Awan
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Awan and Awans may refer to:
- the Awan dynastyAwan dynastyThe Awan Dynasty was the first dynasty of Elam of which anything is known today, appearing at the dawn of historical record. The Elamites were likely major rivals of neighboring Sumer from remotest antiquity; they were said to have been defeated by Enmebaragesi of Kish The Awan Dynasty was the...
, an Elamite dynasty of Iran - Awan (Pakistan)Awan (Pakistan)Awan , is a South Asian Zamindar tribe, putatively of Arab origin, living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, Pakistan...
, a South Asian tribe - Awan (Kashmir)Awan (Kashmir)Awan are one of the major tribes from the districts of Poonch, Sudhanoti, Bagh, Muzaffarabad, Mirpur and Kolti in Kashmir."Awans are mainly settled in the region from Rawalakot to Muzaffarabad of present Azad Jammu & Kashmir and having the population of more than 500,000”...
, Azad Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir dynasty - Awan (Kuwait)Awan (Kuwait)AWAN is an Arabic language newspaper based in Kuwait....
- Awan languagesAwan languagesThe Awan languages are Barbacoan languages that include the Awa Pit language and the Pasto languages spoken in Ecuador and Colombia. Pasto is extinct....
, spoken in South America - Sultan BahuSultan BahuSultan Bahu was a Muslim Sufi and saint, who founded the Sarwari Qadiri Sufi order.Sultan Bahu belonged to the Awan tribe, and was born in Anga, Soon Valley, Sakesar . Like many other Sufi saints of South Asia, Sultan Bahu was a prolific writer, with more than forty books on Sufism attributed to...
(Sufi poet-saint. Founded the Sarwari QadiriSarwari QadiriThe Sarwari Qadiriyya Sufi Order is combination of two Arabic words Sarwari and Qadiriyya.First part Sarwari is derived from an Arabic word Sarwar which is associated with Prophet Muhammad.The second word Qadiriyya The Sarwari Qadiriyya Sufi Order is combination of two Arabic words Sarwari and...
Sufi order) Born in Awan clan of Soon valley - Wasif Ali WasifWasif Ali WasifWasif Ali Wasif was a teacher, writer, poet and sufi intellectual from Pakistan. He was famous for his unique literary style. He used to write short pieces of prose on topics like love, life, fortune, fear, hope, expectation, promise, prayer, happiness, sorrow and so on. He was the regular...
(Eminent Sufi author and poet) - MajorMajorMajor is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
Muhammad AkramMuhammad AkramMajor Muhammad Akram , was a Pakistan Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Pakistan military's highest decoration, the Nishan-e-Haider, for his actions during the 1971 Indo-Pak...
Shaheed (Recipient of the Nishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947...
, Pakistan's highest military award) - Lance NaikLance NaikLance Naik is the equivalent rank to Lance Corporal in the Pakistan and Indian Armies and before 1947, in the British Indian Army, ranking below Naik. In cavalry units the equivalent is Acting Lance Daffadar. Like a British Lance Corporal, he wore a single rank chevron....
Muhammad MahfuzMuhammad MahfuzLance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed was born in Jat family of Pind Malikan in Rawalpindi District on October 25, 1944. Muhammad Mahfuz joined Pakistan Army on October 25, 1962 as an infantry soldier.-Incident leading to Martyrdom :...
Shaheed (Recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider) - Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, Pakistani religious leader