Jamshidi (Aimaq tribe)

{{Short description|Subtribe of Chahar Aimaq in Afghanistan}}

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{{lang|fa|جمشیدی}}

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| languages = Aimaq dialect of Persian

| religions = Sunni Islam

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The Jamshidi ({{langx|fa|جمشیدی}}) are a sub-tribe of the Chahar Aimaq ethnic group in Afghanistan, one of the four major Aimaq tribes, which also include the Aimaq Hazara, Firozkohi, and Taymani.{{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 |access-date=2024-03-05 |publisher=Brill |language=en}}{{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|accessdate=31 March 2011|year=2008|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-0956-4|pages=33–}} The Jamshidi are a primarily sedentary people living in Herat and are believed to be one of the oldest Persian tribes.{{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|accessdate=31 March 2011|date=October 1993|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-0-8118-0359-5}} Some Jamshidis have settled in Turkmenistan.{{cite encyclopedia|title=AYMĀQ|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica|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}}