The Jaghori are a tribe of Hazara people in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, who mostly inhabit Ghazni Province

Ghazni Province

Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Babur records in his Babur-Nama that Ghazni is also known as Zabulistan It is in the east of the country. Its capital is Ghazni City...

. They form the majority of the Hazaras in Quettta.

Etymology

The origin of the name of Jaghori is not clear. One of the suppositions is that once the Mongols settled these areas the Ghori people, whose chief Shahabuddin Ghori had destroyed the Ghaznavid empire, were inhabiting this place. therefore "Jai-ghori", in Hazaragi means "in place of Ghori".

Divisions

Hazara researcher Mohammad Isa Ghargjestani identified four major branchest of the Jaghori in 1989: the Baighani (or Ata), Yazdari (Ezdari), Baghocari, and the Gari.

History

The Jaghori are referenced in 1881 CE as being led by a Chief Safdar Ali

Safdar Ali

Safdar Ali, a convert from Islam to Christianity, was born in 1830 in the native state of Dholpur, and was the son of an orthodox Syud gentleman. Ali's father personally saw to his education which was deeply rooted in the religion of Islam but he also received instruction from other Islamic and...

, and it is noted that they had received a khillit and been conciliated by Amir Abdur Rahman.

In the Hazara Pioneers, the Hazara unit in British army, two out of four companies were composed of Jaghoris.