Jaghori District

Jaghori Zeba (Persian or Dari: جاغوری زیبا (also translitterated Jaghoori Zeba, Jaghuri Zeba, Jaghory Zeba)) is a major business center and one of the main districts and city of Ghazni province in Afghanistan. It is situated in the highlands of the central Hazaristan region. The population was estimated more than 560,000 in 2015, making it one of the most populous city in Afghanistan. Sang-e-Masha has a beautiful bazaar. The rest of the city comprises areas of different sizes all dependent on agriculture as the main source of income and food. Main bazaar and shopping centre is in Hotqol and Angori which has over hundreds of shops and located between Hotqol and Angori.

The main shopping centres and bazaars is located in Hotqol and Angori, the shops are usually open from 8 AM til 6 PM majority of the weekends it closes at 8 PM in the evening.

Jaghori Zeba has one of the best weather conditions in Afghanistan, with great natural spring water, and also in the summer the temperature rises between 25 °C to 38 °C.

Jaghori (Hazara tribe)

The Jaghori are a tribe of Hazara people in Afghanistan, who mostly inhabit Ghazni Province. They form the majority of the Hazaras in Quettta.

Etymology

The origin of the name of Jaghori is not clear. One of the suppositions is that once the Mongols settled these areas the Ghori people, whose chief Shahabuddin Ghori had destroyed the Ghaznavid empire, were inhabiting this place. therefore "Jai-ghori", in Hazaragi means "in place of Ghori".

Divisions

Hazara researcher Mohammad Isa Ghargjestani identified four major branchest of the Jaghori in 1989: the Baighani (or Ata), Yazdari (Ezdari), Baghocari, and the Gari.

History

The Jaghori are referenced in 1881 CE as being led by a Chief Safdar Ali, and it is noted that they had received a khillit and been conciliated by Amir Abdur Rahman.

In the Hazara Pioneers, the Hazara unit in British army, was raised in 1904 by Major Claude Jacob (Later Field Marshal Sir Claude Jacob) in Quetta, British Balochistan Agency. Its class composition had two out of four companies comprising Jaghoris.