Group: | Badzhui |
Native Name: | баджавидж, баджуведж; баджуйцы баджувцы |
Langs: | Badzhui language (variety of Shughni) |
Rels: | Predominantly Sunni Islam |
Native Name Lang: | ber |
Related Groups: | Other Iranian peoples |
Regions: | Valleys around Yaghnob, Qul and Varzob Rivers and elsewhere in Tajikistan |
The Badzhui (Bajuwi) are a subgroup of the Shughni group of Pamiris, although sometimes considered to be a distinct ethnographic group. They are primarily Sunni Muslim, unlike the Shughni who are Ismaili.[1] The Badzhui are also known under the generic term Pamir people.[2] They live in the Rushon District of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan.