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		The term is used to describe people in the Herat area who are linguistically, ethnically, and historically, Persian but happen to live in a part of Persia now called Afghanistan.
		Farsiwan in common usage is only used to describe Sunni Farsi speakers.
		Farsiwan and tajik are often used interchangeabley in Northwest Afghanistan.
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	Tajiks
		In Afghanistan, Tajiks who follow Jafari Shiism are called ''Farsi'' or Farsiwan (Persians).
		The popular forms of Islam practiced by the Tajiks often bear the influence of Zoroastrianism and pre-Zoroastrian cults that were followed before the advent of Islam to Central Asia.
		In addition, Tajiks are often distinguished from the related Farsiwan by religion as opposed to appearance.
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	Top Literature - People of Afghanistan
		The Tajiks also comprise the majority population of Tajikistan and are found in large numbers in Uzbekistan and Iran as well as parts of western Pakistan and the Xinjiang province of China.
		Related groups in Afghanistan known as the Farsiwan and the Qizilbash are often affiliated with the Tajiks and are considered a subgroup of Afghanistan's Tajik community.
		The difference between them is that the Farsiwan and Qizilbash are generally of the Shia sect and are more similar to the Persians of Iran.
	encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=People_of_Afghanistan (1749 words)

	Farsiwan at AllExperts
		The Parsiwan, or simply Parsi (Persian), are found mainly in western Afghanistan and are generally distinguished from the Tajiks by their adherence to Shia Islam as opposed to the Sunni sect favored by the Tajiks.
		Unlike the Hazaras who are also Shia, the Farsiwan do not show any significant traces of Turkic-Mongol ancestry.
		The only distinction is that the Farsiwan sometimes speak a dialect more akin to the Dari-dialect of the Persian language as opposed to standard Parsi-dialect, but this is not always the case.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Persian people
		Ethnic Persians can also be found outside of Iran and include the Tajiks and Farsiwan who can be found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and the Xinjiang province of China.
		Closely related to the Farsiwan are the Qizilbash of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		Another group called the Tats lives mainly in the Caucasus region concentrated in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russian Dagestan.
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	Helene Eriksen -- Afghani Dance
		Due to its borders with China, Pakistan, Iran and the Republics of Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, the cultures of Afghanistan have many faceted influences.
		The major ethnic groups are the Pashtuns, the Dari speaking Tadjiks and Farsiwan, the Turkic speaking Uzbeks, Turkmen and Kirghiz, the Mongolian influenced Shiite Hazara, the Balutchis and the Nuristani, who converted to Islam only in the 19th century.
		The Farsiwan speak the Iranian language Dari and are much less homogeneous than the Pashtuns.
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	Q & A on Afghanistan's Loya Jirga Process (Human Rights Watch April 15, 2002)
		This quasi-democratic process has been relatively representative of Afghanistan's population: in the past loya jirgas have involved representatives from almost all of Afghanistan's major ethnic and religious groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, Turkmen, Baluch, Farsiwan, and Nuristani; as well as Sunni, Shi'a, Hindu, and Sikh.
		Women, however, have been largely absent from loya jirgas, except for those convened in 1964 and 1977.
		Afghans of varied ethnic, geographic, and class backgrounds have voiced concerns to Human Rights Watch that local commanders-at the behest of regional warlords-may use intimidation and violence to keep candidates representing local minorities and opposing political groups from participating in important regional meetings or traveling to provincial election sites.
	www.hrw.org /press/2002/04/qna-loyagirga.htm (1764 words)

