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Abbasi (Arabic:عباسی) is a prominent Muslim family name.

Contents 1 Origin 2 Geographical distribution 3 Abbasies and Dhond Abbasies in Pakistan 3.1 Family Tree of Akbar Ghai Khan/Gahi Khan Tribe 3.2 Family Tree of the Abbasies 3.3 Dhond Abbasies of Circle Bakote 3.4 Jabraal (Sub tribe of Dhond Abbasi) 4 The Plight of the Abbasis 5 See also

The name denotes descent from Abbas ibn Abd-al-Muttalib, the paternal uncle of Prophet Muhammad. The Abbasid caliphate was established by the Abbasi clan and ruled the Middle East during 750–1258 CE.

The members of the Abbasi family can be found in: Pakistan, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, United States ,India, Switzerland,

In Pakistan, this family is predominantly found in two different regions. One branch known as the Dhond Abbasi are found in northern Pakistan in the following areas.

1. Circle Bakote (Abbottabad District of NWFP.)
2. Murree
3. Kahuta
4. The Dobaran Abbasian Hills (Rawalpindi District of Punjab).

Before independent 1947, this tribe were often called Qureshi , according to Justice Akram Khan of Chameati,Bagh - Azad Jammu Kashmir in his famous book AINA-E-QURESH.

The second branch of this family is found in the area of Bahawalpur, in the southern part of the Punjab province.

Ghae is an Arabic Name that was quite popular in Iraq. Ghai Khan's Family had ruled over Khurasanduring the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad until 1258 AD when Halaku Khan invaded Baghdad and the Abbasid dynasty lost power. Under pressure from the west, migration to Northern India (Pothohar) was an ideal place for Abbasi tribe to resettle, especially when the King of Kashmir at the time needed help fight Bandits and insurgents.  Ghai Khan’s Father was General Zurab Khan who was head of the military forces in Khurasan before the collapse of Caliphate. They lived in Kahauta near Rawalpindi, where they are buried and their graves are marked.

All Abbasi Tribes in Pothohar, Hazara and Kashmir (including the Dhond) claim descent from General Zurab Khan. Sardar Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan a prominent Kashmiri leader is also from the same tribe. The descendants of General Zurab Khan are scattered in Regions of Pothohar, Hazara and Kashmir. (Mohammad B Abbasi of Kharal Abbasian- Bagh AJK (USA now) contributes)

All Abbasi tribes trace their origins from Hadhrat Abbas, (Uncle of Holy Prophet Muhammed May Peace be Upon Him).

The Dhond Abbasi trace their lineage from Abbas to Dhond Khan through to Rattan Khan (who is a famous forefather of the tribe).

(Please someone correct all of this ancestry , because there are so many obvious mistakes in this count).

`Abbas ibn `Abd al-Muttalib

`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas

Ali

Mohammed

Abu Al-Abbas Al-Saffakh

Saeed

Taet Khan/Mohammed Abdullah

Aadil/Haroon Al-Rasheed

Moazzam/Abu Ishaq

Panoor Khan/Abu Al-Fadl

Ounkar Khan/Al-Murfiq

Paro Khan/Abu Al-Abbas

Noh Khan/Abu Al-Fadhl

Taeq/Taef Khan

Zurab Khan

Akbar Ghai Khan

Kouhdar Khan

Kullo Raey/Kulharha Khan

Koond Khan

Nikodar Khan

Dalair Khan

Raeb Khan

Dhond (Shah Wali) Khan

Jess/Jaskum/Jeskamp Khan

Gulab Khan

Mir Khan

Dhummat Khan

Pammi Khan

Chagga Khan

Tolak Khan

Rattan Khan

See also: Dhond Abbasi

Jabreal is sub-tribe of Dhond Abbasi main tribe of Circle Bakot. Name Jabreal derived from the name of Sardar jabro khan the for father of there family jabraal are very well known in the whole Union Council Malkot. Lala Gul Khitab Abbasi and haji abdul razaq abbasi (Nazim UC Malkot) and Allah Ditta Abbasi (A D Abbasi) chief editor Hill news belong to this family.

The Abbasis are a very good example of the rise and demise of royal families and their members. Not all but a vast majority of this tribe are scattered around the world without any real political power and indeed in most cases, are not even being able to go back to their homeland, Saudi Arabia.^{[citation needed]}

If they were still a royal family, one wonders if any Arab country would have dared to reject their entry to their own homeland. Their demise has even allowed their tribal blood line to reject them as one of their own, an example to learn from that when one is down and under, then one is denied access to their own home and their own people reject their legitimacy without any evidence. Late King Abdul Aziz Al Saud (1946) issued a decree that if one can prove the blood relationship or documentary evidences for being Abbasi, would get nationalilty of the Kingdom.

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