sentences:  Later, with the spread of Sikhism and the rise of the Sikh Empire beginning in the eighteenth century A.D., some Hindkowans became Sikhs.Like the Hindus, many Sikh Hindkowans migrated to Hindustan after the partition of India in 1947.Hindko speakers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa include the Dhunds, Karlals, Tanolis, Mashwanis, Sayyids, Mughals, Turks, Awans, Qureshis, and Gujjars.