	Afghanistan Can Learn From Its Past
		Modern Afghanistan was cobbled together as a buffer state in the late 19th century by British India and czarist Russia, with its first modern ruler, Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, picked from among the princelings of a warring Pashtun clan.
		In return for giving up control of the country's foreign affairs to Britain, he received arms and money to conquer various ethnic and linguistic groups: other Pashtuns, Tajik, Farsiwan, Uzbek, Turkmen, Baluch, Hazara, Aimaq and others.
		Infamous for his cruelty and dubbed the Iron Amir by his colonial masters, he established a firm foundation for an oppressive, corrupt centralized system.
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	AFGHANS: Their History and Culture
		There are about 5 million Hazaras, making up about 19% of the country’s population.
		A third group, the Farsiwan (also called Parsiwan or Parsiban) are farmers who live near the Iranian border, although some have moved east to the larger towns of Herat, Kandahar, and Ghazni.
		The Farsiwan, who number about half a million, are ethnically and linguistically indistinguishable from the Iranians across the border.
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	Farsiwan
		The Parsiwan, or simply Parsi (Persian), are found mainly in western Afghanistan and are generally distinguished from the Tajiks by their adherance to Shia Islam as opposed to the Sunni sect favored by the Tajiks.
		Unlike the Hazaras who are also Shia, the Farsiwan do not show any significant traces of Turkic-Mongol ancestry.
		The only distinction is that the Farsiwan sometimes speak a dialect more akin to the Dari-dialect of the Persian language as opposed to standard Parsi-dialect, but this is not always the case.
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	Background of Hazara Community
		The Farsiwan are by many authors regarded as Tajiks, while others see them as a distinct group.
		The major distinction is that they are Shi'ia. They primarily live in the western parts of the country, or in cities in the south.
		The Shi'ia Farsiwan, however, have little to do with the Hazara, even though they are co-religionists.
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	Vielfalt von Sprachen in Afghanistans
		Die Farsiwan (in deren Eigennamen das Wort Farsi für Parsi / Perser enthalten ist) sprechen die persische Sprache Dari und sind weniger einheitlich als die Paschtunen.
		Jahrhundert war ihre Sprache Farsi oder Dari eine Sprache der Literatur, der Dichter und Denker, die bis zuletzt auch im Afghanischen Königshaus gepflegt wurde und heute auch von den meisten anderen Völkern Afghanistans mit eigenständigen Ausprägungen gesprochen und verstanden wird.
		In den Städten sind die Farsiwan zahlreich als Handwerker und Händler vertreten.
	www.wuestenfuchs.com /afg/all/kund_bevspr.html (1062 words)

	Iran’s monopoly - Chai Khaana (Site not responding. Last check: )
		60% of Afghanistan is farsiwan by language and 30% of them are very well connected to Iran.
		About baluchistan, it serves them to keep that issue hanging, because if the baluch do get sucessfull, they will not only take a ot ofland for them, but it will have a domino effect on the ountry (i.e.
		By Farsiwan I meant Farsi/Dari speakers, so in that case even the 60% is low, we can safely assume over 70% are Dari/Farsi speakers in Afghanistan including Pashtuns.
	www.pashto.org /chaikhaana/current-affairs-rawaani-chaari/3341-iran-s-monopoly.html (621 words)

	Lemar-Aftaab - Oct-Dec 1998 - Vol. 1: Issue. 6 - Articles - The Texture of Time - by Tom Cole (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A modern looking Farsiwan nervously tried to engage fellow travelers in light-hearted banter, though he was the only one laughing.
		Incredibly, it is the United States that has in effect created the Taliban, providing ample money to buy loyalties in a push for total control of the various ethnic groups and their lands.
		Many of these were made by the Farsiwan rather than the Turkmen masterweavers of the area.
	www.afghanmagazine.com /oct98/articles/mazararticle (2814 words)

	Staaten und Territorien der Erde und ihre Sprachen - Afghanistan
		Es gibt auch eine Volksgruppe, die sich als Farsiwan bezeichnet.
		Die Bevölkerung besteht aus Paschtunen, Hazara und Farsiwan.
		Die Persischsprachigen setzen sich aus vier Völkern zusammen: Tadschiken, Farsiwan, Aimak und Hazara; sie sprechen jeweils verschiedene Dialekte und "Hoch-Dari".
	www.linguist.de /reese/Laender/afghanistan.html (609 words)

	Farsiwan Did You Mean farsiwan? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Farsiwan, or simply Farsi (Persian), are found mainly in western Afghanistan and are generally distiguished from the Tajiks by their adherance to Shia Islam as opposed to the Sunni sect favored by the Tajiks.
		Unlike the Hazaras who are also Shia, the Farsiwan do not show any significant traces of Turkica href="Mongol.html" title="Mongol">Mongol ancestry.
		The only distinction is that the Farsiwan sometimes speak a dialect more akin to the Dariialect of the Persian language as opposed to standard Farsiialect, but this is not always the case.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Farsiwan.html (229 words)

	What Do You Support? And Why?
		They, on the other hand, do not reconcile to “Loy Afghanistan” idea, as they think the Pakhtuns inhabiting Afghanistan are also subordinate and second- rate citizens in the wake of the farsiwan’s supremacy.
		Therefore, if the Pakhtuns from “nwfp” are annexed to the Greater Afghanistan, it will simply mean changing masters from Punjabis to farsiwans, which will need even more concerted struggle and blood shed to overcome.
		They think for Pakhtuns going to the farsiwan dominated polity, will yield in disastrous and un-wise move, like “getting out of the fire into the frying pan”.
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	Afghanistan Sunnis of the Hanafi School (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TheImami Shia recognize twelve successive Imams, beginning with Ali and ending inAD 874 with the disappearance of the twelfth who will return as a messianicfigure at the end of the world.
		The most numerous Imami Shia groups in Afghanistan are the Imami Hazaraliving in the Hazarajat of central Afghanistan, and the Imami Farsiwan of HeratProvince.
		Mixtures occur in certain areas such as Bamiyan Province where Sunni,Imami and Ismaili may be found.
	www.country-studies.com /afghanistan/sunnis-of-the-hanafi-school.html (316 words)

