Javanshir Qizilbash
Jawanshir Qizilbash is an Azeri tribe and a part of the Afshar, adherents of Twelver Shī'ism. They belong to the Qizilbash people of Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the clan is known to have originally migrated into the country during the reign of Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747). This tribe is living in Kabul city especially in its Chindawol, Moradkhani, and Wazirabad districts.
See also
- Afshar language
- Afshar tribe
- Afsharid dynasty
- Caucasian Albania
- Javanshir clan
- History of Azerbaijan
Sources
- Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Psychology Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7007-0629-1, ISBN 978-0-7007-0629-7
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