Dai Chopan (Hazara tribe)
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The Dai Chopan (Dari: دایچوپان) are a Hazara tribe found in Afghanistan. They are generally numbered among the eight overarching Hazara tribes, but not among the five "original tribes".[1] Together with the Dai Khitai, they form the Uruzgani tribe. DaiChopan is also a sub tribe of Uruzganis and the district with the same name is in Zabul Province. Daichopan are the descendants of Amir Chopan, a Hazara chieftain and whose grave is at Grishik, Helmand Province.[2][3]
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References
- ^ Barbara Anne Brower; Barbara Rose Johnston (2007). Disappearing peoples?: indigenous groups and ethnic minorities in South and Central Asia. Left Coast Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 9781598741216. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (1958). Viking fund publications in anthropology. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Robert L. Canfield (27 October 2010). Ethnicity, Authority and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small. Taylor & Francis US. pp. 131–. ISBN 9780415780698. Retrieved 29 March 2011.