Miani (Pashtun tribe)

Sarbani
Regions with significant populations
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Languages
Pashto, Urdu, Dari
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Pashtun tribes, other Iranian peoples

Miani (Pashto: Mianrhi) is a pashtun tribe which is the sub tribe of Sherani that are descendents of Saraban, the son of Qais Abdur Raseed. Now they mainly inhabit the Gomal plains of Pakistan in the Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was formerly North-West Frontier Province. Major portion of the tribe also reside in Dera Ismael Khan ( kokar, Mandhran, Pusha Pull, Baloch Wanda etc ) Panjab ( Riaz Abad, Muzaffar gharh, Jhang etc) and Balochistan ( Harnai)

Historically Mianis have been migratory Tribe migrating between the Derajat Pakistan and Afghanistan though historical Gomal Pass. Many of them settled in the Gomal plains by 1850.