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The Hazaras are an ethnic group who inhabit and originate from Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region, located in central parts of Afghanistan and generally scattered throughout Afghanistan. However, there are significant and almost large minorities of them in Pakistan and Iran, notably in Quetta, Pakistan and Mashhad, Iran.
Some overarching Hazara tribes are Sheikh Ali, Jaghori, Muhammad Khwaja, Jaghatu, Qara Baghi, Ghaznichi, Behsudi, Dai Mirdad, Turkmani, Uruzgani, Dai Kundi, Dai Zangi, Dai Chopan, Dai Zinyat, Qarlugh, Aimaq Hazara, and others. [1] [2]
English name | Hazaragi name | Tribal structure | Origin |
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Alchin | Alchi Tatars | ||
Aimaq Hazara | ایماق هزاره | ||
Attarwala | عطارواله | ||
Bache Ghulam | بچه غلام | ||
Barlas | برلاس | Barlas [3] | |
Behsudi [4] | بهسودی | ||
Chiljiut | چیلجویت | ||
Dahla | داهله | ||
Dai Berka | دایبرکه | ||
Dai Chopan | دایچوپان | Uruzgani | Tatars [5] |
Dai Khitai | دایخیتای | Uruzgani | Qara Khitai |
Dai Kundi | دایکندی | ||
Dai Mirak | دایمیرک | ||
Dai Mirdad | دایمیرداد | ||
Dai Zangi | دایزنگی | "Zangi" is a common name amongst the Turkic people of Central Asia. [6] | |
Dai Zinyat | |||
Darghu | دارغو | ||
Ghaznichi or Ghazni Hazaras | غزنیچی | Ghaznavid | |
Jaghatu | جغتو | ||
Jaghori | جاغوری | ||
Jalair | جلایر | Jalair | |
Jamshidi | جمشیدی | Aimaq people | |
Jirghai | جِرغی | ||
Kalougi | کالوگی | ||
Kirigu | کیریگو | Daizangi | |
Khalaj | خلج | Khalaj | |
Khalaut | کالو | ||
Maska | مسکه | ||
Muhammad Khwaja | محمد خواجه | Barlas | |
Naiman | نایمان | Naiman [7] | |
Nekpai | نیکپای | ||
Nikudari | نیکودری | ||
Poladha or Fouladi | پولادی | ||
Pashi | پشی | ||
Qalandar | قلندر | ||
Qara Baghi | قرهباغی | From Turkic word "qara" (black) and Persian word "bagh" (garden), meaning "black garden". [8] | |
Qara Batur | قرهباتور | From Turkic "qara batur" meaning "black hero". [9] [10] | |
Qarlugh or Qarluq [11] | قرلوق | Qarluqs, Qarlughids | |
Qarqin | قرقین | Kharchin, Qarqin | |
Qataghan | قطغن | Katagans, Qataghan | |
Qazak | قزاق | Kazakh | |
Qipchak | قپچاق | Kipchak | |
Qirghiz | قیرغیز | Kyrgyz | |
Qul Bars | قول بارس | Dervived from Turkic and Mongolic word "bars", meaning leopard | |
Sarcheshmaie | سرچشمهای | ||
Shebartoo | شیبرتو | ||
Sheikh Ali | شیخعلی | ||
Shibargi | شیبرگی | ||
Sheerdagh | شیرداغ | ||
Tamaki | تمکی | ||
Tatar | تاتار | Tatars | |
Taymani Hazara [12] | تایمنی | Aimaq people [13] [14] | |
Tughai Bugha | توغای بوگا | Jaghori | Butai Beig (Timurid Commander) [6] |
Tumai | تومی | ||
Turkmani | ترکمنی | ||
Uruzgani | ارزگانی | ||
Uighur | اویغور | Uyghur | |
Woqi | وقی |
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