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  2. Scottish clan chief - Wikipedia

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    Note 1] Although the chief of clan and Chief of the Name and Arms may concur in the same person they are not the same term. [16] See Chiefs of Clan Fraser for an example of chief of clan and Chief of the Name and Arms not being held by the same person. A crest badge of a clan chief of a fictional Scottish clan.

  3. List of Pakistani family names - Wikipedia

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    5 Gujarati clan names. 6 Kashmiri clan names. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... These surnames are mostly common among Urdu-speaking ...

  4. Sepoy - Wikipedia

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    Recruitment was undertaken locally by battalions or regiments often from the same community, village and even family. The commanding officer of a battalion became a form of substitute for the village chief or gaon bura. He was the mai-baap or the "father and mother" of the sepoys making up the paltan (from "platoon"). There were many family and ...

  5. Sial (tribe) - Wikipedia

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    The Heer Ranjha and Mirza Sahiban, epic poems of Punjabi literature are pieces of fictional writing which refer to the Sials, who were the dominant tribe at the time. The two heroines, Heer is depicted as young and independent-minded daughter of a Sial chieftain in revolt against traditional tribal conservatism. [9]

  6. Bey - Wikipedia

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    'Bey' is also used colloquially in Urdu-speaking parts of India, and its usage is similar to "chap" or "man". When used aggressively, it is an offensive term. The Hungarian word 'bő' originates from an Old Turkic loanword, cognate with Ottoman 'bey', that used to mean 'clan leader' in Old Hungarian. Later, as an adjective, it acquired the ...

  7. Chiefdom - Wikipedia

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    Each clan, tribe, kingdom, and empire had its traditional leader, king, or queen. Ewe people call the king or chief Togbui Ga, the Fon people Dah, the Kotafon people Ga, and Ashanti people Asantehene. Traditional authority is a distinguishing feature in the landscape of contemporary Africa.

  8. Mir (title) - Wikipedia

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    Mir is the Persian version of the title of tribal leaders of Sayyids, that are addressed in the arabic world as Naqib.Examples for Persian Miran (Plural of Mir) are Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani and the family of the Mir Sayyid Hasan bin Azimullah and Hazrat Ishaan, that are today known as Dakik Family.

  9. Panhwar - Wikipedia

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    Panhwar (Sindhi: پنھور) is a Sindhi Sammat tribe found in Sindh, Pakistan. [1] [2] The present chief of the tribe is Mir Changez Khan Panhwar. [3]In Sindhi folklore, the Panhwar tribe is mentioned in Sur Umar Marui of Shah Jo Risalo. [4]