The father of modern history of afghanistan hazara people. Musa khan, ramazan bashardost, 106th hazara pioneers, hazara democratic party, sima samar, abdul ali mazari, mohammad ishaq alfayyad, hussain ali yousafi, malek shafii, azra jafari, habiba sarabi, mohammad mohaqiq, haider ali, faiz mohammad. I blew the dust off it, sneaked it into bed with me that night, and was stunned to find an entire chapter on hazara history. Hassan pouladi in his book about hazaras of afghanistan mentions that the theory of. In the 1990s, the taliban government repressed the hazaraexcluding them politically, isolating them economically, and killing more than 1,000during the civil war that erupted after the 1989 soviet withdrawal. Hazara activists say the government does not protect the interests of the hazaras.
They may be remnants of the troops that carried out the siege of bamiyan in 1221. The hazaras of afghanistan have borne the brunt of many of the destructive forces unleashed by the establishment of the afghan monarchy in 1747. The hazara backed the wrong candidate in a succession struggle in the late 19th century, and ended up rebelling against the new government. Hazaras settled in other areas of afghanistan as early as the th century and were forced into their current location by pashtun and sunni expansionism in the 18th and 19th. The history of their relationship with the afghan state has been punctuated by frequent episodes of ethnic cleansing, mass dispossession, forced displacement, enslavement and social and economic exclusion. Mar 27, 20 william dalrymples top 10 books on afghanistan from 16thcentury mughal rulers, to daring victorian spies and todays taliban, the travel writer and historian picks his favourites from a rich. Its high mountains, although hindering unity, helped the hill tribes to preserve their independence.
The history of their relationship with the afghan state has been punctuated by frequent. Zindabad afghanistan ba hame mardome hazara, tajik, uzbek, wa pasthun. For the mongols we have the secret history, originally compiled by anonymous mongol authors ca. An ethnic group is defined as a social group that is set apart and bound together by common ties of race, language, nationality, customs, beliefs, or culture, within a larger population. A brief note on hazara and hazarajat by khuda nazar qambari, quetta. Then one day, i was in babas study, looking through his stuff, when i found one of my mothers old history books. According to the rome statute, taking hostages and attacks against civilians are in grave violation of the geneva conventions of 1949 and their additional protocols. History early history the location of afghanistan astride the land routes between the indian subcontinent, iran, and central asia has enticed conquerors throughout history.
Niamatullah ibrahimis book is an excellent forensic survey of the history of the relationship between the hazaras and the afghan state. An historical, cultural, economic and political study. The liberated hazara minority unlike us intervention in iraq, the fall of the taliban has helped assuage communal tension in afghanistan. For afghanistan we have the tabakati nasiri of minhajuddin, who was an officer in the ghurian army which resisted chinggis khan when that mongol conqueror invaded afghanistan. Discover the best afghan war military history in best sellers.
The following morning, a blast from an improvised explosive device ied killed at least 15 hazaras in afghanistans. He referred to the populace of a region called hazaristan, located west of the kabulistan region, east of ghor, and north of ghazni. The hazaras is book on the history of hazara people and afghanistan by the writer hassan poladi see also. History of the hazaras free download as powerpoint presentation. This study is also important in terms of how external forces and internal conflicts combined to have disastrous consequences for the hazara community in afghanistansas humayun sarabi. But when it comes to terrorist ethnic labelling, it is the hazara who are specifically named by government. Afghanistan, lies on the fringes of the historical world. All afghanistan knows that 99% of the taliban are pashtun. Afghanistan independent human rights commission aihrc is mandated by the afghan constitution to promote and protect human rights in the country. In it, i read that my people, the pashtuns, had persecuted and oppressed the hazaras.
Mar 29, 2009 the hazara mongols of afghanistan represent one of the last surviving mongol remnants in western asia of the vast empire which was conquered by the armies of chinggis khan in the early thirteenthcentury and consolidated by his descendants. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Afghanistan is bordered by iran on the west, by pakistan on the east and south, and by turkmenistan, uzbekistan, and tajikistan on the north. Despite the vast usage of his books in internal and outside world educational inistitutes, belonging to oppressed hazara nationalty no one was bothering himself to remind and appreciate his 50 years struggle for writing the greatest history books of modern afghanistan. Many hazaras were enlisted in the british indian army during the first angloafghan war 18381840. May 05, 2017 timeline world history documentaries 5,872,427 views 48. The hazara are predominantly twelver shia muslims while some are ismaili. Curtius was not accepted by any anthropologist and historians of 19th and. Hoopoe books and guides were distributed to children in all 34 provinces of afghanistan, thanks to our implementing partners khatiz organization for rehabilitation, the 33 ngos including the asia foundation who distributed 1. Discover librarianselected research resources on afghan history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines.
