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Yazdan Khan Hazara (), (born ) was a

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of the

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from

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(today

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) from 1906 until 1926. He served in the 106th Hazara Pioneers during World War I. He was a descendant of Sher Ali Khan, a Hazara elder from Jaghori,

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. He was not amongst the fugitive warring tribe of Hazara but belonged to Oqi sub tribe of the Jaghori (Hazara tribe). He migrated from

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, also spelled Sangi Masha in Jaghori District,

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, Afghanistan to

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in the year 1908 and joined British army. He was dismissed from his service in the year 1926 by captain Ali Dost incharge Hazara Pioneer. He was the father of General Muhammad Musa Khan Hazara who was the Commander-in-Chief of the

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from 1958 to 1966.

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