↑The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India: In Relation to Their Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Fine Arts, Population, Religion, Education, Statistics, Etc., by Robert Montgomery Martin, Cambridge University Press.[१], pg. 145. "Of the Pathans, there are above 6,000 families, chiefly settled in Nawada, Sheykhpura, and Patna."Link here
↑The Pathan Borderland, James William Spain, Mouton, ... The most familiar name in the west is Pathan, a Hindi term adopted by the British, which is usally applied only to the people living east of the Durand ...
↑Afghanistan: Glossary, British Library, ... Comes to mean 'Pathans' residing in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Divided into two main groups, the Abdalis (qv) and the Ghilzais (qv) ...