Jadoon

Jadoon
جدون
Regions with significant populations
Hazara regionAbbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra
Languages
Pashto, Hindko
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Pashtuns • Hazarewal
An old member of the famous Jadoon tribe in his typical dress, 1951

The Jadoon, also known as Gadoon[1] or Jadun (Pashto: ږدون،ګدون،سدون،زدون; Hindko: جدون) is a Pashtun tribe primarily residing in the Hazara and Kohistan regions as well as in the Swabi district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Some members of the tribe also live in Nangarhar and Kunar in Afghanistan.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Hemphill, Brian E. (2023). "Population Dynamics among Ethnic Groups Residing in Hazarewal and Chitral-Gilgit-Baltistan". Ancient Pakistan. 34. University of Peshawar: 29–79. ISSN 2708-4590.
  2. ^ Bergen, Peter; Tiedemann, Katherine (4 January 2013). Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion. Oxford University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-19-998677-4.
  3. ^ Steinberg, S. (29 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1954. Springer. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-230-27083-1.
  4. ^ Hille, Charlotte (6 May 2020). Clans and Democratization: Chechnya, Albania, Afghanistan and Iraq. BRILL. p. 247. ISBN 978-90-04-41548-5.