Aimaq Hazara

Subtribe of Hazara origin in Afghanistan
Ethnic group
Aimaq Hazara
ایماق هزاره
Languages
Aimaq dialect
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Hazaras, Aimaqs
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The Aimaq Hazara (Hazara-e qala-e naw); (Dari: ایماق هزاره, romanized: Aimāq Həzārə) are the Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin, however, they are Sunni Muslims while most other Hazaras are Shia Muslims.[1] Some of the Aimaq Hazara are semi-nomadic and live in yurts covered with felt.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ anonymous (n.d.), Aimaq (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-29, retrieved 2013-06-02
  2. ^ Muhammad Owtadoiajam (1976), A Sociological Study Of The Hazara Tribe In Baluchistan (An Analysis Of Socio-Cultural Change) (PDF)

Further reading

  • Brian Glyn Williams (2012), Afghanistan Declassified: A Guide to America's Longest War, University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 9780812244038, JSTOR j.ctt3fj5vt
  • Richard Tapper; Keith McLachlan (2003), Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia (History and Society in the Islamic World), ISBN 9780714649276
  • David J. Phillips (2001), Peoples on the Move: Introducing the Nomads of the World, William Carey Library, ISBN 9781903689059
  • Spuler, B. (2012-04-24), "Aymak", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Brill

External links

  • Ethnologue.com
  • Nativeplanet.org
  • Central Asian Cultural Intelligence for Military Operations Aimaq of Afghanistan
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