	AFGHANISTAN: Karzai vs. the Warlords - Council on Foreign Relations
		Ismail Khan, a former mujahedeenleader known as "The Lion of Herat" for his role in fighting the Soviets.
		He is a member of the Farsiwan tribe, which has close ties to Iran, and has the support of a large private militia.
		As governor of Herat, which borders Iran, Khan controlled the area's lucrative trade routes, along which travel some 80 percent of Afghanistan's imports.
	www.cfr.org /publication/7791/afghanistan.html (2500 words)

	Kidsnewsroom's Weekly News For Kids
		The mountain chain that runs northeast to southwest curves the country into three main areas: the South, inhabited by Pashtoons; the West, which is essentially occupied by Tajiks and Farsiwans; and in the north, Uzbeks, Tajiks and other Persian language speakers.
		Tajiks/Farsiwan: is the second largest group, which comprise a third of the population of the country.
		Persian speakers, the Farsiwan people live in the western part of the country, surrounding the province of Farah and north of Kabul.
	www.kidsnewsroom.org /newsissues/111601/index.asp?page=AroundWorld2 (1539 words)

	Aladdin Rugs Payment & Shipping
		This group weave rugs that are similar in color and construction to the Balouch rugs.
		Balouch Type weavers include Aimaks, Pashtuns, Mushwani, Farsiwan, Ghor, and the Brahui.
		Most of our rugs were woven by refugee Belouch and tribesmen, who fled from Afghanistan during the Afghan-Soviet War and settled in the towns of Peshawar and Quetta in western Pakistan.
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	Afghanistan, Afghan, Afghan Chat (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When an Afghan is called "Farsiwan", it is exacty the same as calling that person "Persian".
		And you thinking that no Dari Zuban one should refered to people as Farsiwan - because that is equivalent to calling Iranian is neither here or there.
		You yourself may think it should not be but that is how it is on the ground.The direct translation of Farsiwan is Persian.
	www.afghanchat.com /post2-p171438.html (2304 words)

	Dari
		Persian poets such as Sādi, Hafez, Omar Khayyam and Rumi have left a significant mark on the literature of many countries.
		Dari has a number of dialects, most of which are mutually intelligible: Herati, Kabuli, Khorasani, and Parsiwan (Farsiwan), Yazd and Kerman.
		Radio Afghanistan broadcasts are promoting a standardized pronunciation of the literary language based on classical norms.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/Dari.html (1158 words)

	Betak :: View topic - Beautiful Iran, cheetori yasti (Site not responding. Last check: )
		farsiwan cant stand us pashtana because they cleaned and still do toilets for us
		You want to know who draw it, go to myspace.com and type pan iranist.
		He is one of you cheetori cheemkooni harami farsiwan mantu mantu brother who curse you duranis and you afghan pashtuns fart in front of him.
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	Micronesia encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Micronesia politics and officials, Micronesian History. Travel ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The latter Parthian dynasty arose from the north.
		Template:Main Ethnic Persians can also be found outside of Iran and include the Tajiks and Farsiwan who can be found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the Xinjiang province of China.
		Another group called the Tats lives mainly in the Caucasus region concentrated in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russian Dagestan.
	www.micronesiaiworld.com /wiki1-Persian_people (1899 words)

	آرمان
		Loya jirgas have traditionally been made up of tribal leaders and other elders - almost all men - sent to Kabul by local shuras (village-level councils).
		This quasi-democratic process has been relatively representative of Afghanistan's population: in the past loya jirgas have involved representatives from almost all of Afghanistan's major ethnic and religious groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, Turkmen, Baluch, Farsiwan, and Nuristani; as well as Sunni, Shi'a, Hindu, and Sikh.
		Afghans of varied ethnic, geographic, and class backgrounds have voiced concerns to Human Rights Watch that local commanders-at the behest of regional warlords-may use intimidation and violence to keep candidates representing local minorities and opposing political groups from participating in important regional meetings or traveling to provincial election sites.
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	The Texture of Time-Thomas Cole
		The plane was a converted Russian military transport with benches on either side and luggage stacked in the middle, unconstrained.
		Another Uzbek man constantly dabbed his brow with his unrolled turban, contorting his face in apprehension.
		Many of these were made by the Farsiwan rather than the Turkmen master weavers of the area.
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	The EastAfrican
		Persianised or not, the Pashtuns ran the show.
		The Persian speakers — called "Fars," or "Farsiwan" — occasionally played a role if they followed the Sunni path of Islam.
		Persian speakers of the Shiite branch of Islam, which includes a vast proportion of the urban population in the north, have always been conspicuously absent from official positions.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/08102001/Features/Features.html (1548 words)

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