Daizangi (Hazara tribe)
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Daizangi, also spelled as Dai Zangi, ( prs, دایزنگی), is one of the major
tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of the
Hazaras The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scatt ...
of
Hazarajat Hazaristan ( fa, هزارستان, Hazāristān), or Hazarajat ( fa, هزاره‌جات, Hazārajāt) is a mostly mountainous region in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Koh-i-Baba mountains in the western extremities of the ...
in central
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. They inhabit the
Bamyan Bamyan or Bamyan Valley (); ( prs, بامیان) also spelled Bamiyan or Bamian is the capital of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. Its population of approximately 70,000 people makes it the largest city in Hazarajat. Bamyan is at an al ...
, Yakawlang,
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and Waras districts of
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, the Shahristan in Daikundi Province, and
Lal Wa Sarjangal Lal (La'l), United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( prs, لعل) sometimes called Lal wa Sarjangal () is a town and the administrative center of Lal wa Sarjangal District, Ghor Province, Afghanistan. Demographics Lal is one ...
in Ghor Province. The 19th-century Hazara Mir Elkhani, Mir Naser Beg, Mir Azeem Beg was the
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of the Daizangi who led the final battle of the Hazaras against
Abdur Rahman Khan Abdur Rahman Khan GCSI (Pashto/Dari: ) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for uniting the country after years of internal fighting and negotiation of the Durand Line Ag ...
in the battle of Uruzgan. He was exiled to
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in present-day
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, where he wrote his memoirs "Yad e Guzishta", Memories of the past. The Daizangi sub-tribes include the Bubali, Gedi, Kamyaba, Kut-daghi, Khushamadi, Kirigu, Miramur, Qaraqul Daghi, Sag Deh, Sag Jui, Sag-Pae, Sehpai, Takana, Takash, Urarus, and Yangur.Hazara tribal structure Program for Culture and Conflict Studies, US Naval Postgraduate School.
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See also

* List of Hazara tribes * Daizangi


References

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