Jawanshir Qizilbash (Azerbaijani: Cavanşir-Qızılbaş tayfası) is an Azerbaijani tribe and a part of the Afshar, adherents of Twelver Shi'ism. They belong to Afghan Qizilbash people. This tribe is living in Kabul city especially in Chindawol, Moradkhani, and Wazirabad.

Origin[edit]

In Afghanistan, the clan is known to have originally migrated into the country during the reign of Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747).

See also[edit]

• Afshar language
• Afshar tribe
• Afsharid dynasty
• Caucasian Albania
• Javanshir clan
• History of Azerbaijan
• Qizilbash

Sources[edit]

• Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Psychology Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7007-0629-1, ISBN 978-0-7007-0629-7