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The '''Hazara''' are an ethnic and religious minority group in Afghanistan. They are of Mongol ancestry and speak Hazaragi, a dialect of Persian with Mongol words. While they are principally Twelver Shi'a Muslims, they do include Sunni.
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The '''Hazara''' are an ethnic and religious group in Afghanistan making up around 9% to 10% of the population. They are of Mongol ancestry and speak Hazaragi, a Persian dialect which uses Mongol words. Their religion is principally Shi'a Muslim, but they do include Sunni.


In Afghanistan, their traditional lands are the central mountains, or Hazarajat. They were conquered, in 1891, by Amir Abdur Rahman. He distributed their better grazing lands to [[Pashtun]]s. Some moved to [[Turkestan]].
In Afghanistan, their traditional lands are the central mountains, or Hazarajat. They were conquered, in 1891, by Amir Abdur Rahman. He distributed their better grazing lands to [[Pashtun]]s and some Hazara subsequently relocated to [[Turkestan]].


One of their leaders, [[Abdul Ali Mazari]] allied temporarily with the Taliban, but died in Taliban custody, resulting in Hazara hostility to the Taliban. <ref name=Rashid2000>{{citation
| author = Ahmed Rashid
| title = Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
| publisher = Yale University Press
| year = 2000
| isbn = 0300089023}}, pp. 34-35</ref> 
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The Hazara are an ethnic and religious group in Afghanistan making up around 9% to 10% of the population. They are of Mongol ancestry and speak Hazaragi, a Persian dialect which uses Mongol words. Their religion is principally Shi'a Muslim, but they do include Sunni.

In Afghanistan, their traditional lands are the central mountains, or Hazarajat. They were conquered, in 1891, by Amir Abdur Rahman. He distributed their better grazing lands to Pashtuns and some Hazara subsequently relocated to Turkestan.

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