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In 1989, when he was about 20 years old, he turned to the Hazara folkloric and regional traditional music of dambura based on his artistic motives. [ better source needed ] References
Sher Muhammad Khan Hazara, a Sunni Hazara and chieftain of the Hazaras of Qala-e-Naw, Badghis, was a warlord who participated in the Sunni coalition that defended Herat in 1837. He was also one of those who defeated British forces around Qandahar and in the Maiwand desert during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838–1842).
Safdar Tawakoli (Persian: صفدر توکلی); (born 1942 in Yakawlang, Bamyan) is an ethnic Hazara musician from Afghanistan. He focuses on and plays mostly Hazara folkloric and regional traditional music based on the dambura. [1] [2] In 2020 the Afghan government awarded him the title of "Sultan Dambura" for his unique musical style. [3]
Dawood Sarkhosh was born on 26 April 1971 in Urozgan (now Daykundi), Afghanistan.Sarkhosh's inspiration was his older brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, a nationalist and legendary musician of his times who was killed during the civil war. [1]
Zahir Howaida, also spelled as Zahir Huwaida (Dari: ظاهر هویدا) (February 28, 1945 – 5 March 2012), was an Afghan Hazara musician. [1] [2] [3] He had been active since the 1960s and his popularity peaked with the hit songs "Kamar Bareek-e-Man" and "Shanidam Az Inja Safar Mikoni."
Amir's grandfather, a Hazara, was driven out of Afghanistan into Iran as rights for Shia Muslims diminished. His parents and siblings were all born in Iran, but not recognized as citizens, and not ...
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.
Zahra Elham (Persian: زهرا الهام; born c. 2002) is a Hazara singer best known for being the first female winner of the reality singing competition Afghan Star. Elham has continued her music career since receiving asylum in Australia following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.