Firozkohi Aimaqs

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Firozkohi Aimaqs are a Persian-speaking semi-nomadic ethnic group primarily inhabiting western and northwestern Afghanistan.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Firozkohi 2
Firozkohi Aimaqs canonical 2
Aimaq 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
tribal group
broaderCulturalAffinity Afghan Persian-speaking communities
continent Asia
country Afghanistan
countryOfCitizenshipMajority Afghanistan
culturalSphere Persianate world
ethnicCategory Persian-speaking group
ethnographicStatus tribal confederation subgroup
ethnonym Firozkohi Aimaqs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Firozkohi
historicalRegion Khorasan
surface form: Khorasan region
language Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian

Persian language
surface form: Persian
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
lifestyle semi-nomadic
macroEthnicContext Iranian peoples
neighboringGroups Pashtun tribes
nomadicPattern seasonal migration
partOf Aimaq people
surface form: Aimaq peoples
primaryLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
primaryOccupation animal husbandry
pastoralism
region northwestern Afghanistan
Western Afghanistan
surface form: western Afghanistan
relatedEthnicGroup Hazaras
surface form: Hazara people

Jamshidi Aimaqs
Taimuri Aimaqs
Tajiks
surface form: Tajik people

Aimaqs
surface form: Taymani Aimaqs
religion Sunni Islam
religiousBranch Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
religiousMinorityStatus Sunni minority among largely Shi'a Persian-speakers in region
settlementPattern rural
socialOrganization clan-based
tribal
traditionalEconomy mixed farming and herding
usesScript Perso-Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aimaqs subgroup Firozkohi Aimaqs
Aimaqs alternativeName Firozkohi Aimaqs
this entity surface form: Aymāq
Firozkohi Aimaqs ethnonym Firozkohi Aimaqs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Firozkohi
Jamshidi Aimaqs relatedEthnicGroup Firozkohi Aimaqs
Aimak subgroup Firozkohi Aimaqs
this entity surface form: Firozkohi
Aimak hasAutonym Firozkohi Aimaqs
this entity surface form: Aimaq