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Parni tribe an eastern iranian afghan tribe[edit]

we have some source if some one add.

1) Storia do Mogor; or, Mogul India 1653-1708

Panni (Parni), an Afghan tribe, I. 347 ; II. 454, 454 n. 1 ; IV. 263, 427.


The commentary of Father Monserrate, S.J., on his journey to the court of Akbar These same Sacae founded Indo' Scythia, near the Paharopanisas, whose inhabitants are called Patanaei' and Delazacquii,'^ i.e. 'true of heart.' They speak a mixture of the Scythian language of Bactria and the Median of Parthia, called Pastoum. By the Persians they are called Aufgani. The Bactrians were brought into that region first by Eucratides. Subsequently the Parthians were brought in by Mitthridates, the great-grandson of Arsaces, after he had slain the son of Eucratides. Realone23 (talk) 11:46, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • You need to cite more modern and more reliable sources. We are not going to build an encyclopedia on that kind of material. Also, it is unclear what you actually want: that's a grammatical problem. Drmies (talk) 12:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment : Besides, the "sources" provided above don't even explicitly support the claim that the Parnis were an an Afghan group (not even sure about what "Afghan" could mean at that time).---Wikaviani (talk) (contribs) 12:54, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

parni is eastern iranain people and afghan(pashtun) are eastern.
And afghan word use in Bactrian document in the Greek script from the 4th century mentioning the word Afghan (αβγανανο): "From Ormuzd Bunukan to Bredag Watanan, the chief of the Afghans.
(2) The earliest mention of the name Afghan (Abgân) is by Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire during the 3rd century CE. In the 4th century, the word "Afghans/Afghana" (αβγανανο) as a reference to a particular people is mentioned in the Bactrian documents found in Northern Afghanistan. Realone23 (talk) 13:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]