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In the News (Sun 5 Jul 09)

  
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The tribes of the Char Aimaq are ethnic formations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
In Afghanistan all of the estimated 800,000-1,000,000 Aimaq (3.4 percent of the population) are Sunni (Hanafi school) Muslims, in contrast to the Shia Persian majority in Iran.
During spring and summer, the herds graze on pastures near the village, cared for by one of the brothers in an extended family, the social and economic core of all the Aimaq.
www.sclink.net /synapse/about/fullstory_public.cfm?aboutid=4121&website=sclink.net   (811 words)

  
  Aimaq   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Aimaq, also known as Amick and Char Aimak, is a name for the Hazara people living in the west of Hazarajat in the provinces of Ghor, Farah, Herat, Badghis, Faryab, Jozjan and Sar-i-Pul in Afghanistan.
These four tribes together are called by the other Hazaras as "Char Aimaq" which means "four western tribes".
Despite all this, even then, the aimaqs are racially discriminated against, because of their ethnicity.
www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/a/ai/aimaq.html   (173 words)

  
  TruthNews   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nevertheless, Aimaq did agree that Zahir Shah would be eligible to head the transitional government because of the way that all of the monarchy clauses have been dropped from the restored version of the 1964 constitution that is now the law.
Aimaq said the unresolved question for now is whether Zahir Shah wants to become a candidate for the administration that is to take over from the current interim government in June.
In fact, the Bonn agreement was the result of negotiations between three main groups that now comprise the interim administration -- several bickering factions of the Northern Alliance, the Peshawar group, and the so-called "Rome Group," which includes royalists who see a role for the former king in the transitional government.
truthnews.com /world/2002_02_king_loophole.html   (945 words)

  
 Guide to Timuri Rugs
Since the Chahar Aimaq confederation ceased to exist years ago it is easiest to see them as a language group.
An IL is a grouping of tribes or Aimaqs in a political fashion rather than strictly on a ethnic or linguistic basis.
The Pashtun split the Sunni Hazara from the Shia and Ismaili Hazara.
www.spongobongo.com /em/em9751.htm   (2518 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Nevertheless, Aimaq did agree that Zahir Shah would be eligible to head the transitional government because of the way that all of the monarchy clauses have been dropped from the restored version of the 1964 constitution that is now the law.
Aimaq said the unresolved question for now is whether Zahir Shah wants to become a candidate for the administration that is to take over from the current interim government in June.
In fact, the Bonn agreement was the result of negotiations between three main groups that now comprise the interim administration -- several bickering factions of the Northern Alliance, the Peshawar group, and the so-called "Rome Group," which includes royalists who see a role for the former king in the transitional government.
www.rferl.org /features/2002/02/14022002084210.asp   (957 words)

  
 Aimaq   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Aimaq, also known as Amick and Char Aimak, is a name for the Hazara people living in the west of Hazarajat in the provinces of Ghor, Farah, Herat, Badghis, Faryab, Jozjan and Sar-i-Pul in Afghanistan.
These four tribes together are called by the other Hazaras as "Char Aimaq" which means "four western tribes".
Despite all this, even then, the aimaqs are racially discriminated against, because of their ethnicity.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/ai/aimaq.html   (180 words)

  
 Aimaq
Geographically, the Char Aimaq live within an area stretching from the central hills of Bādghis north and northeast of Herat to the mountains of Ghor in the west of central Afghanistan.
The four tribes of the Char Aimaq are the Jamshidi, the Aimaq-Hazara, the Firuzkuhi, and the Taimani.
The Aimaq, in sharp contrast with other societies in rural Afghanistan, accord women high status: women participate in group discussions, even when outsiders are present, and a girl may reject a groom chosen by her father.
www.everyculture.com /Africa-Middle-East/Aimaq.html   (735 words)

  
 Joshua Project - Aimaq, Taimani of Afghanistan Ethnic People Profile
Nearby, the Aimaq "capital", Chaghcharan, and the ancient city of Herat lend economic, political and spiritual influence.
Researchers are attempting to determine if the Aimaq may be speaking Dari that is influenced by individual manners of speaking within their villages.
Aimaq tribal customs remain stronger than Afghan nationalism, due in part to long-enjoyed independence and geographical distance from central government in Kabul.
www.joshuaproject.net /peopctry.php?rop3=100153&rog3=AF   (1389 words)

