Uruzgani (Hazara tribe)

The Uruzgani (Persian: اروزگانی‎) are a tribe of Hazara people. A 1965 work describes them as "sedentary agriculturalists... speak[ing] Hazaraghi."[1]

History

The Uruzgani mainly inhabit the Uruzgan Province and the present day Daykundi Province. The Battle of Uruzgan was fought between Hazaras and Afghans there in 1893. Thereafter, on Hazara defeat, the Uruzganis were uprooted from Uruzgan by Abdur Rahman Khan and Afghan tribes were resettled in Uruzgan. They mostly migrated to Iran and British India (Quetta). In 1900, Habibullah Khan granted amnesty to Hazaras and asked them to return. Some returning Uruzganis were then resettled in Turkestan and Balkh, but were not allowed to return to Uruzgan.

Famous Uruzgani Hazaras

• Sarwar Danish
• General Khodaidad Khan
• Qurban Ali Urozgani
• Kobra Ali
• Azra Jafari
• Dawood Sarkhosh
• Zahir Howaida
• Hussain Sadiqi

See also

• List of Hazara tribes
• Hazara people
• Dai Khitai
• Dai Chopan

References

1. Arnold Fletcher. Afghanistan, highway of conquest. Cornell University Press, 1965.