Hazaras

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Hazaras are an ethnic group primarily from central Afghanistan, distinguished by their Mongol-influenced ancestry, Shia Muslim majority, and use of Persian (Hazaragi) as their main language.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Hazaras canonical 25
Hazara 19
Hazara people 15

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ancestry Iranian peoples
Mongol
Turkic
conflictVictim attacks on Shia mosques and schools in Afghanistan
countryOfOrigin Afghanistan
culturalPractice Nowruz celebration
linked to: Nowruz celebrations

Shia religious commemorations
diaspora Australia
Europe
North America
discrimination sectarian violence in Pakistan
educationTrend increasing access to higher education post-2001
ethnicMinorityStatus ethnic minority in Afghanistan
geneticInfluence Central Asian
East Asian
linked to: East Asia
historicalAssociation Mongol Empire
linked to: Mongol

Timurid period
linked to: Timurid dynasty
historicalPersecution persecuted under Emir Abdur Rahman Khan
targeted by the Taliban
language Hazaragi
Persian
linked to: Persian language
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages
languageVariantOf Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language
majorCityCommunity Kabul
Mashhad
Quetta
notableReligionFeature majority Shia in a predominantly Sunni country
politicalMarginalization underrepresented in Afghan state structures
populationCountry Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
primaryRegion Central Afghanistan
Hazarajat
regionWithinAfghanistan Bamyan Province
Daykundi Province
Ghazni Province
Uruzgan Province
Wardak Province
religion Shia Islam
Twelver Shia Islam
linked to: Twelver Shia
religionMinority Ismaili Shia Islam
linked to: Ismaili Shia

Sunni Islam
religiousLanguage Arabic (for liturgy)
religiousMinorityStatus religious minority in Afghanistan
scriptForLanguage Perso-Arabic script
selfDesignation Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
traditionalOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persian language spokenBy Hazaras
Afghanistan ethnicGroup Hazaras
Sima Samar ethnicGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Tajiks relatedEthnicGroup Hazaras
Hazaras selfDesignation Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Hazaragi spokenBy Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Hazaragi ethnicAssociation Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Aimaqs neighboringGroup Hazaras
Aimaqs ethnicRelation Hazaras
Quetta majorEthnicGroup Hazaras
Afghan American ethnicSubgroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Kabul hasMajorEthnicGroup Hazaras
Afghan ethnicGroupIncludes Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Dari spokenBy Hazaras
Jaghori District ethnicMajority Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Jaghori District populationMajority Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Central Afghanistan ethnicGroupMajority Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Central Afghanistan religiousCommunity Hazara Shia Muslims
linked to: Hazaras
Ghazni Province ethnicGroup Hazaras
Hazaragi dialect spokenBy Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Hazaragi dialect primaryEthnicGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Hazarajat traditionalHomelandOf Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Hazarajat ethnicGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Hazarajat demographicGroupMajority Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Hazarajat hasEthnonym Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Bamyan Province ethnicMajority Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Bamyan Province populationGroup Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Daykundi Province ethnicMajority Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Daykundi Province populationGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Uruzgan Province ethnicGroup Hazaras
Wardak Province ethnicGroup Hazaras
Central Highlands of Afghanistan traditionalHomelandOf Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Central Highlands of Afghanistan ethnicGroup Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Central Highlands of Afghanistan majorityPopulation Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Firozkohi Aimaqs relatedEthnicGroup Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Jamshidi Aimaqs relatedEthnicGroup Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
Ghor Province ethnicGroup Hazaras
Aimak relatedEthnicGroup Hazaras
Afghanistan ethnicGroup Hazaras
United Front ethnicBase Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Mohammad Mohaqiq ethnicGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Hezb-e Wahdat ethnicBase Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Hezb-e Wahdat supportedCommunity Hazara community
linked to: Hazaras
Hezb-e Wahdat notableConstituency Shia Hazaras
linked to: Hazaras
Karim Khalili ethnicGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
Tarin Kowt ethnicGroup Hazaras
Nimruz Province ethnicGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras