Miani (Pashtun tribe)
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Miani (Pashto: Mianrhi) is a Pushtun nomadic tribe that mainly inhabit the Gomal plains of Pakistan in the Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was formerly North-West Frontier Province.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan | |
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other Pashtun tribes, other Iranian peoples |
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Historically Mianis have been migratory Powindah Tribes migrating between the Derajat Pakistan and Afghanistan though historical Gomal Pass. Many of them settled in the Gomal plains by 1850. There are also Miani people within the Dera Ismail Khan District of Pakistan who are related to the Mianis settled in the Gomal plains.