The Dhund Abbasi is a

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tribe in

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. Its members are mainly found in parts of

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province, and the region of

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. The tribe speaks the Pahari dialect of Pahari-Potwari, as well as

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and

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. The tribe considers Sardar Akbar Gahi Khan, also known as Sardar Zarab Khan Abbassi, as its forefather. The tribe gets is name Dhund from the honorary title given to Shah Wali Khan (also known as Dhund Khan) by Bahauddin Zakariya.

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{{reflist Dhund Abbasi Social groups of Azad Kashmir Social groups of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjabi tribes