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{{short description|Azerbaijani tribe}}
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'''Jawanshir Qizilbash''' ({{lang-az|Cavanşir-Qızılbaş tayfası}}) is an [[Azerbaijanis|Azerbaijani]] tribe and a part of the [[Afshar tribe|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 district|Wazirabad]].

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

== See also ==
* [[Afshar language]]
* [[Afshar tribe]]
* [[Afsharid dynasty]]
* [[Caucasian Albania]]
* [[Javanshir clan]]
* [[History of Azerbaijan]]
* [[Qizilbash]]

== Sources ==
* Christine Noelle. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iqkiRvaDThgC&dq=Qizilbash+in+Afghanistan&pg=PA25 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}}

[[Category:Ethnic groups in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Turkic peoples of Asia]]

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