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The Gandapur ( Pashto: ګنډہ پور Urdu: گنڈہ پور ) also called Gandapore, is a Pashtun tribe, which is based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It is a Pathan tribe which lives in the Damaan Valley of
The Gandapur ( Pashto: ګنډہ پور Urdu: گنڈہ پور ) also called Gandapore, is a Pashtun tribe, which is based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It is a Pathan tribe which lives in the Damaan Valley of Dera Ismail Khan District
Dera Ismail Khan District ( ps, ډېره اسماعیل خان ولسوالي, bal, ڈیرہ عِسمائیل خان, ur, , skr, ; often abbreviated as D.I. Khan) is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in P ...
of Pakistan. The majority of Gandapurs live in Kulachi Tehsil including Kulachi city and its surrounding villages like Luni, Rori, Takwara, Muddy, Kot Zafar Baladasti, etc. The tribe is now, for the most part, absorbed in the other population of the area. The tribe descended from the Afghan highlands to the plains of Damaan during the 17th century. The center of their winter quarters developed into a town in the 19th century, probably because of the trading activities of the tribesmen between Khurasan
Greater Khorāsān,Dabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 or Khorāsān ( pal, Xwarāsān; fa, خراسان ), is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plate ...
and India.
The Gandapur tribe took part in Pathan tribal wars during the 18th century. They also fought against the Sikh Empire (1799-1849). A part of the tribe also lives in Sur Kalay (سور کلے) in Ghazni Province of Afghanistan.
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