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{{short description|Pashtun tribe}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Bangash
| native_name      = {{Naskh|بنګښ}}
| native_name_lang = ps
| image            = Pashtun tribesmen of the Bangash tribe, 1847.jpg
| image_caption    = Illustration of a Bangash tribesman, 1847
| population       = ~ 840,000
| region1          = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| pop1             = ~800,000
| region2          = {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| pop2             = ~40,000
| languages        = [[Pashto]]
| religions        = [[Sunni Islam]]<br>[[Shia Islam]]
| related_groups   = [[Afridi]]{{·}}[[Orakzai]]{{·}}[[Banuchi|Bannuzai]]{{·}}[[Wazir (tribe)|Wazir]]{{·}}[[Mahsud|Mehsud]]<br>and other [[Karlani|Karlani Pashtun]] tribes
}}

The '''Bangash, Bungish, Bangaš''' or '''Bangakh''' ({{langx|ps|بنګښ}}) are a [[Pashtun tribes|tribe]] of [[Pashtuns]], inhabiting their traditional homeland, the Bangash district which stretches from [[Kohat]] to [[Tall Tehsil|Tall]] in Hangu and [[Spīn Ghar]], Kurram in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]]. They also live as a smaller population in Dera [[Ismail Khel, Bannu|Ismail Khel]], [[Bannu]] while also a smaller population of Bangash inhabit mainly [[Gardez]], [[Paktia Province|Paktia]] and around the [[Loya Paktia|Lōya Paktia]] region of [[Afghanistan]].

==Genealogy==
According to a narrative, the Bangash tribe descended from a man named Ismail, who is described as a governor of [[Multan]] whose 11th-generation ancestor was [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]], the famous [[Arab]] commander of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], But they are most likely descended from their Tribe Name Originator Banga who was a friend of Sikandar Shah (Orakzai) became the closest to the ruler of Kohat. After the ruler died he tried to secure the throne and betrayed his childhood best friend Sikandar Shah (Ancestor of Orakzais) as written in the Book History of Pathans, by Haroon Rashid, Volume-IV p-52).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wylly|first1=Harold|title=From the Black Mountain to Waziristan|date=1912|publisher=Macmillan|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.524820/page/n35 15]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.524820|quote=bangash.|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> According to the legend, Ismail moved from Multan to settle in [[Gardez]], [[Paktia Province|Paktia]], while his wife was from Farmul in [[Urgun]], [[Paktika Province|Paktika]]. Ismail had two sons, Gār and Sāmil, who were the progenitors of the modern Gari and Samilzai clans of the Bangash, respectively.<ref name="iranica">Balland, Daniel. [[Encyclopaedia Iranica]]. [http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bangas-pashtun-tribe BANGAṦ.] Originally Published: December 15, 1988.</ref>

==Etymology==
According to a popular [[folk etymology]], the name ''Bangash'', ''Bungish'' or ''Bangakh'' is derived from ''bon-kash'' ({{lang|ps|بن‌کش}}), which is [[Persian language|Persian]] for "root drawer" or "root destroyer," implying that during battles, the Bangash would not rest until they destroy the opponent.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wylly|first1=Harold|title=From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an Account of the Border Countries and the More Turbulent of the Tribes Controlled by the North-west Frontier Province, and of Our Military Relations with Them in the Past|date=1912|publisher=Macmillan|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.524820/page/n35 15]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.524820|quote=bangash name root destroyer.|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref>

==History==
During the [[early modern period]], the Bangash homeland was known as "Bangash district and was ruled by the Khan Of Hangu since 1540 which is well documented " [[Babur]], a [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] (and later [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]) ruler from [[Fergana Valley|Fergana]] (in present-day [[Uzbekistan]]) who captured [[Kabul]] in [[Siege of Kabul (1504)|1504]], described Bangash district in his ''[[Baburnama]]'' as one of the 14 ''tūmān'' of Kabul province.<ref>"The Garden of the Eight Paradises", Stephen Frederic Dale, pg. 304</ref><ref name=Gommans>{{Cite book|title=The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire |last1=Gommans |first1=Jos J. L.|author-link=Jos Gommans |year=1995|publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-10109-8|page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2TH8UYeAaoC&pg=PA171|access-date=2012-07-04|language=en}}</ref>

===Timurid raids===
[[File:Illuminated Manuscript Baburnamah.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Babur]] attacking [[Kohat]] in 1505]]
In 1505, after plundering [[Kohat]] for two days, Babur's Timurid army marched southwest to raid Bangash district. As they reached a valley surrounded by mountains between Kohat and [[Hangu, Pakistan|Hangu]], the Bangash Pashtuns occupied the hills on both sides, surrounding the army. However, the Timurids successfully pushed the Pashtuns down towards a nearby detached hill, after which the Timurids surrounded them from all sides and got hold of them. About 100 to 200 Pashtuns were taken during the attack.

