Afghan
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In a political sense, the term Afghān refers to the citizens of Afghanistan. While ethnologically the Pashtun people are referred to as Pashtuns[1][2], Pushtuns[3], Pakhtuns[4] or Pathans[5][6] , nonetheless, Persian-speakers use the term Afghān to designate the Pashtun people.[7] Additionally, Pashto, the language of the Pashtuns, is also known as Afghān language.[citation needed]
Also see:
The term Afghan may also refer to:
- The Afghan hound
- An Afghan blanket
- An Afghan carpet
For etymology of Afghan/Afghanistan, see Origins of the name Afghan.
See also
References
- ^ Ahady, Anwar-ul-Haq (July 1995) "The Decline of the Pashtuns in Afghanistan" Asian Survey 35(7): pp. 621-634
- ^ Tapper, Richard and Tapper, Nancy (February 1986) "Eat This, It'll Do You a Power of Good: Food and Commensality among Durrani Pashtuns" American Ethnologist 13(1): pp. 62-79
- ^ Ahmed, Akbar S. (1983) Religion and Politics in Muslim Society: Order and Conflict in Pakistan Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, ISBN 0-521-24635-0
- ^ Rittenberg, Stephen Alan (1968) Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Pakhtuns: The Independence Movement in India's North-West Frontier Province Carolina Academic Press, Durham, N.C., ISBN 0-89089-277-6
- ^ Caroe, Olaf Kirkpatrick (1958) The Pathans, 550 B. C.-A. D. 1957 St. Martin's Press, New York, OCLC 585345
- ^ Spain, James W. (1972) The Way of the Pathans Oxford University Press, Karachi, OCLC 2736264
- ^ Kieffer, Ch. M. "AFGÚAÚN". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online Edition). Ed. Ehsan Yarshater. United States: Columbia University.
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