The Dai Chopan (Dari: دایچوپان) is a tribe of Hazaras in Afghanistan.[1] the district with the same name Dai Chopan in Zabul province is derived from this tribe.
Origin edit
The Dai Chopan are the descendants of Amir Chopan, a Hazara chieftain and whose grave is at Grishk, Helmand Province.[2][3]
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References edit
- ^ Barbara Anne Brower; Barbara Rose Johnston (2007). Disappearing peoples?: indigenous groups and ethnic minorities in South and Central Asia. Left Coast Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 9781598741216. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (1958). Viking fund publications in anthropology. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Robert L. Canfield (27 October 2010). Ethnicity, Authority and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small. Taylor & Francis US. pp. 131–. ISBN 9780415780698. Retrieved 29 March 2011.