On the next day, Babur reached Hangu, where the Bangash Pashtuns had fortified a [[sangar (fortification)|sangar]] on the top of a hill. The Timurid army immediately captured it and beheaded about 100 to 200 more Pashtuns, setting up another tower of heads. From Hangu, the Timurid army marched to [[Tall Tehsil|Tall]]. The soldiers set out to plunder the Bangash Pashtuns of the neighborhood. Afterwards, the Timurids marched from Bangash to [[Bannu]] on the [[Kurram River]], where they set up their third pillar of severed heads.<ref name="Babur">{{cite book |last1=Babur |title=Memoirs of Zehir-ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan |year=1826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89dCAAAAcAAJ|publisher=Longman, 1826|language=en}}</ref><ref name="babur">{{cite book |last=Beveridge |first=Annette Susannah |author-link=Annette Beveridge |date=7 January 2014 |title=The Bābur-nāma in English, Memoirs of Bābur|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44608/44608-h/44608-h.htm |publisher=Project Gutenberg|language=en}}</ref>

===Roshani movement===
In the second half of the 16th century, the Bangash tribe joined the [[Roshani movement]] of [[Pir Roshan]], an ethnic [[Ormur]],<ref>{{cite book |quote=Pir Roshan, was from the small Ormur or Baraki tribe, whose mother tongue was Ormuri|title=Afghanistan:A History from 1260 to the Present |date=2022  |author= Jonathan L. Lee  |page=58 }}</ref> who migrated with his family and few of his disciples from [[Waziristan]] to [[Tirah]]. The Roshanis rebelled against the Mughal emperor [[Akbar]], who constantly sent punitive expeditions to crush the movement. After Pir Roshan's death, the movement was led by his youngest son Pir Jalala. In 1587, Akbar sent a strong Mughal force against him to the Bangash region. In 1599, Pir Jalala took [[Ghazni]] but it was quickly recovered by the Mughals. Pir Jalala was succeeded by his nephew Ahdad, who set up a base in [[Charkh District|Charkh]], [[Logar Province|Logar]], and attacked Mughal-held Kabul and [[Jalalabad]] several times between 1611 and 1615, but was unsuccessful. In 1626, Ahdad died during a Mughal attack in Tirah. In 1630, when Pir Roshan's great-grandson, Abdul Qadir, launched attacks on the Mughal army in [[Peshawar]], thousands of Pashtuns from the Bangash, [[Afridi]], [[Mohmand (tribe)|Mohmand]], [[Kheshgi]], [[Yusufzai]], and other tribes took part. The Roshanis failed in the attack, but continued their resistance against the Mughals throughout the 17th century.<ref>{{cite book |last=Misdaq |first=Nabi |date=2006 |title=Afghanistan: Political Frailty and External Interference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHmTAgAAQBAJ |isbn=1135990174|publisher=Routledge|language=en}}</ref>

Khwaja Muhammad Bangash, who belonged to the Bangash tribe, was a famous 17th-century Pashto Sufi poet and mystic associated with the Roshani movement.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Askar | first = Umar Gul | year = 2009 | title = ګوشه نشين صوفي شاعر - Life and works of the Khwaja Muhammad Bangash; Asolitary Mystic Poet of Pashto Language | publisher = Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |journal=Takatoo |volume=1 | issue = 2 | jstor = 44147949 |pages=71–87 |language=ps}}</ref>

===Karrani dynasty of Bengal===
{{Main|Karrani dynasty}}
The Karrani dynasty was founded in 1564 by [[Taj Khan Karrani]], a [[Karlani]] Pashtun hailing from the [[Kurram District|Kurram valley]] in Bangash district.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Bengal: Mughal Period, 1526-1765 A.D. |last=Roy |first=Atul Chandra |year=1968 |publisher=Nababharat Publishers|location=University of Michigan|page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AacsAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> It was the last dynasty to rule the [[Bengal Sultanate]]. Taj Khan Karrani was formerly an employee of the [[Sur Empire|Sur]] Pashtun emperor, [[Sher Shah Suri]]. His capital was at [[Gauḍa (city)|Gaur]] (in present-day [[Malda district]], [[West Bengal]], India). He was succeeded by his brother [[Sulaiman Khan Karrani]], who shifted the capital from Gaur to Tandah (also in Malda district) in 1565. In 1568, Sulaiman Khan annexed [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] to the Karrani sultanate.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 |last=Eaton |first=Richard |year=1996 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520205079 |page=140 |access-date=October 8, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKhChF3yAOUC|language=en}}</ref> Sulaiman Khan's authority extended from [[Cooch Behar State|Cooch Behar]] to [[Puri]], and from [[Son River]] to [[Brahmaputra River]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib |last=Sengupta |first=Nitish |year=2011 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn= 9780143416784 |page=126 |access-date=October 8, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVSh_TyJ0YoC}}</ref>

