Tatur

Tatur
The position of Tatur among the Lodi/Lohani tribes and the larger Bettani tribal confederacy.
EthnicityPashtun
LocationTank District, Frontier Region Tank
Parent tribeLohani, Lodi
ReligionSunni Islam

Tatur, also known as Tator or Tatoor, is a small Pashtun tribe among the larger Lodi/Lohani tribe located in Tank District of Pakistan.[1][2][3] Like other Lohani tribes, Tatur were originally present in the Paktika Province of present-day Afghanistan, specifically the Katawaz area in Khairkot District before settling in the Gomal plains of present-day Tank District during the late 1500s, moving into the region through the Gomal Pass.[2][3][4]

History

The Tatur currently exists as a tribe chiefly concentrated in one small village about four miles north-west of Tank city. The village in which the tribe currently resides was also mentioned by H. G. Raverty in his Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan book published in 1880. The tribe is referred to as Tataur, Tutor, and Tutohr in the book.[4] The tribe was near extinction around 1872-79.[2]

References

  1. ^ "History of the Afghans. | Library of Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. ^ a b c Office, Punjab Settlement Commissioner's; Tucker, H. St George (1879). Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Dera Ismail Khan District of the Punjab, 1872-79. W. Ball. pp. 42, 46.
  3. ^ a b Yunas, S. Fida (2002). Afghanistan: The Afghans and the rise and fall of the ruling Afghan dynasties and rulers. p. 52.
  4. ^ a b Raverty, Henry Raverty (1880). Notes on Afghanistan and Baluchistan. pp. 325, 326. ISBN 978-9693512625.