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Panni or Parni refers to a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Like other Pashtuns, they have Eastern Iranian genetic and ethnolinguistic heritage. They are descent from Parthian people of Ancient Parthia.
Most of them are settled in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, such as Ghor, Herat, Kandahar, Karachi, Quetta, Musakhail, Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, Peshawar, Haripur,Abbottabad,Kabul, Tank, Kohat, Sibi, Zhob while there are some communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and other Western countries. They were, at one point in time ruler of Bahlol Lodhi or Lodhi Dynasty they had main rule over darbar. After ending of Lodhi dynasty, they scattered and migrated to various parts of the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. [citation needed] Some Pannis/Parnis have also migrated to South India. However, most of them are settled in Pakistan. The Zamindars of Karatia in Bangladesh are of Panni/Parni descent.[1]
The famous sub tribes of Panni are Barozai, Marghazani, Safi, Jadoon, Dehpal and Mizri
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