On 25 September 1574, the [[Mughal Empire]] captured the Karrani capital Tandah. The [[Battle of Tukaroi]] fought on 3 March 1575 forced [[Daud Khan Karrani]], the last Karrani ruler, to withdraw to Orissa. The battle led to the Treaty of Katak in which Daud ceded the whole of Bengal and Bihar, retaining only Orissa. Daud Khan, however, later invaded Bengal, declaring independence from Mughal emperor [[Akbar]]. The Mughal onslaught against the Karrani sultanate ended with the [[Battle of Rajmahal]] on 12 July 1576, during which Daud Khan was captured and later executed by the Mughals. However, the Pashtuns and the local landlords known as [[Baro Bhuyans]] led by [[Isa Khan]] continued to resist the Mughal invasion. Later in 1612 during the reign of [[Jahangir]], Bengal was finally integrated as a Mughal province.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hasan |first=Perween |year=2007 |title=Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uunyz4qFZwEC&pg=PA18 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |page=18 |isbn=978-1-84511-381-0 |quote=Daud, Sulayman's son took over he started striking his own coins and had his own name read in the khutba, acts tantamount to official declaration of independence ... Daud Khan Karrani was defeated and killed in Rajmahal in 1576 ... However, the zamindars of East Bengal, known as the Baro Bhuiyans, were able to operate as local chieftains ... continuing to defy the Mughals. It was only in 1612, during the reign of Jahangir, that all of Bengal was firmly integrated as a Mughal province.}}</ref>

