The Hazaras are an ethnic group who inhabit and originate from Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region, located in central parts of Afghanistan and generally scattered throughout Afghanistan. However, there are significant and large minorities of them in Pakistan and Iran, notably in Quetta, Pakistan and Mashhad, Iran.
Some overarching Hazara tribes are Sheikh Ali, Jaghori, Muhammad Khwaja, Jaghatu, Qara Baghi, Behsudi, Dai Mirdad, Turkmun, Uruzgani, Dai Kundi, Dai Zangi, Dai Chopan, Dai Zinyat, Qarlugh, Aimaq Hazara, and others.[1] [2]
| English name | Hazaragi name | Tribal structure | Origin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmada | احمدا|rtl=yes | |||
| Alauddin or Alauddini | علاءالدینی (علودینی)|rtl=yes | |||
| Alchin | Alchi Tatars | |||
| Aimaq Hazara | ایماق هزاره|rtl=yes | |||
| Attarwala | عطارواله|rtl=yes | |||
| Bache Ghulam | بچه غلام|rtl=yes | |||
| Barlas | برلاس|rtl=yes | Barlas[3] | ||
| Behsudi[4] | بهسودی|rtl=yes | |||
| Chiljiut | چیلجویت|rtl=yes | |||
| Dahla | داهله|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Berka | دای‌برکه|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Chopan | دای‌چوپان|rtl=yes | Uruzgani | Zabulistan | |
| Dai Kalan | دای‌کلان|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Khitai | دای‌خیتای|rtl=yes | Uruzgani | ||
| Dai Kundi | دای‌کندی|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Mirak | دای‌میرک|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Mirdad | دای‌میرداد|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Quzi | دای‌قوزی|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Zangi | دای‌زنگی|rtl=yes | "Zangi" is a common name amongst the Turkic people of Central Asia.[5] | ||
| Dai Zinyat | دای‌زینیات|rtl=yes | |||
| Darghu | دارغو|rtl=yes | |||
| Ghaznichi or Hazara of Ghazni | غزنیچی|rtl=yes | |||
| Jaghatu | جغتو|rtl=yes | |||
| Jaghori | جاغوری|rtl=yes | |||
| Jalair | جلایر|rtl=yes | Jalair | ||
| Jamshidi | جمشیدی|rtl=yes | Aimaq people | ||
| Jirghai | جیرغی|rtl=yes | |||
| Kalougi | کالوگی|rtl=yes | |||
| Kirigu | کیریگو|rtl=yes | Daizangi | ||
| Khalaj | خلج|rtl=yes | Khalaj | ||
| Khalaut | کالو|rtl=yes | |||
| Maska | مسکه|rtl=yes | Jaghori | ||
| Muhammad Khwaja | محمد خواجه|rtl=yes | Barlas | ||
| Naiman | نایمان|rtl=yes | Naiman[6] | ||
| Nekpai | نیکپای|rtl=yes | |||
| Nikudari | نیکودری|rtl=yes | |||
| Poladha or Poladi | پولادی|rtl=yes | |||
| Pashi | پشی|rtl=yes | Jaghori | ||
| Qalandar | قلندر|rtl=yes | Jaghori | ||
| Qara Baghi | قره‌باغی|rtl=yes | From Turkic and Mongolic (Mongolian) word "qara" (black) and Persian word "bagh" (garden), meaning "black garden".[7] [8] | ||
| Qara Batur | قره‌باتور|rtl=yes | From Turkic and Mongolic (Mongolian)[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] "qara batur" meaning "black hero".[15] [16] | ||
| Qarlugh or Qarluq[17] | قرلق|rtl=yes | Qarluqs, Qarlughids | ||
| Karkin | کرکین|rtl=yes | Qarqin | ||
| Qataghan | قطغن|rtl=yes | Katagans, Qataghan | ||
| Qazaq | قزاق|rtl=yes | Kazakh | ||
| Qipchaq | قیپچاق|rtl=yes | Kipchak | ||
| Qirghiz | قیرغیز|rtl=yes | Kyrgyz | ||
| Qul Bars | قول برس|rtl=yes | Dervived from Turkic and Mongolic word "bars", meaning leopard | ||
| Sarcheshmaie | سرچشمه‌ای|rtl=yes | |||
| Shebartoo | شیبرتو|rtl=yes | |||
| Sheikh Ali | شیخ‌علی|rtl=yes | Dai Kalan | ||
| Shibargi | شیبرگی|rtl=yes | |||
| Shirdagh | شیرداغ|rtl=yes | |||
| Sultan Masudi | سلطان مسعودی|rtl=yes | See (Campaign against Sultan Masudi Hazaras) | ||
| Tamaki | تمکی|rtl=yes | |||
| Tatar | تاتار|rtl=yes | Tatars | ||
| Taimuri | تیموری|rtl=yes | |||
| Tughai Bugha | توغای بوگا|rtl=yes | Jaghori | Butai Beig (Timurid commander) | |
| Tumai | تومی|rtl=yes | |||
| Turkmun or Turkmani | تورکمون (تورکمنی)|rtl=yes | Dai Kalan | ||
| Uruzgani | ارزگانی|rtl=yes | |||
| Uighur | ایغور|rtl=yes | Uyghur | ||
| Woqi | وقی|rtl=yes |