Storyani

The Storyani (Pashto: ستورياني), also called Ustrani or Ustarana, are a Pashtun tribe of Sayyid origin inhabiting the Frontier Region in the outer hills opposite the extreme south of Dera Ismail Khan district[1] of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. They have occupied the eastern slope of Suleiman Mountains. To their north lies Gomal River, which separates South Waziristan Agency from this region. To their south west across Baluchistan border is Zhob and Dukki, to the east towards Daman plains with the Gandapurs of Kulachi, to the west with Musa Khel and Zmaryani while Qaisrani (a Balouch tribe) on the south.[2]

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ustarana" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 811.
  2. ^ Pashtun. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 1, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9058636