The Tareen (or Tarin) (Pashto: ترین‎) are a prominent Sarbani Pashtun tribe largely residing in Pakistan and in Afghanistan as well as some other parts of South Asia. They are one of the largest Pashtun tribes.

History

Tareen was a great-grandson of Qais Abdur Rashid (see List of non-Arab Sahaba). Tareen's year of birth was around about 700 to 720 AD.

Early military role

Historically, little is known or heard of them prior to the invasions of India by the Ghorid sultan and invader Muhammad Ghori in the late 12th century.

Settlements

By the 15th or 16th century, by and large the various sections of the Tareen tribe had settled in the areas they still inhabit in the modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, indeed some of them assimilating into earlier cultures and/or ethnic groups in these areas.

Sher Shah Suri and Mughal era

Sher Shah Suri brought Tareen Pashtun tribes from Pashtun areas and got them settled in different parts of central and northern India, including what today is Pakistan. Tareens were also settled in a significant number in Bihar, a state in India, as it was the headquarters of Sher Shah Suri. Significant number of Tareens settled in Bhagalpur, a city in Bihar. Among their earlier known chiefs in Bhagalpur was Alaf Khan, a Mansabdar of rank Chahr Hazari (Four thousand) who lived in the time of Akbar the Great.