Afghan Qizilbash
Afghan Qizilbash (Dari: قزلباشهای افغان; Azerbaijani: Əfqanıstan qızılbaşları) are a Turkic ethnic group in Afghanistan. The Afghan Qizilbash are descendants of the Qizilbash, which were a militant group mostly made up of Turkomans. Their language is Dari. They follow Twelver Shia Islam.
Depiction of Afghan Qizilbash men by James Rattray, 1848 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, North Afghanistan | |
| Languages | |
| Dari | |
| Religion | |
| Twelver Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Turkic peoples, especially Azerbaijanis |
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