Daizangi
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Daizangi is one of the major tribes of the Hazaras of Hazarajat
Hazarajat
The Hazarajat is the original homeland of the Hazara people, and lies in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Koh-i-Baba mountains and the western extremities of the Hindu Kush. Its physical boundaries, however, are roughly marked by the Bamiyan Basin to the north, the headwaters of...

 in central Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. They inhabit the Bamian, Uruzgan, Panjao and Waras districts of Bamyan Province, Sahristan District in Daikundi Province and the Gizab District in Urozgan Province. They are said (in the absence of any reliable statistics
Statistics
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) to be the largest and one of the most powerful tribe of the Hazaras. The 19th-century Hazara Mir (Chieftain) Mir Azeem Beg and Mir illkhani was the mir of the Daizangi who led the final battle of the Hazaras against the Afghan Amir (Abdur Rahman Khan) in the battle of Urozgan
Oruzgan Province
Orūzgān or Urōzgān , also spelled Uruzgan or Rōzgān , is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the center of the country, though the area is culturally and tribally linked to Kandahar in the south. Its capital is Tarin Kowt...

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