Hazaras

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ethnic group

Hazaras are an ethnic group primarily from central Afghanistan, distinguished by their Mongol-influenced ancestry, Shia Muslim majority, and use of Persian (Hazaragi) as their main language.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Hazara 0 5
Hazara people 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group →
ancestry Iranian peoples →
Mongol →
Turkic →
conflictVictim attacks on Shia mosques and schools in Afghanistan →
countryOfOrigin Afghanistan →
culturalPractice Nowruz celebrations →
surface form: Nowruz celebration

Shia religious commemorations →
diaspora Australia →
Europe →
North America →
discrimination sectarian violence in Pakistan →
educationTrend increasing access to higher education post-2001 →
ethnicMinorityStatus ethnic minority in Afghanistan →
geneticInfluence Central Asian →
East Asia →
surface form: East Asian
historicalAssociation Mongol →
surface form: Mongol Empire

Timurid dynasty →
surface form: Timurid period
historicalPersecution persecuted under Emir Abdur Rahman Khan →
targeted by the Taliban →
language Hazaragi →
Persian language →
surface form: Persian
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages →
languageVariantOf Persian language →
surface form: Dari Persian
majorCityCommunity Kabul →
Mashhad →
Quetta →
notableReligionFeature majority Shia in a predominantly Sunni country →
politicalMarginalization underrepresented in Afghan state structures →
populationCountry Afghanistan →
Iran →
Pakistan →
primaryRegion Central Afghanistan →
Hazarajat →
regionWithinAfghanistan Bamyan Province →
Daykundi Province →
Ghazni Province →
Uruzgan Province →
Wardak Province →
religion Shia Islam →
Twelver Shia →
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
religionMinority Ismaili Shia →
surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Sunni Islam →
religiousLanguage Arabic (for liturgy) →
religiousMinorityStatus religious minority in Afghanistan →
scriptForLanguage Perso-Arabic script →
selfDesignation Hazaras self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Hazara
traditionalOccupation agriculture →
animal husbandry →

Referenced by (15)

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

Hazaragi → ethnicAssociation → Hazaras →
this entity surface form: Hazara
Afghanistan → ethnicGroup → Hazaras →
Sima Samar → ethnicGroup → Hazaras →
this entity surface form: Hazara
Afghan → ethnicGroupIncludes → Hazaras →
this entity surface form: Hazara
Aimaqs → ethnicRelation → Hazaras →
this entity surface form: Hazara
Kabul → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Hazaras →
Quetta → majorEthnicGroup → Hazaras →
Aimaqs → neighboringGroup → Hazaras →
Tajiks → relatedEthnicGroup → Hazaras →
Hazaras → selfDesignation → Hazaras self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Hazara
Hazaragi → spokenBy → Hazaras →
this entity surface form: Hazara people
Persian language → spokenBy → Hazaras →