Tajiks

English: Tajiks, also spelled Tadzhik, sometimes called (before the 20th century) Sart, are a group of people who speak various dialects of the Persian language and are found mainly in Tajikistan, parts of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan as well as in a smaller part of western China. They are mostly city or town dwellers and are also included among the Afghan refugees living in Iran and Pakistan. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, their total number was approxtimately 12 million in the early 21st century.

Notable Tajiks

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  al-Khwārizmī
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  Habibullah Kalakani (Bacha-i Saqqao), King of Afghanistan for 9 months in 1929
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  Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996
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  Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan
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  Ahmad Zia Massoud, brother of Ahmad Shah Massoud, was former Vice President of Afghanistan
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  Abdullah Abdullah is Pashtun-Tajik, he served as the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
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  Mohammad Fahim
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  Younus Qanooni, politician in Afghanistan
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  Bismillah Khan, served as Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army and Afghan Interior Minister
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  Ismail Khan, served as Governor of Herat and Minister of Power and Energy in Afghanistan
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  Massouda Jalal, served as Minister of Women's Affairs and became the only woman to run for the 2004 Afghan presidential election
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  Nilofer Ibrahimi, politician in Afghanistan
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  Atta Mohammad Nur, Governor of Balkh Province
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  Abdul Basir Salangi, Governor of Parwan Province
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  Amrullah Saleh, politician in Afghanistan
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  Mohammad Daud Daud, former police chief in northern Afghanistan. He was killed in May 2011

Random images of Tajiks

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  Tajiks in Tajikistan celebrating Islamic Eid ul-fitr holiday in 2007
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  Man with a hat that is traditional worn in Tajikistan
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  Tajik man preparing a popular rice dish called plov (pilaf)
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  Young female from Tajikistan
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  Young Tajikistani boy selling products
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  Tajik woman selling bread
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  Tahmina Niyazova with family and friends, following a fashion festival in Dushanbe
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  Tajiks from Afghanistan