The Uruzgani ( fa, اروزگانی) are one of the major

tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...

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 ...

. They mainly inhabit the

Uruzgan 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 ...

and the present-day

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 ...

. A 1965 work describes them as "sedentary agriculturalists... speak ng Hazaraghi."Arnold Fletcher. ''Afghanistan, highway of conquest''. Cornell University Press, 1965.

History

The

Battle of Uruzgan The Battle of Uruzgan takes place in Uruzgan, Afghanistan during the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman in 1893 between the Hazaras and Abdul Rahman's army, which were government military forces and non-government forces, and the majority of which include ...

was fought between Hazaras and Afghans there in 1893. Thereafter, on Hazara's defeat, the Uruzganis were uprooted from Uruzgan by

Abdur Rahman Khan Abdur Rahman Khan GCSI (Pashto/Dari: ) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for uniting the country after years of internal fighting and negotiation of the Durand Line Ag ...

and Afghan tribes were resettled in Uruzgan. They mostly migrated to Iran and British India (

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

). In 1900,

Habibullah Khan Habibullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: ; 3 June 1872 – 20 February 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his death in 1919. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 1901. ...

granted amnesty to Hazaras and asked them to return. Some returning Uruzganis were then resettled in

Turkestan Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan ( fa, ترکستان, Torkestân, lit=Land of the Turks), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and Xinjiang. Overview Known as Turan to the Persians, western Turke ...

and

Balkh ), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001 , pushpin_map=Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_relief=yes , pushpin_label_position=bottom , pushpin_mapsize=300 , pushpin_map_caption=Location in Afghanistan ...

but were not allowed to return to Uruzgan.

Legacy

Today all the district names in Uruzgan bears the testimony that this was a Hazara land.

Tarinkot Tarīnkōṭ ( prs, ترين کوت), also spelled as Tarin Kowt, is the capital of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan in the Tarinkot District. Tarinkot city has a population of 71,604 (2015), with some 200 small shops in the city's bazaar ...

, Chore, Zuli, khas Uruzgan are all Hazara words and are some of the original Uruzgani tribes.

Dai Chopan The Dai Chopan ( prs, دایچوپان) are a tribe of Hazara people, who live in Afghanistan. They are generally numbered among the eight overarching Hazara tribes. the district with the same name Dai Chopan in Zabul Province is derived from thi ...

is also a sub tribe of Uruzganis and the district with the same name is in

Zabul province Zabul (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the south of the country. It has a population of 249,000. Zabul became an independent province from neighbouring Kandahar in 1963. Historically, it was part of the Zabu ...

. Daichopan are the descendants of Amir Chopan, a Hazara chieftain and whose grave is at

Grishk Grishk ( ps, ګرِشک, translit=Grishk; fa, گِرِشک, translit=Gereshk), also spelled Gereshk, is a town in Grishk District of Helmand province, geographically located along the Helmand River in Afghanistan, some northwest of Kandahar, a ...

Helamand province Helmand (Pashto/Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering area. The province contains 13 ...

. Hazaras are emotionally attached to Uruzgan, because of the

battle of Uruzgan The Battle of Uruzgan takes place in Uruzgan, Afghanistan during the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman in 1893 between the Hazaras and Abdul Rahman's army, which were government military forces and non-government forces, and the majority of which include ...

. Even today it is on the agenda of all the Hazaras and Hazara political entities that the question of Uruzgan has to be settled.

Notable people

Sarwar Danish Muhammad Sarwar Danish ( prs, ; born 1961) is an Afghan politician who was the second vice president of Afghanistan, from 2014 to 2021. He was previously the acting minister of justice from 2004 to 2010 and acting minister of higher education f ...

Qurban Ali Urozgani Qurban Ali Urozgani ( prs, قربان‌علی اروزگانی) was the previous governor of Daykundi Province of Afghanistan. He was selected as governor by President of Afghanistan, President Karzai in April 2010. He belongs to Hazara people, Ha ...

Azra Jafari Azra Jafari ( fa, عذرا جعفری) is an Afghanistani politician and women rights advocate who became the first female mayor in Afghanistan appointed by President Hamid Karzai in December 2008. She became the mayor of Nili, a town in Daykundi ...

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 ...

Hussain Sadiqi Hussain Sadiqi ( prs, حسین صادقی) is a Hazara Australian actor and martial artist. He won an award for the best fight scene for the Australian made action movie ''Among Dead Men'' at International Film Festival in Pasadena, California. ...

References

{{authority control Hazara people Ethnic groups in Urozgan Province Hazara tribes

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