Hazaras Research Paper

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The idea of a person seeking refuge dates as long back as ancient Greeks and ancient Egyptians. However, it became very prevalent when ‘country of nationality’ became practically meaningful after the advent of romantic nationalism in late 18th century. The term ‘refugee’, according to the Geneva Convention on Refugees in 1951, is a person who is outside his country of citizenship because of fear of persecution, race, religion, political opinion, famine, and membership of a particular group. Hazara, the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan have become refugees for almost one and a half century. There are almost 10 million Hazara Refugees all over the world. Hazaras have mostly become refugees because of ethnicity, religious schism, and famine. …show more content…
Afghanistan is a country with numerous major and minor ethnicities such as Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Pashai, and many others, which have unique differences. Hazaras have flat nose, narrow eyes, and less beard compared to other major ethnic groups such as Pashtun and Tajiks. Hazaras started leaving this country as far back as 1880s. In 1893, Hazaras, who were independent of the central government at the time, resisted against the cruel force of king Abdul Rahman Khan. Abdul Rahman Khan, then, started Hazara genocide. He chauvinistically proselytized Pashtuns to join the central government against hazara genocide. The king confiscated their land, massacred them, forced them to leave, and sold them to slavery. Afterward, the government was very harsh toward the remaining Hazaras. Hazaras had to pay lots of taxes. The taxes were very high. The farmers could make the ends meet. So, they eventually had to leave the country. There had been an mass exodus of Hazaras toward Iran, Pakistan, and Russia. Syed askar Mosavi, an Afghan Historian, says, “Almost half the population of the Hazaras were forced to
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