Taymani (Aimaq tribe)

The Taymani (Dari/Pashto: تایمنی) are the largest Aimaq tribe in Ghor Province, Afghanistan. They speak the Aimaq dialect of Dari Persian, but some southern groups of Taymanis have adopted Pashto language and Pashtun culture,[1] and consider themselves ethnic Pashtuns.[2]

Descent and origin

The Taymani claim descent from Kakar Pashtuns, forming a coalition in Ghor around 1650.[3]

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gollark: According to random vaguely plausible things on the internet, our strong reactions to politics are derived from the situation during human evolution, when humans were in small tribes and you could directly affect things and they could strongly and directly affect *you*.
gollark: In local ones you can do more, but nobody cares about those.
gollark: You can vote, but in widescale elections you have a very low chance of shifting the outcomes.
gollark: I mean, you can't substantially affect it.

References
  1. Vogelsang, Willem (2002). The Afghans. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 18. ISBN 0-631-19841-5. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. William Maley. Fundamentalism reborn?: Afghanistan and the Taliban. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1998. ISBN 1-85065-360-7, ISBN 978-1-85065-360-8
  3. Janata, A. "AYMĀQ". In Ehsan Yarshater (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). United States: Columbia University. A Kakar Pashtun from Baluchistan, Tayman, formed a coalition in Ghor around 1650.



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