===Bangash state of Farrukhabad===
[[File:Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash, ca 1730, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.jpg|thumb|[[Muhammad Khan Bangash]] (1713-1743), the first Nawab of [[Farrukhabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]]]
[[Muhammad Khan Bangash]], who belonged to the Kaghazai line of Bangash tribe, became the first Nawab of [[Farrukhabad]] in 1713 in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Being illiterate, he was unable to understand a single word of [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Chagatai language|Turki]] or [[Pashto]].<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RBtCAQAAMAAJ&dq=could+not+understand+a+single+word+of+Persian,+due+to+which+he+had+to+be+accompanied+by+one+of+his+sons&pg=PA332|title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal:Volume 47|year=1878 |quote=Muhammad Khan, being a mere soldier, did not understand a single word of Persian, Turki or Pushtu |page=331 |publisher=Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India), Asiatic Society of Bengal }}</ref> He named the city after then Mughal emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]]. The Bangash Nawabs encouraged merchants and bankers to come and settle in Farrukhabad for the promotion of commercial activities.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Umar|first=M.|year=1976|title=Indian Towns in the Eighteenth Century - Case Study of Six Towns in Uttar Pradesh|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|pages=212–13}}</ref> Very important in this respect was the establishment of the Farrukhabad [[mint (facility)|mint]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=History of the Coinage of the Territories of the East India Company in the Indian Peninsula and Catalogue of the Coins in the Madras Museum|last=Thurston|first=Edgar|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1992|location=New Delhi|pages=43|language=en}}</ref> which apart from being an emblem of [[sovereignty]], stimulated [[bullion]] imports and attracted numerous bankers to work in the city. The superior quality of the Farrukhabad currency, both gold and silver, was well known in the eighteenth century as it became the most trustworthy and [[hard currency|hardest currency]] of northern India.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780|last=Gommans|first=Jos J.L.|publisher=E.J. Brill|year=1995|isbn=9789004101098|location=Leiden|pages=130–31|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Tomb of Mohd. Khan Bangash Nawab.jpg|thumb|The Tomb of [[Muhammad Khan Bangash|Nawāb Muḥammad Khān Bangāsh]] in [[Farrukhabad]]]]
[[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] (1747–1772), the founder of the Afghan [[Durrani Empire]], preferred coins made at the Farrukhabad mint.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ahmad Shah|last=Samin|first=Ghulam Hasan|pages=50}}</ref> The third Nawab of Farrukhabad, [[Ahmad Khan Bangash]], took part in the [[Third Battle of Panipat]] in 1761 and supported Ahmad Shah Durrani to defeat the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]].<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6n7vV0eiS3YC&q=khan+and+panipat+(1761)&pg=PA191 |title = Haryana: Past and Present|isbn = 9788183240468|last1 = Sharma|first1 = Suresh K.|year= 2006 | publisher=Mittal Publications }}</ref> Ahmad Khan practised the ''Utara'', a peculiarity of Indian Muslim horsemen, which was the act of dismounting and fighting on foot in times of crisis, which the Hindustanis such as the [[Sadaat-e-Bara]] considered to be proof of exceptional bravery, something ridiculed by the Persian counterparts.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ak5oFjTys8MC&dq=utara+dismount&pg=PA31 |title=Later Mughal |author=  William Irvine |date=1971 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri |page=31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gRsoAAAAYAAJ&dq=dismount+utara&pg=PA237 |title= The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration |author=William Irvine |date=1903 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/journalofasiat4811879asia/page/62/mode/2up?q=dismount |title= Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal |date= 1832 |page=63 |publisher= Calcutta }}</ref> Because of its reputation as a centre of commerce and finance, Farrukhabad began to attract new Pashtun immigrants from [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Irvine|first=William|year=1878|title=Bangash Nawabs of Farrukhabad - A Chronicle (1713-1857), Part 1|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|volume=XLVII|pages=323–24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Les Memoires de Wendel sur les Jats, les Pathans et les Sikh|last=Wendel|first=Pere Francis-Xavier|publisher=Publications de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient|year=1979|location=Paris|pages=140}}</ref> However, Bangash-held Farrukhabad suffered from a steep economic and political decline under the British [[Company rule in India|Company Raj]], because the British colonial officers ordered to close the famed Farrukhabad mint and halt the bullion trade in 1824 as part of their policy to centralize the [[Economy of India under Company rule|economy of India]]. The abolition of the mint dealt a heavy blow to the thriving [[grain trade]] and precipitated a monetary crisis in the urban and rural areas of the region.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1770-1870|last=Bayly|first=C.A.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|isbn=9780199081110|location=New Delhi|pages=274–75, 286}}</ref> The Bangash Nawabs continued to rule Farrukhabad until they were defeated by the British at [[Kannauj]] on 23 October 1857 during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|War of Independence]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. IV: Cochin To Ganguria|last=Hunter|first=W.W.|publisher=Trubner & Co.|year=1885|location=London|pages=411}}</ref> Today, many Bangash are settled in Uttar Pradesh, most notably in Farrukhabad.<ref name=Haleem2007>{{cite web|title=Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India|last=Haleem|first=Safia|url=http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml|date=24 July 2007|publisher=Khyber Gateway|language=en|access-date=4 May 2014|quote=Farrukhabad has a mixed population of Pathans dominated by the Bangash and Yousafzais.|archive-date=29 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229013803/http://www.khyber.org/articles/2007/Study_of_the_Pathan_Communitie.shtml|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

===Bhopal State===
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[[File:Exterior of Taj Mahal.JPG|thumb|upright|The [[Taj Mahal (palace)|Taj Mahal palace]] at [[Bhopal]], built by [[Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal|Shah Jahan Begum]] (1868–1901)]]
The [[Orakzai]] tribe is historically closely related to the Bangash; their traditional homeland ([[Orakzai District]]) was part of Bangash district. In 1723, [[Dost Mohammad of Bhopal|Dost Mohammad Khan]], who belonged to the Orakzai tribe and was formerly a mercenary in the Mughal army, founded the [[Bhopal State]] in the present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]] state of central India.<ref>{{cite book | title = The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal | author = Shaharyar M. Khan | year = 2000 | publisher = I.B.Tauris | page = 119 | isbn = 978-1-86064-528-0 |language=en}}</ref> After his death in 1728, his descendants, the [[Nawabs of Bhopal]], continued ruling the state. Between 1819 and 1926, the state was ruled by four women – the Nawab Begums – unique in the royalty of those days. The third Nawab Begum of Bhopal, [[Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal|Shah Jahan Begum]] (1868–1901), built the [[Taj Mahal (palace)|Taj Mahal palace]] at Bhopal as her residence.

