Firozkohi
{{Short description|Subtribe of Chahar Aimaq ethnic group in Afghanistan}}
{{About|the ethnic group in Western Afghanistan|the ethnic group in Central Iran|Ferozkohi|the Iranian poet|Seyed Karim Amiri Firuzkuhi}}
The Firozkohi ({{langx|ps|فیروزکوهي}}) are a sub-tribe of the Chahar Aimaq ethnic group in Afghanistan, one of the four major Aimaq tribes, which also include the Jamshidi, Taymani, and Taimuri.{{cite book|author=Rasul Bux Rais|title=Recovering the frontier stage: war, ethnicity, and state in Afghanistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C99WKI8EJrsC&pg=PA33|access-date=31 March 2011|year=2008|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-0956-4|pages=33–}} The Firozkohi speak the Aimaq dialect of Dari Persian and Pashto. They claim Achakzai Pashtun descent.{{Cite web |title=AYMĀQ |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aymaq-turk}} They are named after Firozkoh, the medieval capital of the Ghurid dynasty.
The Firozkohi are semi-nomadic and inhabit the valleys of the Murghab River,{{cite book|author1=Alastair Hull|author2=José Luczyc-Wyhowska|title=Kilim: the complete guide : history, pattern, technique, identification|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0B84AQAAIAAJ|access-date=31 March 2011|date=October 1993|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-0-8118-0359-5|page=282}} largely in Badghis Province.
Origin
The traditional chiefs of the northern Firozkohi tribe are known as Zay Ḥākem. They claim descent from Achakzai Pashtuns, whereas the tribe takes its name from Firozkoh, the capital of the Ghurid dynasty.{{Cite web|last=A. Janata|title=AYMĀQ|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/aymaq-turk|access-date=2021-04-04|website=iranicaonline.org|quote=The traditional chiefs of the northern Fīrūzkūhī, Zay Ḥākem, claim descent from Ačakzay Pashtun ancestors, whereas the tribe takes its name from Fīrūzkūh, the capital of the Ghurid dynasty}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=AYMĀQ|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica|quote=The traditional chiefs of the northern Firozkohi, Zay Ḥākem, has been the traditional tribal leaders, whereas the tribe takes its name from Firozkoh, the capital of the Ghurid dynasty.|publisher=Columbia University|location=United States|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aymaq-turk|last=Janata|first=A.|editor=Ehsan Yarshater|editor-link=Ehsan Yarshater|edition=Online}}
History
In 1987, the Firozkohi were the second-largest Aymaq tribe, after the Taymani. Both Firozkohi and Taymani tribes claim descent from Pashtun tribes.{{Cite web |title=AYMĀQ |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aymaq-turk}}