  
 Aimaq Translation Services - English to Aimaq Translations
We have opened a new business unit and are now providing comprehensive translator staffing solutions for small, medium, and large companies which are in need of having full-time language professionals on their team.
Our Aimaq translation team has many experienced document translators who specialize in translating many different types of documents including birth and death certificates, marriage certificates and divorce decrees, diplomas and transcripts, and any other Aimaq document you may need translated.
Aimaq is a dialect of the Persian language of Afghanistan spoken west of the Hazara, central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan.
www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/aimaq.shtml   (402 words)

  
 Professor Profile: Jasmine Aimaq
Dr. Aimaq is a fair grader and goes out of her way to be available to students.
Aimaq is the most interesting lecturer in the school of IR.
What really sets Aimaq apart from the rest though is not just her teaching ability, but also her ability to inspire thought.
www.senatecourseguide.com /profile.asp?Professor=2096   (1472 words)

  
 Pray for the Aimaq
Pray that the Aimaq would have access to Christian radio programs in Dari, Farsi, and Hazaragi and that they would be able to understand the message of God that is the power unto salvation.
The Aimaq people are actually a group of smaller tribes—the Jamshidi, Taimani, Char Hazara and Firizkui and several smaller nomadic tribes—that have historically linked themselves together through marriage and alliances for protection against foreign invasion.
The Aimaq homeland is in Central Western Afghanistan near the city of Herat and northeast into the mountains.
centralasia.imb.org /pray/Aimaq.html   (935 words)

  
 The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
They belong to a larger cluster of eight tribes, the Char Aimaq, who are scattered throughout Afghanistan and northern Iran.
All of these tribes speak a language called Aimaq, which is a part of the Persian language family, but includes some Turkic vocabulary.
The Char Aimaq appear to have been active in defending against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as well as in the subsequent civil war.
www.global12project.com /2004/profiles/p_code1/379.html   (803 words)

  
 Aimaq language resources
Chahar Aimaq) Hazaras for instance are predominantly Sunni.
Senias a Pagsasao Adele Adyghe Afrikaans Agul Aimaq, wenno Barbari Aini Ainu Akan Akawaio (Carib) Akkadian...
Aimaq rugs from this district are usually finer woven and darker than the norm for this tribe.
www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Aimaq.html   (1293 words)

  
 Aimaq —
Based on which role you have, you get a selection of skins that you can switch between.
The LINGUIST List is dedicated to providing information on language and language analysis, and to providing the discipline of linguistics with the infrastructure necessary to function in the digital world.
Find and/or purchase publications on "Aimaq" from Amazon.com.
www.rosettaproject.org /archive/aiq   (193 words)

  
 aimaq’s Music Profile – Users at Last.fm
Type in some bands or artists you like, separated by commas.
Want to know how similar your music taste is to aimaq’s?
It’s easy, create your own musical profile and share your taste with your friends.
www.last.fm /user/aimaq   (346 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Afghanistan - Other Groups in Afghanistan - Aimaq | Afghan Information Resource
AllRefer.com - Afghanistan - Other Groups in Afghanistan - Aimaq
Aimaq, meaning tribe in Turkish, is not an ethnic domination, but differentiates seminomadic herders and agricultural tribal groups of various ethnic origins, including the Turkic Hazara and Baluch, that were formed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
They live among nontribal people in the western areas of Badghis, Ghor and Herat provinces.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/afghanistan/afghanistan41.html   (0 words)

  
 Aimaq. Ethnoarch groups.
This page, accordingly, presents a list of 7,300 or so existing language groups in the world, following the naming and coding classification by SIL's Ethnologue.
Char Aimaq (Linguistic group alternate name - Afghanistan)
Architecture references on the Aimaq - speaking community
www.ethnoarchitecture.com /web/groups/group/724   (0 words)

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