Shinwari

The Shinwari (Urdu: شنواری ) are an ethnic Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan and of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. There is no longer any true political connection between the Shinwaris of the respective countries.

Among the greatest poets of the Pashto language in the 20th century was the late Ameer Hamza Shinwari, also known as "Hamza Baba" and "Father of the Ghazal".

ub-Tribes

The Shinwari tribe is made up of 4 sub tribes
#khugakhel divided to Fatmikhel, kandokhel, Ashaqkhel, Ashrafkhel, Basikhel, Shahikhel, Pasedkhel
#Mirdad Khel divided in to Ghanikhel, shaheedkhel

#Pero Khel
#Sheikhmal Khel divided to Talibkhel, Ghanikhel, Sharikhel.

A major portion of the Shinwari tribe is settled in the areas between Landi Kotal (Pakistan) and Jalalabad (Afghanistan). These Shinwaris are mostly traders and businessmen. There is, however, a significant minority of the tribe settled in Kohat, Pakistan (Jungle Khel), a settlement 60 km south of Peshawar. Some of the Jungle Khel Shinwaris have been noted politicians (Muhammad Zaman Khan, Nazir Khan, Shahbaz Gul), army officers (Qayyum Sher, Zafar Khan) and civil servants (Azam Khan, Israr Khan) in Pakistan.

Notable Shinwaris

* Ameer Hamza Shinwari, poet
* Rafiq Shinwari, singer
* Haji Ghalib Hassan, Leader in the anti-Taliban resistance under Abdul Haq.cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_35_2458-2492.pdf#1
title=Summarized Unsworn Detainee Statement
date=date redacted
pages=pages 1-10
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-02-01] , appointed District Commander of Shinwar, Afghanistan by Hamid Karzai.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000700-000783.pdf#8
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Ghalib, Haji
date=1 October 2004
pages=page 8
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-01-19] , held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
* Malalai Shinwari, member of the national legislature and proponent for the rights of women
* Faisal Ahmad Shinwari, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan 2001-2006
* Burhanullah Shinwari, deputy chairman of the upper house of Afghanistan's legislature.cite news
url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20080711-0458-afghanistan.html
title=47 Afghan civilians killed by U.S. bombs, group says
publisher=San Diego Union Tribune
author=Amir Shah
date=2008-07-11
accessdate=2008-08-04
quote=The airstrike on Sunday in Deh Bala district of Nuristan province also wounded nine civilians, said Burhanullah Shinwari, the deputy chairman of the Senate, who led the delegation. ]

See also

Shin of Hindukush