Sarwar Sarkhosh (
Dari-Persian
Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī ...
: ) was a singer and one of the
Hazara nationalists in Afghanistan. He is the elder brother of
Dawood Sarkhosh
Dawood Sarkhosh (also spelled as Daud Sarkhosh) (Dari-Persian: ) born 26 April 1971 in Urozgan, Afghanistan, is an ethnic Hazara singer, musician and poet.
Early life
Sarkhosh's inspiration was his older brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, a nationali ...
, a famous singer of the
Hazara people
The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scatte ...
.
Early life
Sarwar Sarkhosh was born in 1942, in
Urozgan Province
Uruzgan (Dari), also spelled as Urozgan or Oruzgan, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Uruzgan is located in the center of the country. The population is 436,079, and the province is mostly a tribal society. Tarinkot serves as th ...
(now in
Daykundi Province
Daykundi ( prs, دایکندی) also spelled as Daikundi, Daykondi, Daikondi or Dai Kundi, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504, and is a Hazara Pro ...
), Afghanistan. He completed his elementary and secondary education in his home town. In the same years, with the imprisonment of his father due to
ethnic prejudice
Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to notions and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group in varying degrees.
There are multiple origins for ethnic hatred and the resulting ethnic conflic ...
against the Hazaras, the family's responsibility fell on him because he was the eldest son of his family, in this reason he was not able to continue his studies.
Death
In 1983 he traveled from his hometown
Uruzgan
Uruzgan (Dari), also spelled as Urozgan or Oruzgan, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Uruzgan is located in the center of the country. The population is 436,079, and the province is mostly a tribal society. Tarinkot serves as th ...
to
Badghis
Bādghīs (Dari: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northwest of the country, on the border with Turkmenistan. It is considered to be one of the country's most underdeveloped provinces, with the highest poverty r ...
and visited some Hazara people there, after returning from the trip on 1983 he was killed in a terrorist operation.
See also
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Dawood Sarkhosh
Dawood Sarkhosh (also spelled as Daud Sarkhosh) (Dari-Persian: ) born 26 April 1971 in Urozgan, Afghanistan, is an ethnic Hazara singer, musician and poet.
Early life
Sarkhosh's inspiration was his older brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, a nationali ...
*
List of Hazara people
Hazara people make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with 8–12 million population, making 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the ...
References
External links
sarwarsarkhosh.comsoundcloud.com/azergi/Sarwar Sarkhosh
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1942 births
1983 deaths
Hazara singers
Dombra players
Afghan male singers
Persian-language singers
Assassinated Afghan people
People from Urozgan Province
People from Daykundi Province
20th-century Afghan male singers