Hazarewal

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This article is about the Hindko-speakers of the Hazara region, Pakistan. For the Persian-speaking Hazaras of Afghanistan, see Hazara people.

Hazarewal (Plural; Hazarewals, alternatively spelled as Hazara or Hazarawal; Urdu: ہزارہ وال) is term used for the multi-ethnic predominantly Hindko-speaking community belonging to the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] The term "Hindko" means Indian in the Pashto language and is used to refer to speakers of Indo-Aryan language dialects. The main tribes of Hazara are the Awan, Swati, Dhund Abbasi, Karlal, Jadoon, Qureshi, Gujjar, Tanoli, Karlal, Syed, Malik Deen Khel Pashtun, Swati, Utman zai, Khawaja, Sulemani (Suleman Khel), Ghakkar, Maddakhel, Kohistanis, Tareen), Qureshi, Mishwani, Piracha, Mir, Mughals, Tarkheli, Kashmiri, Dilazak, Shilmani and the Isazai tribe of Tor Ghar District.[2] The Hazarewal or Hindkowans[3] are not to be confused with the ethnic Hazara people inhabiting parts of Baluchistan province in Pakistan or areas of neighbouring Afghanistan. The Hazarewals have, over the last few years, found themselves increasingly in favour of separation and autonomy from the rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,[4] on linguistic basis.[5]

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  1. ^ "IAPS funding for Dr Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "A Report on the Hazara Division", pub.by the Office of the Commissioner Hazara Administrative Division, Government of NWFP, at Abbottabad, 1994. pp. 15–16
  3. ^ Essentially representing a linguistic and cultural/regional rather than ethnic entity
  4. ^ Protests erupt over Pakistan NWFP name change
  5. ^ "In Karachi, keeping struggle for Hazara province alive". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.


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