Panni or Parni refers to a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Like other Pashtuns, they have Eastern Iranian genetic and ethnolinguistic heritage.In the middle of the 3rd century BCE, the Parni invaded Parthia, "drove away the Greek satraps, who had then only just acquired independence, and founded a new dynasty", that of the Arsacids. Most of them are settled in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, such as Ghor, Herat, Kandahar, Karachi, Quetta, Musakhail, Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, Peshawar, Haripur, Kabul, Tank, Kohat, Sibi, while there are some communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and other Western countries. They were, at one point in time rule of Bahlol Lodhi or Lodhi Dynasty they had main rule over darbar. After ended of Lodhi dynasty, they scattered and migrated to various parts of the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. [citation needed] Some Pannis/Parnis have also migrated to South India. However, most of them are settled in Pakistan. The Zamindars of Karatia in Bangladesh are of Panni/Parni descent.[1]
The commentary of Father Monserrate, S.J., on his journey to the court of Akbar.These same Sacae founded Indo' Scythia, near the Paharopanisas, whose inhabitants are called Patanaei' and Delazacquii,'^ i.e. 'true of heart.' They speak a mixture of the Scythian language of Bactria and the Median of Parthia, called Pastoum. By the Persians they are called Aufgani. The Bactrians were brought into that region first by Eucratides. Subsequently the Parthians were brought in by Mitthridates, the great-grandson of Arsaces, after he had slain the son of Eucratides.
