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The Harifal( Urdu حریفال حریف ال) is a Pashtun tribe inhabiting Sherani District, Balochistan province, Pakistan, and in the surrounding districts (Arghandab of Kandahar, Mezana and Sharisafa of Zabul, Qarabagh and Shelgar of Ghazni, Chack and Narkh of Maidan Wardak, Poli Alam of Logar, Poli Kumri and Nahrin of Baghlan, Aybak and Sancharak district of Sariful) of Afghanistan. The tribe mostly populates the western slopes of Shinghar, a mountain in the Suleiman Range, though a considerable number reside in Zhob District (Harifal Abad) and there is also a scattered population in Duki sub division of Loralai District, Sanjavi subdivision of Ziarat District, a few families in Quetta, and Zarkanai Daraban of Dera Ismail Khan district. The word ''Harifal'' is also transliterated as Airf Aal, Haripal, and Hurreepaul. The two union councils of Sherani district, Shinghar Harifal south with 23 villages (13,883 people) and Shinghar Harifal north with 31 villages (12,228 people), are altogether occupied by the Harifal tribe. The main bulk of the tribe lives in the clusters of villages in the central block of Mt. Shinghar. Harifal tribe is a relatively small and tractable one. In earlier times scarcely known to the historians in its own right. The total voters〔ECP SHERANI〕 of the Harifal tribe is 8728 and gender-wise breakup is as follow, Male 4797 and female is 3931. There is an ancestral link between Harifal and the Shirani tribe, but the Harifal is still considered a separate tribe. ==Etymology== Harifal has undergone etymological change. As it is pronounced in the manner favoured by Pathan/Afghan, just as French words borrowed whole, are pronounced and used in an English way. Harifal, in Pashto, is the corrupted form of ''Arif Aal'', meaning progeny of Arif, the founder of the tribe. The actual name of this eponymous ancestor was "Arif-Ullah". The word Harifal has undergone etymological change over time, and so it has been variously transliterated as Arif Aal, Haripal, and Harifal. These words are all homophones but heterographs, and Harifal is the most correct one. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harifal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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