The Mohmand (Pashto: مومند) or Momand is a prominent tribe of Pashtun people.^[1]

Distribution

They are based primarily in the Mohmand territory, which is located in Nangarhar, Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency, Pakistan.

Other members of the family are '''Khan Tahir Zaman Mohmand ''', '''Khan Asad Zaman Mohmand''', '''Dost Muhammad Khan''','''Gohar Zaman Mohmand '''and '''Latif Jan''' In Michanai area Sardar Khan family residing in riverbank of Kabul, Mughal Khan family residing in Union Council Jogani, presently leading Morcha Khel family in Jogani and Michanai areas '''Nayyer Aman Khan, Inayat Khan Morcha Khel, Nazar Muhammad, Samb Ali Khan, Qaiser Khan etc

History

In May 2018, Mohmand tribal elders condemned the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and were supporters of a separate province Qabailistan.^[2]

Notables

• Rahman Baba Abdur Rahmān Mohmand (1632–1706) (Pashto: عبدالرحمان بابا), or Rahmān Bābā (Pashto: رحمان بابا), was a renowned Pashtun Sufi Dervish and poet
• Aimal Khan Mohmand, Afghan ruler, who fought in the Afghan-Mughal Wars of the 17th Century against Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
• Qalandar Momand, Pashto scholar, poet, critic, short story writer, journalist, linguist, lexicographer and academician.
• Mohammad Gul Khan Momand, Afghan Army Officer during the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War
• Ashfaq Ahmed, writer
• Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan and the fourth Muslim to reach outer space.^[3]
• Rustam Shah Mohmand, Chief Secretary of N.W.F.P, Diplomat, commissioner for Afghan Refugees and ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan
• Zain Khan Sirhindi (Mohmand), made Governor (Subahdar) of Sirhind province, India by Ahmad Shah Durrani (Abdali). Died in the Battle of Sirhind (1764).