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Despite being one of the principal population groups in Afghanistan, [70] the origins of the Hazara people have not been fully reconstructed. Genetic and linguistic analyses describe Hazaras as an ethnically mixed group , [ 71 ] with varying degrees of ancestry linked to contemporary Turkic , Mongolic , and Iranic populations.
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.
Hazaragi is spoken by the Hazara people, who mainly live in Afghanistan (predominantly in the Hazarajat (Hazaristan) region, as well as other Hazara-populated areas of Afghanistan), with a significant population in Pakistan (particularly Quetta) and Iran (particularly Mashhad), [13] and by Hazaras in eastern Uzbekistan, northern Tajikistan, the Americas, Europe, and Australia. [14]
Hazara culture (Dari: فرهنگ هزاره; Hazaragi: فرهنگ آزره) refers to the culture and tradition of the ethnic Hazara people, who live primarily in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, the Balochistan province of Pakistan, and elsewhere around the world where the Hazara diaspora is settled as part of the wider Afghan diaspora.
Turkmun (Hazaragi: تورکمون) or Turkmani (تورکمنی) is a major tribe of the ethnic Hazara people, originating mainly from the Turkman valley in present-day Parwan province of Afghanistan. They have their own dialect of the Persian language known as Hazaragi. [1] [2] [3]
The Hazara people [5] and surrounding peoples use the names "Hazarajat" or "Hazaristan" to identify the historic Hazara lands. "Hazarajat" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix "jat", [6] which is used to make words associated with land in the south, central and west Asia [7] [need quotation to verify] and "Hazaristan" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix ـستان ...
Tatar Hazara (Persian: تاتار) is a tribe consisting mostly of Sunni and some Shia Hazaras in Afghanistan. They live mainly in northern parts of Afghanistan and Bamyan . They speak the Hazaragi dialect of Persian .
Emir Muhammad Khwaja was the son of Emir Haji Saifuddin [3] who was wazir of Timur in the beginning and later became governor of Qandahar now in Afghanistan. His great-grandfather, Haji Beig Barlas , was the leader of Barlas, who overthrew Qara'unas Abdullah from power in southern Chagatai Khanate .