Firozkohi

This article is about the ethnic group in Western Afghanistan. For the ethnic group in Central Iran, see Ferozkohi.
This article is about the ethnic group in Western Afghanistan. For the Iranian poet, see Seyed Karim Amiri Firuzkuhi.

The Firozkohi are a sub-tribe of the Chahar Aimaq ethnic group in Afghanistan, one of the four major Aimaq tribes which also include the Jamshidis, Taimani, and Taimuri.[1]

The Firozkohi are semi-nomadic, and inhabit the valleys of the Murghab river,[2] largely in Badghis Province.

References

  1. ↑ Rasul Bux Rais (2008). Recovering the frontier stage: war, ethnicity, and state in Afghanistan. Lexington Books. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-7391-0956-4. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Alastair Hull; José Luczyc-Wyhowska (October 1993). Kilim: the complete guide : history, pattern, technique, identification. Chronicle Books. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-8118-0359-5. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
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