Edited sentence: According to gazettes of British Raj during 1800s, Mianai are Afghans from sarbani pashtun tribe.Accounts of earliest contact of the Mianai tribe with the British are not known, but the British became familiar with these peoples as diplomatic relations between the Durrani Empire and the British Raj increased.Mianis living around the vicinity of Multan migrated to the British protectorate princely state of Bahawalpur to avoid persecution as forces of Ranjit Singh tighten their grip on Punjab