Aimaq Hazara
{{Short description|Subtribe of Hazara origin in Afghanistan}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Aimaq Hazara
{{small|{{lang|fa|ایماق هزاره}}}}
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| population =
| languages = Aimaq dialect
| religions = Sunni Islam
| related = Other Hazaras, Aimaqs, Moghols
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{{Hazara people}}
The Aimaq Hazara (Hazara-ye Qala-ye Naw); ({{langx|prs|ایماق هزاره|Aimāq Həzārə}}) are the Hazara component of the Aimaq confederation. They are mostly Sunni Muslims while other Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims.{{citation |url=http://www.uscwm.info/op1040/pdfs/144.pdf |title=Aimaq |author=anonymous |date=n.d. |access-date=2013-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229110139/http://www.uscwm.info/op1040/pdfs/144.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-29 |url-status=dead }} Some Aimaq Hazaras are semi-nomadic and live in yurts covered with felt.{{citation |url=http://www.tribalanalysiscenter.com/PDF-External/Hazara%20Baluchistan.pdf |author=Muhammad Owtadoiajam |year=1976 |title=A Sociological Study Of The Hazara Tribe In Baluchistan (An Analysis Of Socio-Cultural Change)}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{citation |author=Brian Glyn Williams |title=Afghanistan Declassified: A Guide to America's Longest War |jstor=j.ctt3fj5vt |year=2012 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=9780812244038 }}
- {{citation |author=Richard Tapper |author2=Keith McLachlan |title=Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia (History and Society in the Islamic World) |year=2003 |isbn=9780714649276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dZuCAidTGkC}}
- {{citation |author=David J. Phillips |title=Peoples on the Move: Introducing the Nomads of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54gyRnhIugkC |publisher=William Carey Library |year=2001|isbn=9781903689059 }}
- {{Citation |last=Spuler |first=B. |title=Aymak |date=2012-04-24 |work=Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/aymak-SIM_0904?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.q=Aymak |publisher=Brill |language=en}}
External links
- [http://www.ethnologue.com/country/AF/languages Ethnologue.com]
- [http://www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/ethnicdiversity/asia/afghanistan/indigenous_data_afghanistan_sunnihazara.shtml Nativeplanet.org]
- [http://info.publicintelligence.net/MCIA-AfghanCultures/Aimaq.pdf Central Asian Cultural Intelligence for Military Operations Aimaq of Afghanistan]
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