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Mullagori or Mullaghori or Malagori ملاگوری یا ملاغوری یا ملاگوري | |
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Ethnicity | Pashtun |
Location | Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Afghanistan (Nangarhar) |
Parent tribe | Sarbani |
Population | 50000 |
Branches | Pahar Khel, Taar Khel, Ahmed Khel, Daulat Khel |
Language | Pashto |
Religion | Islam |
The Mullagori or Mulagori or Malagori (Pashto: ملاګوری Mullagorai, plur. ملاګوري Mullagori; Urdu: ملاگوری) is a Pashtun tribe present in Khyber District, tribal areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Historically, they are one of the smallest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are considered as a sub-tribe of Momand Pashtun Ghoryakhel confederacy.[1][2]
They are natively based in Mullagori Tehsil of Khyber District and in the Prang Ghar Tehsil of Mohmand District in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, and in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.[3] They are also present in smaller numbers in Charsadda and in Balochistan. In Mullagori Tehsil, their area extends from a little west of Chauki Sparsang to the crest of the Dabrai hill and from the Kabul River on the north to Lakka Sar on the south touching the land of the Kuki khel (Afridis sub-tribe) and Zakha khel (Afridis sub-tribe), and a clan of the Shinwari. Their neighbors on the west are the Shalmanis and on the north, the Tarakzai Mohmands.[4]
Almost all of the Mullagoris speak a northern variety of Pashto and some southern variety of Pashto.[5]