title: Povindah
text: The Povindah was a class of warrior nomadic traders in present-day Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan, who belonged chiefly to the tribes of Ghilzais Pashtuns. Their name, which designates their occupation, is derived from the same root as the Pushtu word meaning "to graze".
  
  Occupation
  They assembled every autumn on the plains east of Ghazni, with their families, flocks, herds and long strings of camels and horses, laden with the goods of Bokhara and Kandahar; and forming a caravan march through the Kakar and Waziri countries by the Zhob and Gumal passes of the Suliman Hills.
  
  Powindah tribes
  
  List of Povindah clans
  
  Ghilzai
   Nasar is a Pashtun ethnic Khillji Tribe, mainly living in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The most famous General Saidal Khan Nasar who Fought with Persia along with Mirwais Baba as Chief of Army and overcame Isfahan now in the modern days the popular politicians in Pakistan namely Mullana Fazal u Rehman, Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar.
  Ahmadzai
  
  The Ahmadzai (Pashto: احمدزی) is a Pashtun subtribe of the Ghilji confederacy. The Ahmadzai Pashtun tribe is a Powandah tribe and are traditional nomadic merchant warriors.
  
  Hotak
  
  Niazi:
  
  Kharoti
  
  See also
   Niazi
   Lohani
  
  External links
  Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750 By Stephen Frederic Dale
  A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service By Ian Scott, Denis Judd Page 120
  A British  Tale of Indian and Foreign Service By Ian Scott, Denis Judd
  
  References
  
  Pashtun tribes
  Nomads
  Pashtun nomadic tribes
  Social groups of Pakistan
  Social groups of Afghanistan