Aimaq people

E534708

The Aimaq people are a semi-nomadic Persian-speaking ethnic group of western and central Afghanistan, known for their tribal social structure and pastoral lifestyle.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aimaq people canonical 10
Aimaq peoples 2
Aimaq tribes 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Aimak ⓘ
Aymaq ⓘ
countryOfDiaspora Iran ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Afghanistan ⓘ
ethnonym Aimaq ⓘ
linked to: Firozkohi Aimaqs
language Aimaq dialect of Persian ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
lifestyle pastoral ⓘ
semi-nomadic ⓘ
linguisticBranch Western Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticFamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
region Badghis Province ⓘ
Faryab Province ⓘ
Ghor Province ⓘ
Herat Province ⓘ
Jowzjan Province ⓘ
Sar-e Pol Province ⓘ
central Afghanistan ⓘ
northwestern Afghanistan ⓘ
western Afghanistan ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Hazara people ⓘ
linked to: Hazaras

Pashtun people ⓘ
linked to: Pashtuns

Persian peoples ⓘ
Tajik people ⓘ
linked to: Tajiks
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousSchool Hanafi ⓘ
selfIdentification Aimaq ⓘ
socialStructure tribal ⓘ
subgroup Firozkohi Aimaq ⓘ
linked to: Firozkohi Aimaqs

Jamshidi Aimaq ⓘ
Taimuri Aimaq ⓘ
Taymani Aimaq ⓘ
linked to: Taymani

Zuri Aimaq ⓘ
traditionalEconomy transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry ⓘ
carpet weaving ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
kilim weaving ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
traditionalProduct Aimaq carpets ⓘ
Aimaq kilims ⓘ
linked to: Aimaqs
usesDwelling black goat-hair tent ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Badghis Province → hasEthnicGroup → Aimaq people ⓘ
Badghis Province → hasMinorityGroup → Aimaq tribes ⓘ
linked to: Aimaq people
Firozkohi Aimaqs → partOf → Aimaq peoples ⓘ
linked to: Aimaq people
Jamshidi Aimaqs → partOf → Aimaq people ⓘ
Jamshidi Aimaqs → isSubgroupOf → Aimaq tribes ⓘ
linked to: Aimaq people
Taimuri Aimaqs → partOf → Aimaq people ⓘ
Taimuri Aimaqs → relatedEthnicGroup → Aimaq people ⓘ
Taimuri Aimaqs → culturalAffinity → Aimaq culture ⓘ
linked to: Aimaq people
Aimak → alternativeNameOf → Aimaq people ⓘ
Aimaq dialect of Persian → spokenBy → Aimaq people ⓘ
Aimaq dialect of Persian → ethnicAssociation → Aimaq communities ⓘ
linked to: Aimaq people
Taymuri → partOf → Aimaq people ⓘ
Taymani → partOf → Aimaq peoples ⓘ
linked to: Aimaq people
Taimuri Aimaq → partOf → Aimaq people ⓘ
Taimuri Aimaq → relatedEthnicGroup → Aimaq people ⓘ
Taimani → subTribeOf → Aimaq people ⓘ