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Aimaq |
Arab-Arabic Speaking |
Arab-Persian Speaking |
Baloch |
Brahui |
Firuzkuhi |
Hazara |
Ismaili-Hazara |
Jamshidi |
Maliki |
Mauri |
Mishmast |
Pashtun |
Qatagan-aimaq |
Sunni-Hazara |
Tahiri |
Taimani |
Tajik |
Timuri |
Turkmen |
Uzbek |
Zuri |
| Zuri |
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| Indigenous Group |
Zuri (Also known as: Zohri, Zuuri, Aimaq, Aimaq-e-digar) |
| Location |
Afghanistan, northern and western part of Farah province (Shindand and Bala Boluk areas). Smaller groups may be in northern Herat and southern Badghis provinces. Zuri are an Aimaq ethnic group but not part of the Chahar Aimaq tribal confederation. |
| Estimated Population |
15,000 - 35,000 (Refer Population Sources below) |
| Environment |
Plain / Desert / Mountain |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic / Nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Animal Husbandry |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Aimaq (Zuri dialect)
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
Alternate names: Zohri, Farsi, Parsi, Eastern Persian, Eastern Farsi, Eastern Parsi<
Zuri speak an eastern Persian dialect known as Zuri. This dialect is sometimes classified together with related dialects as Aimaq language (which, in turn, is sometimes considered a dialect of Farsi/Dari). |
| Website URLs |
Afghanistan Online
Afgha.com (an expatriate site)
Peoples of Afghanistan (US State Dept.)
Afghanistan country study (US Government)
Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 1
Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 2
Population references:
1. Klimburg, M. Afghanistan. Das Land im historischen Spannungsfeld Mittelasiens. Vienna, 1966.
2. Janata, A. Rezension zu D. Frohlich : Nationalismus und Nationalstaat in Entwicklungslandern. Afghanische Studien, 3, 1970. In : Archiv fur Volkerkunde, 27 : 192-194, 1973.
3. Snoy, P. Die ethnischen Gruppen. In : W. Kraus (ed.), Afghanistan. Tubingen, 1972.
4. Weekes, RV (ed.) Muslim peoples - A world ethnographic survey. London, 1978.
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| NGOs |
No NGOs deal specifically with this ethnic group. For major NGOs operating in Afghanistan see separate entries for major Afghan ethnic groups (Pashtun, Tajik, etc.)
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