Turkmun (Hazara tribe)
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Turkmun (Hazaragi: تورکمون) or Turkmani (تورکمنی) is a major tribe the ethnic Hazara people, primarily originating from and residing in Turkman Valley what is now Parwan Province, Afghanistan. They speak their own distinct dialect of the Persian language, known as Hazaragi.[1][2][3]
History
Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire in the early 16th century, mentioned this Hazara tribe in his autobiography as "Turkoman Hazaras".[1]
Notable people
See also
References
- ^ a b Memories of Babur, Babur (Emperor of (1826). Memoirs of Zehir-ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, ... and Cadell and Company, ... Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh.
- ^ پژوهشی در تاریخ هزارهها، نویسنده:حسینعلی یزدانی بهسودی (حاج کاظم). Iran: چاپ خانه مهتاب. 1368. pp. 91 and 92.
- ^ Anita Jacobson-Widding. Identity, personal and socio-cultural: a symposium. Volume 5 of Uppsala studies in cultural anthropology. Academiae Upsaliensis, 1983. ISBN 9155415008, 9789155415006