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Nizhādnāmah-i Afghān: Chapter Six

in Supplements to The History of Afghanistan

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previous section  See p. 349, note 7 regarding the orthography of this name. Fayż Muḥammad took pains to make it clear that the first letter was a ‘G’ and his spelling is consistently “Garrān” rather than the more commonly used “Karrān.”  There is considerable difference of opinion about the lineage and genealogy of Garrān. Today there are many tribes, descendants of his, who are called Afghans. Some would say he is the seed of Sayyid Qāf while some old men of the Shītak people say that he was ...

Supplements to The History of Afghanistan

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