Hazarewal

Hazarewal (Plural; Hazarewals, alternatively spelled as Hazara or Hazarawal; Urdu: ہزارہ وال) is term used for the multi-ethnic predominantly Hindko-speaking community belonging to the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1][2] Hindko speaking Hazarewals include the Swatis, Jadoons, Karlals, Abbasis, Sayyids, Awans, Mughals, Tanolis, Turks, Qureshis and Khokhars.[3] A large number of Hindko speakers in Hazara Division are also Pashtuns.[4] Majority of these Pashtuns speak Hindko as their mother tongue and do not speak the Pashto language anymore.[4] These Hindko speaking Pashtun Hazarewals include the Tahirkhelis, Swatis, Yusufzais, Jadoons, Dilazaks and Tareens.[4] The Hazarewal or Hindkowans,[5] are not to be confused with the ethnic Hazara people inhabiting parts of Balochistan province in Pakistan or areas of neighbouring Afghanistan. The Hazarewals have, over the last few years, found themselves increasingly in favour of separation and autonomy from the rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on linguistic basis.[6][7]

This article is about the Hindko-speakers of the Hazara region in Pakistan. For the Persian-speaking Hazaras of Afghanistan, see Hazara people.

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References
  1. "IAPS funding for Dr Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. "Four years on, the voice of Hazara 'martyrs' still resonates". The Express Tribune. 2014-04-12.
  3. Rensch, Calvin Ross; O'Leary, Clare F.; Hallberg, Calinda E. (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Hindko and Gujari. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University. pp. 10–11. Members of a variety of ethnic groups speak the language called Hindko. A large number of Hindko speakers in Hazara Division (Mansehra and Abbottabad Districts) are Pashtoons. Some of those speak Hindko as a second language; many others speak it as their mother tongue. These include the Tahir Kheli Pashtoons, who claim to have migrated to Hazara Division from Afghanistan during the eighteenth century. Many other mother- tongue speakers of Hindko are Swati Pathans, who are said to have formerly spoken Pashto while living in the lower Swat valley. After migrating across the Indus River into Hazara Division, which Ahmed dates around A.D. 1515, the Swatis adopted the Hindko language. There are also Pashtoons belonging to three other groups, the Yusufzai, the Jadun and the Tarin, who have replaced Pashto with Hindko. Many speakers of Hindko belong to groups other than the Pashtoons: Some of these are Saiyids, said to have come to the area in the early centuries of Islamic history, many of whom live in the Peshawar area. Large numbers of Hindko speakers are Avans, particularly in Attock District and Hazara Division. Still others belong to groups of Moughals, Bulghadris, Turks and Qureshis. In Jammun significant numbers of Gujars have adopted Hindko as their first language.
  4. Rensch, Calvin Ross; O'Leary, Clare F.; Hallberg, Calinda E. (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Hindko and Gujari. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University. pp. 10–11. Members of a variety of ethnic groups speak the language called Hindko. A large number of Hindko speakers in Hazara Division (Mansehra and Abbottabad Districts) are Pashtoons. Some of those speak Hindko as a second language; many others speak it as their mother tongue. These include the Tahir Kheli Pashtoons, who claim to have migrated to Hazara Division from Afghanistan during the eighteenth century. Many other mother- tongue speakers of Hindko are Swati Pathans, who are said to have formerly spoken Pashto while living in the lower Swat valley. After migrating across the Indus River into Hazara Division, which Ahmed dates around A.D. 1515, the Swatis adopted the Hindko language. There are also Pashtoons belonging to three other groups, the Yusufzai, the Jadun and the Tarin, who have replaced Pashto with Hindko. Many speakers of Hindko belong to groups other than the Pashtoons: Some of these are Saiyids, said to have come to the area in the early centuries of Islamic history, many of whom live in the Peshawar area. Large numbers of Hindko speakers are Avans, particularly in Attock District and Hazara Division. Still others belong to groups of Moughals, Bulghadris, Turks and Qureshis. In Jammun significant numbers of Gujars have adopted Hindko as their first language.
  5. Essentially representing a linguistic and cultural/regional rather than ethnic entity
  6. "In Karachi, keeping struggle for Hazara province alive". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. Protests erupt over Pakistan NWFP name change


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