Hazaras
an iranic people of Afghanistan descended from Turco-Mongolic nomads.
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Summary
Hazaras is an ethnic group[1]. Hazaras ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,546 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Persian[3], Hazaragi[4]
- Religion or worldview: Islam[5], Twelver Shiism[6]
- Country: Afghanistan[7], Iran[8], Pakistan[9], Australia[10], United Kingdom[11], Canada[12], Turkey[13]
- Part of: Indo-Iranians[14], Mongolic peoples[15], Turkic peoples[16]
- Commons category: Hazara people[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hazara people[18]
- Commons gallery: Hazara people[19]
- Described at URL: http://www.mar.umd.edu/assessment.asp?groupId=70001[20]
- Population: 8,000,000[21]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22]
- Native label: آزره[23]
- Different from: Khazars[24]
- Madhhab: Isma'ilism[25]
Why It Matters
Hazaras has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Hazaras is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]