Daizangi, also spelled as Dai Zangi, (), 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 use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

of the ethnic

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mostly in central

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. They inhabit in

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, Panjab and Waras districts of

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Lal Wa Sarjangal Lal (La'l), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () sometimes called Lal wa Sarjangal () is a town and the administrative center of Lal wa Sarjangal District, Ghor province in central Afgh ...

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, Shahristan district in

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and

Ab Kamari District Ab Kamari is a district in the west of Badghis Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 36,300 in 2002, the ethnic makeup of which was approximately 100 % hazara The district capital is Sang Atesh. Other localities include Ab Khud ...

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History

Dai Zangi could be the descendants of the

Ghurid The Ghurid dynasty (also spelled Ghorids; ; self-designation: , ''Šansabānī'') was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian peoples, Iranian Tajik people, Tajik origin, which ruled from the 8th-century in the region of Ghor, and became an Emp ...

ruler Taj al-Din Zangi who was the Emir of

Bamyan Bamyan (), also spelled Bamian or Bamiyan, is the capital of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. Its population of approximately 100,000 people makes it the largest city in Hazarajat. Bamyan is at an altitude of about above sea level. The ...

and its surroundings from 1200-1204/5.

Subtribes

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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History

Subtribes

See also

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