Jawanshir Qizilbash ( az, Cavanşir-Qızılbaş tayfası) is an
Azerbaijani tribe and a part of the
Afshar, adherents of
Twelver Shi'ism
Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...
. They belong to the
Qizilbash
Qizilbash or Kizilbash ( az, Qızılbaş; ota, قزيل باش; fa, قزلباش, Qezelbāš; tr, Kızılbaş, lit=Red head ) were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman Shia militant groups that flourished in Iranian Azerbaijan, Anatolia, t ...
people of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. In Afghanistan, the clan is known to have originally migrated into the country during the reign of
Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747). This tribe is living in
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
city especially in
Chindawol
Chindawol or Chendavol ( prs, چنداول) is a neighborhood in the older section of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Chindawol uprising
Population
The majority of the people in this region are Qizilbash and Hazara people, Hazara.
See also
* Neighbor ...
, Moradkhani, and
Wazirabad
Wazirabad (Urdu/ pa, ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Wazirabad District.
Famous for its cutlery products, it is known as the city of cutlery and is also quite famous for its foods.
Wazirabad is situated on the banks of t ...
.
See also
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Afshar language
Afshar or Afshari ( az, Əfşar dialekti) is a Turkic dialect spoken in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and parts of Afghanistan by the Afshars. Ethnologue and Glottolog list it as a dialect of the South Azerbaijani language. The ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' ...
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Afshar tribe
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Afsharid dynasty
The Afsharid dynasty ( fa, افشاریان) was an Iranian dynasty founded by Nader Shah () of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe
Afshar ( az, Əfşar افشار; tr, Avşar, ''Afşar''; tk, Owşar; fa, اَفشار, Āfshār) ...
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Caucasian Albania
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Javanshir clan
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History of Azerbaijan
The history of Azerbaijan is understood as the history of the region now forming the Republic of Azerbaijan. Topographically, the land is contained by the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains in the north, the Caspian Sea in the east, and t ...
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Qizilbash
Qizilbash or Kizilbash ( az, Qızılbaş; ota, قزيل باش; fa, قزلباش, Qezelbāš; tr, Kızılbaş, lit=Red head ) were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman Shia militant groups that flourished in Iranian Azerbaijan, Anatolia, t ...
Sources
* Christine Noelle
State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863) Psychology Press, 1997. ,
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
Turkic peoples of Asia
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