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Sherani or Shirani is a Pathan tribe of Pashtun origin, living predominantly in modern Pakistan and Afghanistan.
During early 20th century, the tribal group, also called as "Sheranis", is recorded as living on the Dera Ismail Khan border of the North-west Frontier Province of India during the British Raj, and was a part of "The Sherani Agency". The agency occupied an area of 1500 mile² and had a population of 12,371 according to 1901 census. The Sheranis occupied the principal portion of the mountain known as the Takht-i-Suliman and the country thence eastward down to the border of Dera Ismail Khan district. They were bounded on the north by the Gomal Pass, and beyond that by the Mahsud Waziris; on the south by the Ustaranas and Zmarais; and on the west by the Haripals, Kakars and Mandu Khels.
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