Mohmand
Pashtun tribe
The Mohmand (Pashto: مومند) or Momand is a prominent tribe of Pashtun people belonging to the Ghoryakhel tribe of Sarbani Branch.
Distribution
They are based primarily in the Mohmand territory, which is located in Nangarhar, Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency, in Pakistan. Momonds are in every province of Afghanistan, their areas of presence include Nangarhar, Ghazni, Kandahar, Kunar, Logar and Kunduz. Mohmands are In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan, they predominantly reside in the Mohmand Agency (formerly part of the Tribal Areas), with others later settle area in Charsadda, Mardan and Peshawar District.
Momands are living southside in Peshawar called (Koz Momand) in Pashto mean Lower Momand. as every historian or writer mentioned in their book, that these two Momand are the same Momand and same Shajarah Nasab, or Family Tree. Peshawar Momands has so many villages, from Badaber, Mashokhel, Hassankhel, Masrizai, Bazidkhel, etc.
History
The Mohmand Ghoryakhel originally lived in the present-day Mohmand region, as well as in areas of Kandahar, Ghazni, Ghor, and between the basins of the Tarnak, Oxus and Indus rivers, along the present Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Ghoryakhel consists of tribes descended by the son of Kand, son of Kharshbun, son of Sarban, and son of Qais Abdur Rashid, They originally lived in Ghwara Marghay, Arghistan, Kandahar, and are now mostly found in Ghazni, Nangarhar, Logar, Ghor, Kabul, Kunar, Paktia, Kunduz, Zabul and Herat. Ghoryakhel had four sons: Chamkani, Daulatyar, Khalil, and Zeerani.
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