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Aimaq people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,593,418 (2021) 4% of the population of Afghanistan[a][2][3] | |
| Languages | |
| Aimaq dialect of Persian[4] | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam[5] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hazaras, Tajiks, Pashtuns[4] |
The Aimaq, Aimaq Persians[6] (Persian: ایماق, romanized: Aimāq), or Chahar Aimaq (چهار ایماق), also transliterated as Aymaq, Aimagh, Aimak, and Aymak, are a collection of Sunni and mostly Persian[7] nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes.[8] They live mainly in the central and western highlands of Afghanistan, especially in Ghor and Badghis. Aimaqs were originally known as chahar ("four") Aymaqs: Jamshidi, Aimaq Hazara, Firozkohi, and Taymani.[9] The Timuri, which is a separate tribe but is sometimes included among Aimaqs, which is known as Aimaq-e digar ("another Aimaq").[10]
The Aimaq speak several subdialects of the Aimaq dialect of the Persian language, but some southern groups of Taymani, Firozkohi, and northeastern Timuri Aimaqs have adopted the Pashto language.[11]
- ^ "Population Matters". 3 March 2016.
- ^ World Population Review (19 September 2021). ""Afghanistan Population 2021"".
- ^ "Afghan Ethnic Groups: A Brief Investigation". reliefweb.int. 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b Janata, A. "AYMĀQ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). United States: Columbia University.
- ^ "Aimaq". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Aimaq | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "AYMĀQ – Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Tom Lansford -A bitter harvest: US foreign policy and Afghanistan 2003 Page 25 "The term Aimaq means "tribe" but the Aimaq people actually include several different ethnic groups. The classification has come to be used for a variety of nonaligned nomadic tribes"
- ^ Spuler, B. (2012-04-24), "Aymak", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Brill, retrieved 2023-07-14
- ^ Vogelsang, Willem (2002). The Afghans. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 37–. ISBN 9780631198413. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ Vogelsang, Willem (2002). The Afghans. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 18. ISBN 0631198415. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
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