The Hazarbuz (Pashto: هزاربوز) meaning thousand goats are a nomadic Pashtun tribe.

Distribution

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They primarily live in Rodat District of Nangarhar, Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Peshawar ,mohmand khawazie and Herat in Afghanistan.

Occupation

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Their key source of revenue has come from the import and sale of tea, and some other products particularly from Bukhara, in the northern regions of Afghanistan. They are famous for their trading and business.[1][2]

They are non-Ghilzai Powandah Hazarbuz nomads which have historically travelled the routes between eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkestan for centuries, a region related to the Silk Road, an ancient route between the East and the West of Asia. Traditionally, Hazarbuz were involved in transport activities with their camels and are doing trade from centuries along with the pioneers Sulemankhel Ahmadzai and other Powandah nomadic merchant tribes.[3][4][5]


References

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  1. ^ Frederiksen, Birthe (1996). Caravans and trade in Afghanistan : the changing life of the nomadic Hazarbuz. Nicolaisen, Ida., Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01687-9. OCLC 34770898.
  2. ^ "Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier". www.gutenberg-e.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ Frederiksen, Birthe (1996). Caravans and trade in Afghanistan : the changing life of the nomadic Hazarbuz. Nicolaisen, Ida., Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01687-9. OCLC 34770898.
  4. ^ "Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier". www.gutenberg-e.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  5. ^ "CARAVANS AND TRADE IN AFGHANISTAN". www.rhodos.dk. Retrieved 2020-10-26.