Dahla (Hazara tribe)

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The Dahla are a tribe of the Hazara people in Afghanistan. [1]

One study indicated that the Dahla tribe were possibly extinct, and a subset of the Poladha tribe. [2]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Elizabeth E. Bacon (1966). Obok: a study of social structure in Eurasia. Johnson Reprint Corp. Retrieved 29 March 2011.