[[Hamidullah Khan]], the last sovereign Nawab of the dynasty, officially [[Instrument of Accession|acceded]] the state to [[Dominion of India|India]] in 1949.<ref name="SRBakshi_OPRalhan_2007">{{cite book | title = Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages | author = S.R. Bakshi and O.P. Ralhan | publisher = Sarup & Sons | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-81-7625-806-7 | pages = 360 |language=en}}</ref>

== Pashto dialect ==
The Bangash speak a northern or "harder" variant of [[Pashto]] similar to that of the [[Afridi Pashto|Afridi dialect]] and the Bangash of [[Kurram District|Kurram]] speak similar to of the [[Mangal (Pashtun tribe)|Mangal]] Pashtuns, but slightly differing in some lexicographical and phonetic features.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam|date=1950|publisher=Brill Archive|page=250|isbn=9004060561|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJY3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA250|access-date=15 May 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

== Religion ==
The Bangash follow the religion of [[Islam]], split almost evenly between [[Twelver]] [[Shia Islam|Shia Muslims]] and [[Hanafi]] [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]. The Bangash, along with the closely related [[Orakzai]]s and [[Turi (Pashtun tribe)|Turi]]s, are the only Pashtun tribes with Shia populations. The Shia Bangash are more concentrated around [[Upper Kurram Subdivision|Upper Kurram]] and certain areas of [[Hangu, Pakistan|Hangu]] in areas like [[Usterzai]], while the Sunni Bangash are more concentrated around [[Lower Kurram Tehsil|Lower Kurram]] Central Kurram as well as [[Thal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Thall]] and [[Bannu]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province|date=Jan 1, 1997|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|page=574|isbn=9788185297682|edition=1|access-date=15 May 2015| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aw3hRAX_DgC}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
The Bangash are primarily found in Pakistan, with a sizeable population also found in Afghanistan. The Bangash Pashtuns can be found all over Pakistan but majority reside in the cities of [[Kohat]] and [[Hangu, Pakistan|Hangu]] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as the [[Kurram Valley]] and [[Peshawar]]. In Afghanistan, they will be found in the districts that make up the historic "[[Loya Paktia]]" region, including [[Paktia]], [[Paktika]], and [[Khost]]. Between both Pakistan and Afghanistan, there are around 800,000 Bangash Pashtuns, with around 780,000 in Pakistan alone.

Descendants of Bangash are found in India as well but are rather than being referred to as "Pashtuns", they are known as [[Pathans in India|Pathans]]. Instead of speaking Pashto, the Bangash Pathans of India speak either Hindi or [[Urdu]]. They are mostly found in Uttar Pradesh and mostly in the cities of Farrukhabad, Lucknow, and Gorakhpur. The descendants of the first [[Nawab]] of [[Farrukhabad]], [[Muhammad Khan Bangash]], have also been found in cities as far as [[Prayagraj|Allahabad]] and [[Varanasi]]. Other Bangash descendants in India are also present in Bihar. There are around 30,000 descendants of Bangash in India but other researchers give estimates of around 70,000. Just like in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Bangash Pathans in India prefer to marry within their own tribe, or marry with other Pathans.

Despite the [[Karrani dynasty]] and its rule in modern-day Bangladesh, there are very little number of descendants of Bangash in the country. This is because unlike in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the descendants of Bangash have mixed with the local population. The Bangash descent Pathans of Bangladesh are [[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajirs]] that migrated from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to [[East Pakistan]].

==Notable Bangash==
* [[:simple:Malak Daulat Khan Bangash|Malak Daulat Khan]], first ruler of Kohat
* [[:simple:Malak Behzad Khan Bangash|Malak Behzad Khan]], ruler of Kohat
* [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]], President of Pakistan 1988–1993
* [[Afzal Bangash]], Pashtun politician
* [[Muhammad Khan Bangash]], Nawab of [[Farrukhabad]]
* [[Ahmad Khan Bangash]], Nawab of Farrukhabad
* [[Aitzaz Hasan|Aitzaz Hasan Bangash]], Pakistani who died stopping a suicide bomber
* [[Abdul Nabi Bangash]], politician 
* [[Haji Saifullah Khan Bangash]], politician
* [[Shahzad Khan Bangash]], politician
* [[Shah Abu Tarab Khan Bangash]], politician 
* [[Saifullah Bangash]], Pakistani cricketer
* [[Arif Bangash]], Pakistani general and politician
* [[Ali Haidar (VC)|Ali Haidar Khan]] {{post-nominals|VC}}, a British soldier World War II)

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Pashtun tribes}}

[[Category:Karlani Pashtun tribes]]
[[Category:Pashto-language surnames]]
[[Category:Pakistani names]]