I am a Hazara student, Abbas, in Mongolia. Hazara is an ethnic group mainly living in Hazarajat region of today’s Afghanistan. In western history books and media reports about Hazaras, the main anthropological theory is that Hazaras are of Mongol origin. But there are yet no clear findings and credible academic work on this. There is a difference among Hazara scholars and common intelligentsia on this. Some deny the Mongol origin, while many scholars approve of it. But majority of Hazaras are of the view that Hazaras are Turko-Mongol people.
I am a student of anthropology and cultural history. I will post my findings and observations of day-to-day life, particularly issues of Hazara-Mongolian related, on this blog during five years of studies here.
You can contact me at Abbas_ali2048@yahoo.com
berare khob o kalo mehnati jinab Daiyar Chingisi,
manda nashi, tashakkor ki ei qas malomat ra baldeh mo lekaaee kedeh,
Thanks for your unrest effort to find out the historical link between Mongols and trying to estiblish relation between hazaras and Mongolian.
I am Nisar, originally from Naiman tribe of Mongo of shaikh ali (There is a small population of Naimans in Afghanistan. They belong to the Hazara tribe and reside in Shaikh Ali valley . They are Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims. The clan Naiman is rarely found in Northern Mongolia.) Source : WIKIPEDIA.
I am too happy to see your Blog and prey for your success.
I can provide any information about the naimans of shaikh ali (in case it is required)
I will keep intouch with you in future.
thanks
God bless you
Nisar
bachai amai keep it up
good work nice of u man
Hey brother thanks for sharing your experience in Mongolia. I was wondering if Mongol History writers are in this believe that We Hazaras are the Mongol descendant. Every history writers have their own opinions however I personally still don’t believe that we are Mongol descendant. the reason for lack of ” INFO”
I hope one day I visit Mongolia n Kazakhstan. No wonder they look like us
Nisar..glad to hear from you too. we got nothing to do with your religion view. I just know one word ” Hazara ” I read the history of why Hazaras r changed to Shia N sunni.
HOpe to hear from you guys soon
Mehdi
Hi Nisar!
I”m from Naiman tribe too.
My e-mail
azabayar_jambaldorj@yahoo.com
berari khob jinab mehdi,
salam wa doroud balde shomo,
Thanks for your comments and I respect you and your opinion.you are right we got nothing to do with religion view,we are Hazara,I just wanted to say where I belong, nothing els. thanks
Nisar
Jinab rahmat, salam,
thanks for your message.
hi,
thanks for sharing your experiences with us. are you a hazara who has lived in foreigh country for a while? becauese your english is good. how many languages do you know? and what was inpirations for learning mongolian? those are the few questions i want to know.thanks again and i look forward to your reply.
Salaam,
Just wanted to ask a quick question and would appreciate a reply since I will incorporate into some cultural training that I will be giving in near future. Most Afghans that I am working with are Pashtun, so they are convinced that they are only Afghans with formal “Code of Honor” (Pashtunwali).
I disagree and have pointed out that Tajiks have the same thing, only they identify it as “Abdur Zadegi” (which translates as Uncle’s Cousin in English but essentially means a code of honor). I once heard from a Hazara friend during the many years I was working in Afghanistan that the Hazara also have a Hazaragi/Mongoli word or term for “Code of Honor.” Can you tell me what that word might be?
ta-shakur, Timur-jaan
Dear Timur,
Abdur Zadegi or in Hazaragi pronunciation ‘Awdor Zadegi’ is not a “Code of Honor”. And there is not such an organized Pashtunwali type of thing among Hazaras, Tajiks or Uzbeks. We have some social traits about code of honor, but they are not as strong and organized as Pashtunwali.
thanks brother you are doing a work which will lay foundation for our future generations. I want you keep hard working on studies plus make a project name in mongolia ” Bring Hazara Home ” If you need any help, I will always stand behind you. I have bundles of ideas to work on this project and make it move towards success.
Regards
It is very interesting reading about our country from your blog. Keep blogging.
Hi,
i am a Chinese who is interested in history and anthropology , i spent a lot of time reading thesis and blogs on Central Asian history, It is amazing to find a Hazara blog based in Mongolia, i spent several hours reading through all the articles, and i can tell you, this is a fascinationg blog….
The great differences in East Asian languages (Chinese Korean Mongolian Japanese,Manchurian Tungus..etc )is really confusing and i hope i can know a lot more from your interesting stories ,a man with Persian,Mongolian and Turkic or even Chinese heritage….
Good luck….and i will keep an eye on this blog…
I’m interested in learning Hazaragi. Any resources you could point me to are appreciated.
You Abbas,
To be honest, I got fairly disappointed with your blog in which you update too little pretending to be, as you once said, busy although you had declared something promising.
You Abbas,
Don’t moderate my critical views, please.
It’s already mid-summer in Mongolia. You, Abbas are still with your winter photos here.