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Peace be with you all,
I have my genealogy document right in front of me and it goes all the way back to Imam Ali's son Muhammad Hanifa. Junaid has it somewhat right.
Awan tribe is spread across Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kasmir. When Sultan Mahmoud Ghaznavi (997-1037 C.E.), the patron of Firdusi, after his 16th unsuccessful attempt to capture Sumnat, Edward Gibbon recounts the story with lucid details in Chapter 57 of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Some Fifty thousand of hindu worshippers protected and guarded that Temple with their life (splendor of belief!). In each attack he was unsuccessful. Then he brought in Qutb Shah (father of Awan tribe) on his next attack and sought his advice and help. Qutb Shah assessed the temple and whereabouts (remember a heavily guarded!) and advised Mahmoud that as soon as he brings down the Idol of Sumnat, command all in the army to attack the Hindu defenders whose faith would be weakened by the Idol's fall. And so he did and the Mahmud captured the city.
After this expedition Qutb Shah stayed in Kalah Bagh for few years and that is where Awan tribe spread across the IndoPak continent. He spread teachings of Islam. One of the Sufi saint Sultan Bahu (ra) was from Awan tribe. His shrine is Jhang.
Based on my genealogy document, there are 26 persons leading up in the chain to Imam Ali (as) through his son Muhmamad Hanifa.
Khuda Hafiz
Mansoor Awan
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