^James William Spain (1963). The Pathan Borderland. Mouton. p. 40. Retrieved 1 January 2012. The most familiar name in the west is Pathan, a Hindi term adopted by the British, which is usually applied only to the people living east of the Durand.
^Pathan. World English Dictionary. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Pathan (pəˈtɑːn) — n a member of the Pashto-speaking people of Afghanistan, Western Pakistan, and elsewhere, most of whom are Muslim in religion [C17: from Hindi]
^Ahmed, Feroz (1998). Ethnicity And Politics In Pakistan. Oxford University Press. p. 285. ISBN9780195779066.
^Blackwood, William (1923). Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 214. p. 821. Small talk about their neighbours and the latest very broad Pathan joke filled in the intervening minutes, and then the two friends attacked the food, of which the savour had been tickling their nostrils in almost too tempting a fashion.