Torkman Valley or (Dare''-ye'' Torkman, prs, دره ترکمن; haz, دره تورکمو) is a valley in Afghanistan located in
Surkhi Parsa District, Parwan Province in
Hazarajat
Hazaristan ( fa, هزارستان, Hazāristān), or Hazarajat ( fa, هزارهجات, Hazārajāt) is a mostly mountainous region in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Koh-i-Baba mountains in the western extremities of the H ...
region, which is inhabited by the
Hazara people
The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scat ...
.
Etymology
The name of this valley is derived from the
ethnonym Turkoman,
or the Turkmani, one of the main
tribes
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
Hazara people
The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scat ...
.
Demographics
The Turkman valley is populated by Hazaras. They speak the
Hazaragi
Hazaragi ( fa, , Həzārəgī; haz, , links=no, Āzərəgī) is an eastern dialect of Persian that is spoken by the Hazara people, primarily in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, as well as other Hazara-populated areas of Afghanista ...
dialect of
Persian.
History
Notable people
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Commander Shafi Hazara
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Abbas Noyan
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Wakil Hussain Allahdad
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Mohaqiq Kabuli
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Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri
See also
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First Campaign against Turkomen Hazaras
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List of Hazara tribes
The Hazara people are an ethnic group who inhabit and originate from Hazarajat ( Hazaristan) region, located in central parts of Afghanistan and generally scattered throughout Afghanistan. However, there are significant populations of Hazaras ...
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Valleys of Afghanistan
As a mountainous country, Afghanistan contains countless notable valleys. The majority of the valleys are located in parts of northeastern, central, southern and southeastern Afghanistan. The southeastern areas are wetter and are covered by f ...
References
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Valleys of Afghanistan
Surkhi Parsa
Hazarajat
Hazara people