Javanshir Qizilbash
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Jawanshir Qizilbash (Azerbaijani: Cavanşir-Qızılbaş tayfası) is an Azerbaijani tribe and a part of the Afshar, adherents of Twelver Shi'ism. They belong to Afghan Qizilbash people. This tribe is living in Kabul city especially in Chindawol, Moradkhani, and Wazirabad.
Origin
[edit]In Afghanistan, the clan is known to have originally migrated into the country during the reign of Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747).
See also
[edit]- Afshar language
- Afshar tribe
- Afsharid dynasty
- Caucasian Albania
- Javanshir clan
- History of Azerbaijan
- Qizilbash
Sources
[edit]- Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Psychology Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7007-0629-1, ISBN 978-0-7007-0629-7
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