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Hazara
[ huh-zahr-uh ]
noun
- an Iranian ethnolinguistic group in central Afghanistan, north Pakistan, and Iran, most of whom are Shiʿite Muslims.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hazara1
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Example Sentences
Qais is an Afghan of mixed ethnic heritage, self-described as “a Pashtun with Hazara eyes.”
The twin attacks in Quetta, he says, specifically targeted the local minority Shia (or Hazara) community.
The worst attack occurred after nightfall on Thursday at a snooker club in Quetta in an area frequented by Hazara Shia Muslims.
Accordingly, two columns were employed, the base of one being in the Peshawar valley, and that of the other in Hazara.
For many months the Hazara highlands are buried under successive sheets of snowdrift.
Expert native authorities have a very high opinion of the handiness of Hazara slave girls.
Nearly every well-to-do establishment in Afghan Turkistan has one or two Hazara slaves.
The Afghan force consisted largely of cavalry, as did that of the gallant Hazara chief, Yezdambaksh.
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