Sudhan

This article is about the tribe. For other uses, see Sudhan (disambiguation).

Sudhan
سدھن
Map showing the distribution of Sudhan populations in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Total population
Around 500,000 (In 2006)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Poonch, Sudhanoti, Bagh, Kotli
Languages
Pahari (Poonchi Dialect)
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Pashtuns

Sudhan (also known as Sudhozai Pathan or Saddozai Sudhan)[2][3] are one of the major tribes from the Poonch Division in Azad Kashmir with their population centered around Poonch and Sudhanoti, alongside a smaller population in the northern areas of the neighboring Bagh and Kotli.[4]According to the local oral tradition of the tribe, they are allegedly a branch of the Saddozai tribe and originated from Pashtun areas in Afghanistan, and were the founders of their heartland of Sudhanoti.[5][6][4]

  1. ^ ""With Friends Like These...": Human Rights Violations in Azad Kashmir: II. Background". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ Cite Genealogy https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Sadu_Zai_subtribe.jpg
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  4. ^ a b Snedden, Christopher (December 2013). Kashmir - The Untold Story. HarperCollins India. p. 43. ISBN 9789350298985. Sudhans from Poonch considered themselves to be Sudho Zai Pathans (Pukhtoons), which explained why the Pashtun tribesmen from NWFP province lost no time coming to help Jammu and Kashmir's Muslims in 1947..
  5. ^ Snedden, Christopher (2012). The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir. Columbia University Press. p. xix. ISBN 9780231800204. Sudhan/Sudhozai – one of the main tribes of (southern) Poonch, allegedly originating from Pashtun areas.
  6. ^ Tarikhi Sudhan qabail Author : Muhammad Arif Khan Saddozai Summary : History of the Sudhan tribes of Kashmir https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990071496180203941/catalog