List of Hazara tribes

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The Hazaras are an ethnic group dispersed throughout Afghanistan, with sizable communities in cities such as Quetta, Pakistan, and Mashhad, Iran, as well as in other regions globally.

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The Hazara people are composed of several major tribes. Some of the most prominent Hazara tribes include Sheikh Ali, Jaghori, Jaghatu, Qara Baghi, Muhammad Khwaja, Behsudi, Dai Mirdad, Turkmun, Uruzgani, Dai Kundi, Dai Zangi, Dai Chopan, Dai Zinyat, Qarlugh, and Aimaq Hazara, among others. These tribes trace their origins to Hazaristan, a region that includes areas such as Bamyan, Ghor, Ghazni, Orozgan, Daikundi, Maidan Wardak, Parwan, Balkh, and more. Today, Hazara communities are dispersed across Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan and Iran, as well as other regions with significant Hazara populations. [1] [2]

Tribes

English name Hazaragi nameTribal structureOrigin
Ahmadaاحمدا
Alauddiniعلاءالدینی (علودینی)
AlchinالچینAlchi Tatars
Aimaq Hazara ایماق هزاره
Attarwala عطارواله
Bache Ghulam بچه غلام
Barlasبرلاس Barlas [3]
Behsudi [4] بهسودی
Dahla داهله
Dai Berkaدای‌برکه
Dai Chopan دای‌چوپان Uruzgani Zabulistan
Dai Kalan دای‌کلان
Dai Khitai دای‌خیتایUruzgani Qara Khitai
Dai Kundi دای‌کندی
Dai Mirak دای‌میرک
Dai Mirdad دای‌میرداد
Dai Quziدای‌قوزی
Dai Zangi دای‌زنگی"Zangi" is a common name amongst the Turkic people of Central Asia. [5]
Dai Zinyat دای‌زینیات
Darghuدارغو
Ghaznichi/Hazara of Ghazniغزنیچی
Jaghatu جغتو
Jaghori جاغوری
Jalairجلایر Jalair
Jamshidi جمشیدی Aimaq people
Jirghaiجیرغی
Kalougiکالوگی
Kiriguکیریگو Daizangi
Khalajخلج Khalaj
Khalautکالو
Maska مسکه Jaghori
Muhammad Khwaja محمد خواجه Barlas
Naimanنایمان Naiman [6]
Nekpai نیکپای
Nikudari نیکودری
Dai Folad/ Foladi/ Poladha/ Poladi دای‌فولاد
Pashi پشیJaghori
Qalandar قلندرJaghori
Qara Baghi قره‌باغی
Qara Baturقره‌باتور
Qarlugh/Qarluq قرلق Qarluqs, Qarlughids
KarkinکرکینQarqin
Qataghan قطغن Katagans, Qataghan
Qipchaqقیپچاق Kipchak
Qul Barsقول برسDervived from Turkic and Mongolic word "bars", meaning leopard
Sarcheshmaieسرچشمه‌ای
Sheikh Ali شیخ‌علی Dai Kalan
Shibargiشیبرگی
Shirdaghشیرداغ
Sultan Masudi سلطان مسعودیSee (Campaign against Sultan Masudi Hazaras)
Tamakiتمکی
Tatar تاتار Tatars
Taimuri تیموری
Tughai Bughaتوغای بوگاJaghoriButai Beig, the Timurid commander [5]
Tumaiتومی
Turkmani/Turkmun تُرکمنی (تورکمون)Dai Kalan
Turkan/Turgan تُرکان (تورگان)
Uruzgani ارزگانی
Woqiوقی

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Notes

  1. Barbara Anne Brower; Barbara Rose Johnston (2007). Disappearing peoples?: indigenous groups and ethnic minorities in South and Central Asia. Left Coast Press. pp. 157–. ISBN   978-1-59874-121-6 . Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. Hazara tribal structure, Program for Culture and Conflict Studies, US Naval Postgraduate School.
  3. Grupper, S. M. 'A Barulas Family Narrative in the Yuan Shih: Some Neglected Prosopographical and Institutional Sources on Timurid Origins.' Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 8 (1992–94): 11–97
  4. یزدانی، حسینعلی. پژوهشی در تاریخ هزاره‌ها. چاپخانه مهتاب. ص 217
  5. 1 2 Poladi, Hassan. The Hazāras. p. 16.
  6. Winkler, Dietmar W.; Tang, Li (2009). Hidden Treasures and Intercultural Encounters. 2. Auflage: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia. ISBN   978-3-643-50045-8.)