The Fouladi (alternatively Polada, Poladha, Puladi); (Dari: پولادی) is a tribe of Hazara found in Afghanistan, of the Southern[1] branch of Hazara. Per several references, the Poladha are among the eight overarching Hazara tribes.[2]
Origin
editOne study indicated that Maknak, Kalo Zaida, Khurdak Zaida, Kim Sung, Maradina are also subset of Poladha; especially the Dahla tribe (possibly extinct) was a subset of the Poladha.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Barbara F. Grimes; Joseph Evans Grimes; Summer Institute of Linguistics (1 November 2000). Ethnologue. SIL International. ISBN 9781556711039. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Elizabeth E. Bacon (1966). Obok: a study of social structure in Eurasia. Johnson Reprint Corp. Retrieved 29 March 2011.