JĀḠORI, a term of uncertain etymological origin, is both a tribal section of the Hazāras and a district (wolu-swāli) of…

HAZĀRA Figure 1. A procession of Ḥezb-e Waḥdat forces in Bāmiān during the celebration of the 7th anniversary of the…

HAZĀRA iii. ETHNOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION TRIBAL ORGANIZATION Apart from the scholarly work of Elphinstone (1815) and the writings of…

HAZĀRA, the third largest ethnic group of Afghanistan, after the Pashtuns and the Tājiks, who represent nearly a fifth of…

QARABAGH (Qarabāḡ), a district (woloswāli) of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan. The district of Qarabagh covers 1,799 square km and is…