The Hazaras of Afghanistan

Study of the second largest but least well-known ethnic group in Afghanistan that also confronts the taboo subject of Afghan national identity. Largely Farsi-speaking Shi'ias, the Hazaras traditionally inhabited central Afghanistan, but because of the war are now widely scattered.

S. A. Mousavi

Introduction; 1: Who are the Hazaras?; 2: Social structure; 3: Culture and belief; 4: Socio-economic relations and mode of production; 5: Socio-political change in Hazara society since the 1890s; 6: Old people, new societies; 7: The Hazaras in contemporary Afghanistan; 8: The Hazaras in the 1980s; 9: The Hazars in the 1990s; Conclusion