List of Hazara tribes

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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 large minorities of them in Pakistan and Iran, notably in Quetta, Pakistan and Mashhad, Iran.

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Some overarching Hazara tribes are Sheikh Ali, Jaghori, Muhammad Khwaja, Jaghatu, Qara Baghi, Behsudi, Dai Mirdad, Turkmun, Uruzgani, Dai Kundi, Dai Zangi, Dai Chopan, Dai Zinyat, Qarlugh, Aimaq Hazara, and others. [1] [2]

Tribes

English name Hazaragi nameTribal structureOrigin
Ahmada احمدا
Alauddiniعلاءالدینی (علودینی)
AlchinAlchi Tatars
Aimaq Hazara ایماق هزاره
Attarwala عطارواله
Bache Ghulam بچه غلام
Barlasبرلاس Barlas [3]
Behsudi [4] بهسودی
Chiljiut[ citation needed ]چیلجویت
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
Poladha/Poladi پولادی
Pashi پشی Jaghori
Qalandar قلندر Jaghori
Qara Baghi قره‌باغیFrom Turkic and Mongolic (Mongolian) [7] [8] word "qara" (black) and Persian word "bagh" (garden), meaning "black garden". [9] [10]
Qara Baturقره‌باتورFrom Turkic and Mongolic (Mongolian) [7] [8] [11] [12] [13] [14] "qara batur" meaning "black hero". [15] [16]
Qarlugh/Qarluq [17] قرلق Qarluqs, Qarlughids
Karkin/Kakrak کرکینQarqin
Qataghan قطغن Katagans, Qataghan
Qipchaqقیپچاق Kipchak
Qul Bars قول برسDervived from Turkic and Mongolic word "bars", meaning leopard
Sarcheshmaieسرچشمه‌ای
Shebartoo شیبرتو
Sheikh Ali شیخ‌علی Dai Kalan
Shibargi شیبرگی
Shirdagh شیرداغ
Sultan Masudi سلطان مسعودیSee (Campaign against Sultan Masudi Hazaras)
Tamaki تمکی
Tatar تاتار Tatars
Taimuri تیموری
Tughai Bughaتوغای بوگا Jaghori Butai Beig (Timurid commander) [5]
Tumai[ citation needed ]تومی
Turkmun/Turkmani تورکمون (تورکمنی) Dai Kalan
Turkan/Turgan تُرکان (تورگان)
Uruzgani ارزگانی
Woqi وقی

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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.)
  7. 1 2 David O. Morgan and Sarah Stewart (2018). The Coming of the Mongols. London Middle East Institute. Page 56. In English: "... Qara meaning black in Mongolian and Turkic ...".
  8. 1 2 Michal Biran (2005). The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History. Cambridge University Press. Page 217. In English: "... Qara means black in Turkish in Mongolian ...".
  9. "qara - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  10. "Dictionary".
  11. William E. Henthorn (2015). Korea: The Mongol Invasions. Scholar's Choice. Page 116. In English: "... Batur, a contraction of Ba'atur (< Baɣatur ), means 'hero' in Mongolian ...".
  12. Alton S. Donnelly (1960). The Orenburg Expedition. Russian Colonial Policies on the Southeastern Frontier, 1734-1740. University of California, Berkeley. Page 27. In English: "... Batyr comes from the Mongolian word "batur", meaning hero ...".
  13. Кручкин Ю. Н. (2006). Большой современный русско-монгольский — монгольско-русский словарь / Орос-монгол — монгол-орос орчин үеийн хэлний дэлгэрэнгүй толь бичиг. Москва: АСТ: Восток-Запад. p. 622. ISBN   5-17-039772-0.
  14. Кручкин Ю. Н. (2006). Большой современный русско-монгольский — монгольско-русский словарь / Орос-монгол — монгол-орос орчин үеийн хэлний дэлгэрэнгүй толь бичиг. Москва: АСТ: Восток-Запад. p. 846. ISBN   5-17-039772-0.
  15. "qara - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  16. "Batur - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  17. "Qarluq / Karluk Hazaras". South Turkistan. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2021-08-30.

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