Turkmun (Hazara tribe)
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Turkmun (Hazaragi: تورکمون) or Turkmani (تورکمنی) is a major tribe of the Hazara people, originating mainly from the Turkman valley in present-day Parwan province of Afghanistan. They have their own dialect of the Persian language known as Hazaragi.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire in the early 16th century, mentioned this tribe of Hazaras in his autobiography as "Turkoman Hazaras".[1]
Etymology
[edit]The etymology of the Turkmani tribe of Hazara, according to Babur, is related to the "Turkoman".[4]
Notable people
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
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