Uzbakzai (Balochi: اوزبکزی) or Uzbakzahi (Balochi: اوزبکزهی) a Baloch tribe, which is a subset of Rakhshani tribe[1] living in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. In Afghanistan the main place of Uzbakzai tribe is Shishawa village[2] in Khash Rod and Qazi village in Chakhansour districts of Nimroz province, and Karez Latif village in Anardara district of Farah province.

Languages edit

The most of Uzbakzai tribe speak in Rakhshani dialect of Balochi language which is the most spoken dialect in Sistan and Baluchistan.[3] Also, Uzbakzai people speak in Brahui, Dari/ Persian and Pashto languages.

References edit

  1. ^ Naval Postgraduate School,Helmand Provincial Overview, March 2017 the Baluch Tribal Tree page 2
  2. ^ Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan, Vol. 2: Farah and Southwestern Afghanistan, Author: Adamec, Ludwig W. India. Army. General Staff Branch. Year 1973. (search), Page 278.
  3. ^ Ahmad, Mumtaz (13 May 2008). Baluchi Glossary: A Baluchi-English Glossary : Elementary Level. Dunwoody Press, 1985. p. 150. ISBN 9780931745089.