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 almost 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, Ghaznichi, Behsudi, Dai Mirdad, Turkmani, Uruzgani, Dai Kundi, Dai Zangi, Dai Chopan, Dai Zinyat, Naiman, Qarlugh, Aimaq Hazara, and others.[1] [2]
| English name | Hazaragi name | Tribal structure | Origin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Tatars[5] | |
| Dai Khitai | دای‌خیتای|rtl=yes | Uruzgani | ||
| Dai Kundi | دای‌کندی|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Mirak | دای‌میرک|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Mirdad | دای‌میرداد|rtl=yes | |||
| Dai Zangi | دای‌زنگی|rtl=yes | "Zangi" is a common name amongst the Turkic people of Central Asia.[6] | ||
| Dai Zinyat | ||||
| Darghu | دارغو|rtl=yes | |||
| Ghaznichi or Ghazni Hazaras | غزنیچی|rtl=yes | Ghaznavid | ||
| 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[7] | ||
| Nekpai | نیکپای|rtl=yes | |||
| Nikudari | نیکودری|rtl=yes | |||
| Poladha or Fouladi | 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".[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 بارس|rtl=yes | Dervived from Turkic and Mongolic word "bars", meaning leopard | ||
| Sarcheshmaie | سرچشمه‌ای|rtl=yes | |||
| Shebartoo | شیبرتو|rtl=yes | |||
| Sheikh Ali | شیخ‌علی|rtl=yes | |||
| Shibargi | شیبرگی|rtl=yes | |||
| Sheerdagh | شیرداغ|rtl=yes | |||
| Tamaki | تمکی|rtl=yes | |||
| Tatar | تاتار|rtl=yes | Tatars | ||
| Tughai Bugha | توغای بوگا|rtl=yes | Jaghori | Butai Beig (Timurid commander) | |
| Tumai | تومی|rtl=yes | |||
| Turkmun or Turkmani | تورکمنی|rtl=yes | |||
| Uruzgani | ارزگانی|rtl=yes | |||
| Uighur | اویغور|rtl=yes | Uyghur | ||
| Woqi | وقی|rtl=yes |