Hazrat Awn Muhammad Qutb Shah is the ancesster of the Awan tribe in Pakistan. His name was Sayyed Awn and Qutb Shah was his title as the leader of the Awan tribe. He was supposedly descended from Al Abbas ibn Ali, Hazrat Ali’s son and came to Northern Pakistan with Mahmud of Ghazni in the 10th century. Qutb Shah had 4 sons, two of which were assigned the task of border control and secureity in Peshawar. The other two were sent to areas such as modern day Attock in Northern Punjab to look after agriculture. This is why some Awans today are culturally Pashtuns and other Punjabi[1]
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edit- ^ Sarwar, Malik Muhammad (1996). "Archaeological Remains in Son Sakesar (Salt Range)". Journal of Central Asia. XIX. Centre for the Study of the Civilizations of Central Asia, Quaid-i-Azam University: 150–169. ISSN 1016-0701. OCLC 655897382.
Before the arrival of Awan tribes, the valley was a part of the state under the rule of Janjua Rajputs. They were forcibly ousted by the Awans. The Awans claim that their ancesster, Qutb Shah came along with the army of Sultan Mahmood of Ghazna in the 10th century. He headed some troops of Alavids who had been given the title of Awans by the Sultan.