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==Ethnic Identity== |
==Ethnic Identity== |
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The Pamiris are composed of people who speak the [[Pamiri languages]], the [[indigenous language]]s of [[Afghanistan]]'s Badakhshan region and in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous province in Tajikistan, and adhere to the [[Ismaili]] sect of [[Shia]] [[Islam]]. The Pamiris are loyal to [[Pamir Tokgoz]], the head of the Pamiri community |
The Pamiris are composed of people who speak the [[Pamiri languages]], the [[indigenous language]]s of [[Afghanistan]]'s Badakhshan region and in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous province in Tajikistan, and adhere to the [[Ismaili]] sect of [[Shia]] [[Islam]]. The Pamiris are loyal to [[Pamir Tokgoz]], the head of the Pamiri community. |
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==History== |
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In 1929 Gorno-Badakhshan was attached to the newly formed republic of Tajikistan, and since that point there has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the ethnic identity of the Pamiris. Tajik [[nationalists]] claim the Pamiris to be Tajik and the Pamiri languages to be [[dialects]] of Tajik. The Pamiris claim their own separate identity and there is a consensus amongst [[linguistics|linguists]] that the Pamiri languages are separate languages from Tajik. |
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During the [[Soviet period]] many Pamiris migrated to the [[Vakhsh River Valley]] and settled in [[Qurghonteppa Oblast]], in what is today [[Khatlon Province]]. In the 1980s debate raged in Tajikistan about the official status of the Pamiri languages in the republic. After the independence of Tajikistan in 1991 Pamiri nationalism stirred and the Pamiri nationalist political party [[Lali Badakhshan]] took power in Gorno-Badakhshan. Anti-government protests took place in the province's capital, [[Khorog]], and in 1992 the republic declared itself an independent country. This declaration was later repealed. During the [[Tajikistan Civil War]] from 1992–1997 the Pamiris were targeted for massacres, especially those living in the capital [[Dushanbe]] and Qurghonteppa Oblast. During the civil war Pamiris in large backed the [[United Tajik Opposition]]. In the early 1990s there was a movement amongst Pamiris to separate Gorno-Badakhshan from Tajikistan. <ref name=davlat>{{ |
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| author= Suhrobsho Davlatshoev | publisher=School of Social Sciences of Middle East Technical University, Turkey (M.S. thesis) | year=2006 |
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| url=http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607111/index.pdf |
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| title=The Formation and Consolidation of Pamiri Ethnic Identity in Tajikistan. Dissertation |
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| accessdate=2006-08-25 |
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==Religion== |
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Pamiris are [[Nizārī Ismā'īlī]] and follow the [[Aga Khan]]. The [[Aga Khan Foundation]] became the primary [[non-governmental organization]] in Gorno-Badakhsnan. |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Tajikistan]] |
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[[Category:Muslim communities]] |
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{{Asia-ethno-group-stub}} |
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{{Tajikistan-stub}} |
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[[ka:პამირისპირა ხალხები]] |
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[[ru:Памирские таджики]] |
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Revision as of 18:50, 8 November 2008
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Gorno-Badakhshan (Tajikistan), Pakistan and Afghanistan | |
| Languages | |
| Pamir languages and Persian | |
| Religion | |
| Ismaili sect of Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Iranian peoples |
Pamiri is the name of an ethnic group that live in Central Asia, primarily in Tajikistan (especially in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province) and in Afghanistan.
Ethnic Identity
The Pamiris are composed of people who speak the Pamiri languages, the indigenous languages of Afghanistan's Badakhshan region and in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous province in Tajikistan, and adhere to the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. The Pamiris are loyal to Pamir Tokgoz, the head of the Pamiri community.