 Depiction of Afghan Qizilbash men by James Rattray, 1848 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, North Afghanistan | |
| Languages | |
| Dari, Azerbaijani | |
| Religion | |
| Twelver Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Turkic peoples, especially Azerbaijanis |
Afghan Qizilbash (Dari: قزلباشهای افغان; Azerbaijani: Əfqanıstan qızılbaşları) are a Turkic ethnic group and part of the Azerbaijani people[1] [2] living in Afghanistan. The Afghan Qizilbash are descendants of the Qizilbash, which were a militant group mostly made up of Turkomans.[3][4][5] Their languages are Dari[6][7][8] and Azerbaijani.[9][10][11] They follow Twelver Shia Islam.[7]
- ^ Afghanistan Foreign Policy and Government Guide. p. 172.
- ^ "Afghan Qizilbash". Joshua Project.
- ^ Terry Glavin. Come from the Shadows: The Long and Lonely Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan. — Douglas & McIntyre, 2011. — С. 62
- ^ Afghanistan Foreign Policy and Government Guide. — С. 172.
- ^ Конституции государств Азии: в 3 т.. — Институт законодательства и сравнительного правоведения при Правительстве РФ: Норма, 2010. — Т. 2: Средняя Азия и Индостан. — С. 17. ISBN 978-5-91768-124-5, 978-5-91768-126-9.
- ^ "КЫЗЫЛБА́ШИ". BigEnc.Ru. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ a b "Qizilbash in Afghanistan". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ Rəsmi dövlət dilindən biri olması ilə əlaqədar bu dildən istifadə edirlər.
- ^ "Languages of Afghanistan". Afghan Online.
- ^ Kakar, Hasan Kawun. Government and Society in Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir ‘Abd al-Rahman Khan. p. 13.
The main Turkic-Mongolian languages are Uzbeki spoken by Uzbeks;… and Afshari (a variant of Azerbaijani), in the Afshar quarter near Kabul.
- ^ Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Mikhaĭlovich Masson, Vadim (1999). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in Contrast: From the Sixteenth to the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Paris: UNESCO. p. 724.
...Afshari (a variant of Azerbaijani still spoken by the Afshars in a village that is now part of the northern suburb of Kabul)