Sarwani

Shirvani, or Sarwani (Pashto شیروانی) is a Bettani Pashtun tribe.

Distribution

Shirvani, Sherwani, Shervani, Sheherwani or Sarwani (Pashto شیروانی) is a Pashtun tribe primarily found in Afghanistan with a significant minority found in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and in Malerkotla, Punjab.

Origin

According to the book The Regimental History of the Malerkotla Sappers and Miners, the Shirvani Tribe originates, and takes its name from, the region of Shirvan in the Caucasus/Persia.

Other theories of the origin of the Sarwani people state that they originate from the city of Sherran or Current Iran-Afghan bordered Regions and from the Ghazni province.

See also

• Shirvan
• Malerkotla State
• Malerkotla
• Shirani (Pashtun tribe)
• Suri (Pashtun)
• Ghor Province
• Sherwani (surname)