punjabis, Awan (Punjabi Musalman), 1908 (c)]</ref> The painting is included in the book, The Armies of India (published in 1911).
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Awan (}}) is a tribe and ethnic community centred in the Northern and Punjab regions of Pakistan, the name Awan is used as a surname for this tribe. Awans are predominantly present in the northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, with significant population also present in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and to a lesser extent, in Sindh and Balochistan. The tribe claim Arab, particularly Alid, origin through its primary ancestor Qutub Shah, who is said to have came to modern-day Pakistan with Mahmud of Ghazni.
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