May, 2018 books journals articles list of other books on afghanistan and hazaras nomad expansion and commerce in central afghanistan. Hazaras are victims of the blame game in afghanistan. Iran and afghanistans long, complicated history united. After his death katib was ignored intentionally for five decades. His work hazaraha wa hazarajat bastan dar aiynaitarikh was published in quetta in 1992, and another work by aziz tughyan hazara tarikh milli hazara was published in 1984 in quetta. Hazaras are the most discriminated ethnic groups in afghanistan and somehow around the world.
Parts of central afghanistan, like bamiyan, the unofficial hazara capital, are among the countrys poorest, often. Western and eastern hazara speak different dialects of persian and differ in faith. The following list of books on hazaras are compiled by mr. The history of hazara people in pakistan dates back to the 1840s, when hazara tribesmen from hazarajat began migration to colonial india because of persecution by pashtuns and tajiks. Three revolts over the last 15 years of the century ended with as many as 65% of the hazara population being either massacred or displaced to pakistan or iran. Especially those that enjoy targeting afghanistan in order to disrupt its ethnic diversity refering to readers from dubai, etc. Timeline world history documentaries 5,872,427 views 48. Babur, founder of the mughal empire in the early 16th century, records the name hazara in his autobiography. But when it comes to terrorist ethnic labelling, it is the hazara who. The history of their relationship with the afghan state has been punctuated by. It said the hazaras had tried to rise against the pashtuns in the nineteenth century, but the. Attacks against hazaras in afghanistan hazara people. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online.
Afghanistans shia hazara suffer latest atrocity human. Jan 07, 2018 lol, to bring a different and perhaps a more accurate perspective other than what yama and obaidullah have said, i would have to say that we hazaras have always been at the short end of things in afghanistan. Hazara, people possibly of mongol descent who at the beginning of the 21st century dwelled primarily in the mountains of central afghanistan. The hazara people and greater khorasan by muhammad taqi khavari.
Isil killed at least 80 from afghanistans hazara community and wounded more than 230 during a peaceful protest on saturday. Oct, 2016 the shia hazara communitys agonies didnt end on the eve of ashura. List of books and articles about afghan history online research. William dalrymples top 10 books on afghanistan from 16thcentury mughal rulers, to daring victorian spies and todays taliban, the travel writer and historian picks his favourites from a rich. William dalrymples top 10 books on afghanistan books the. The hazara are an afghan ethnic minority group of mixed persian, mongolian, and turkic ancestry. Fears of more mass killings of hazara have amplified after the united states and the taliban signed an agreement aimed at ending americas 18year war in afghanistan.
See more ideas about hazara people, afghanistan and people of the world. The most well known ethnic groups that make up the people of afghanistan. This is a study of the second largest but least wellknown ethn. Haider ali karmal jaghori was a prominent political thinker of the hazara people in pakistan, writing about the political history of hazara people. The inquiry into the history of the hazara mongols of afghanistan by e. An historical, cultural, economic and political study is a book about the origins and history of the hazara people of afghanistan by sayed askar mousavi see also. The hazaras is book on the history of hazara people and afghanistan by the writer hassan poladi. A study of social structure in eurasia by elizabeth.
William dalrymples top 10 books on afghanistan books. Best nonfiction war books, around the world one book from each country, best iraq and afghanistan war books, best books on special forces m. Hazaras are victims of the blame game in afghanistan kamran. The persianspeaking hazara people, estimated to make up about 9 percent of afghanistan s population, are the countrys thirdlargest minority and have been repressed throughout the countrys history. Persistant rumors hold that they are descended from genghis khans army, members of which mixed with the local persian and turkic people. This is an excellent description of how sectarian politics in afghanistan offered foreign powers an opportunity to intervene in afghanistans politics. Either way the hazara settled in central afghanistan, though in the mid19 th century their brutal history of persecution began when more than half their population was killed or forced into exile. Ishaq muhammadi and other hazaras for more than two decades. Rebellion, exclusion and the struggle for recognition 9781849047074. Its a great book and i recommend this to anyone, anyone that wants to learn more about hazaras, one of the first settlers of afghanistan. The hazara are believed to have adopted shiism in the 16th century during the safavid dynasty. The shia hazara communitys agonies didnt end on the eve of ashura.
The persianspeaking hazara people, estimated to make up about 9 percent of afghanistans population, are the countrys thirdlargest minority and have been repressed throughout the countrys history. A historical timeline of afghanistan politics updated on dec 31, 2014 1. An historical, cultural, economic and political study 9780312173869. For decades, tehran has supported the hazara, a shia minority and the third largest ethnic group in afghanistan. However, afghanistan is largely sunni islam, and the hazara have been subjected to discrimination.