Dhund is a tribe found in the Abbottabad and Rawalpindi District, as well as Mansehra, Haripur, Bagh, and Muzaffarabad districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. [1] They mainly speak Punjabi or Pahari dialects, as well as Hindko. [2] The word Dhund was an honorary name given to one of their forefathers. [2] [3] The Dhund tribe is divided into four sections: the Chandal, Gaiyal, Ratnial, and Andwal clans. [4]
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Languages | Punjabi (various dialects) |
Country | Pakistan |
Region | Punjab, Hazara, Azad Kashmir |
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It is also in this valley that much of the famous Dhoond tribe of the Abassi family resides; the majority of the Abassis are descendants of the late Great Sardar Totta Khan and late Sardar Dehmat Khan, chieftains of the Dhoond tribe...
Dhunds are the largest and most prominent tribe of Murree... Historically besides Murree, tribal abode of Dhund Abbasis include parts present day Islamabad Capital Territory, Tehsil Kahuta and Kotli Sattian of Rawalpindi, District Abbottabad, Haripur and Mansehra of NWFP and Deerkot tehsil in the Bagh district of Azad Kashmir.