Jaghori (Hazara tribe)

Jaghori (Dari: جاغوری), is a major tribe of Hazara people in Afghanistan, who mostly inhabit in Jaghori District of Ghazni Province. Some Jaghori Hazaras also live in Pakistan. They form the majority of the Hazaras in Quetta.^{[citation needed]}

Boys from Jaghori district

Divisions

Hazara researcher Muhammad Isa Gharjistani identified four major branches of the Jaghori in 1989: the Baighani (or Ata), Yazdari (Ezdari), Baghocari, and the Gari.^[1]

History

The Jaghori are referenced in 1881 CE as being led by a Chief Safdar Ali, and it is noted that they had received a khillit and been conciliated by Amir Abdur Rahman.^[2]

In the Hazara Pioneers, the Hazara unit in the British army was raised in 1904 by Major Claude Jacob (Later Field Marshal Sir Claude Jacob) in Quetta, British Balochistan Agency. Its class composition had two out of four companies comprising Jaghoris.^{[citation needed]}

Notables

• Sardar Yazdan Khan, british Indian Army officer.
• General Musa Khan Hazara, pakistan Army's 4th Commander-in-Chief.
• Muhammad al-Fayadh, senior Shi'a marja from Afghanistan.
• Akram Yari, founder of the Progressive Youth Organization.
• Sima Samar, human rights advocate.
• Shah Gul Rezai, human rights activist.
• Younus Changezi, former footballer, army officer, and politician.
• Mohsin Changezi, Urdu poet.
• Rahmat Akbari, football Player.

See also

• List of Hazara tribes
• Hazara people
• Jaghori District

References

1. Robert L. Canfield (2010). Ethnicity, Authority and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small. Taylor & Francis US. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-415-78069-8.
2. Ludwig W. Adamec . Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1975. ISBN 3-201-00921-0, ISBN 978-3-201-00921-8