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Dahae
| Dahae Daae | |
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| Location | present-day west and northwest Turkmenistan, far southwest Kazakhstan and far west Uzbekistan (most of the Ustyurt Plateau) |
| Branches | Parni, Xanthii and Pissuri |
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The Dahae, also known as the Daae, Dahas or Dahaeans (Old Persian: 𐎭𐏃𐎠, romanized: Dahā; Ancient Greek: Δαοι, romanized: Daoi; Δααι, Daai; Δαι, Dai; Δασαι, Dasai; Latin: Dahae; Chinese: 大益; pinyin: Dàyì;[1] Persian: داهان Dāhān) were an ancient Eastern Iranian nomadic tribal confederation, who inhabited the steppes of Central Asia.[2]
- ^ Yu 2004, p. 19.
- ^ Daryaee, Touraj (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-73215-9.
Our knowledge of the making of the Parthian state and of its chronology is full of gaps. We know that it was started by the nomadic tribe of Parni (or Aparni), belonging to the Dahae group of Iranian peoples.
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