Hazaras: Descendants of the Mongols?

The Hazara are popularly known as descendants of the Mongols, but what truth is there to this? Are they descended from troops left behind from Chinggis Khan? We discuss the possibilities here, as well as present a short overview of their later history.


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PRIMARY SOURCES:

Babur, The Bābur-nāma in English. Translated by Annette Susannah Beveridge. 1922.
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SECONDARY SOURCES

Bacon, Elizabath E., “The Inquiry into the History of the Hazara Mongols of Afghanistan.” 1951
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Haber, Marc, et al. “Afghanistan's Ethnic Groups Share a Y-CHromosomal heritage Structure by Historical Events.,” PLoS ONE 7 no. 3 (2012):
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"Hazaras," Minority Rights Group International, https://minorityrights.org/minorities...

Monsutti, Alessandro, "Hazara ii: History," Encyclopedia Iranica, last updated March 20th, 2012. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles...

Mousavi, Sayed Askar. The Hazaras of Afghanistan: An Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Study. 1998.

Samreen, Farha. “The Hazaras of Afghanistan in Mughal Times,” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 70 (2009-2010): 821-829.

Zawisza, Kathryn. “Genghis Khan’s Family Reunion: A Study of Hazara Unity in Afghanistan.” Academic Forum 24 (2006): 40-
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Zerjal, Tatiana, et. al. “The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols,” American Journal of Human Genetics, 72 no. 3 (2003): 717-721 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Zucchino, David and Fatima Faizi, "They are Thriving After Years of Persecution but Fear a Renewed Taliban Deal," New York Times, March 27th, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/wo...


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