Pathan (disambiguation)
Pathan is a synonym commonly used in South Asia to refer to the Pashtun people, the largest and second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively. It may also refer to:
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People
Military
- 40th Pathans, now the 16th Punjab Regiment, an infantry regiment raised in 1780
- Pathan Regiment (1948–1956), an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army
- RFA War Pathan (X84), a 1923 tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Other uses
- Pathan diaspora, refers to ethnic Pashtuns who live outside their traditional homeland of Pashtunistan
- The Pathans 550 B.C.–A.D. 1957, a 1958 book by British author Olaf Caroe
See also
- Pathani, a clan of Uttarakhand, India
- Pathania, a clan of Delhi, India
- Pathanization, adapting to Pashtun language or culture
- All pages with titles beginning with Pathan
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