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The Pashtuns of Kunar: tribe, class and community organization
Afghanistan Journal • 7 (3) • Published In 1980 • Pages: 79-92
By: Christensen, Asger.
Abstract
This article presents some of the main features of tribal distribution and local community organization of the Kunar Pashtun in northeastern Afghanistan. The stated goals of this work are to fill in some of the important gaps in the existing anthropological literature on Afghanistan, to supplement the data on the Ghilzai Pashtun by Anderson, and to provide additional information on the tribal groups living north of the Kabul River. The document provides a brief description of the major Pashtun groups in Kunar Province -- the Safi, Shimwari, Tarkanri, Mashwani, and the Mohmand -- their community organization, trade relations, settlements, class differentiation (broken down by land ownership, tenancy, and artisan groups), migration patterns, and to some extent, culture history.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field Date
- August 1977 - November 1978
- Coverage Date
- seventeenth century - 1970s
- Coverage Place
- Kunar Province, northeastern Afghanistan
- Notes
- Asger Christensen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 92)
- LCCN
- 75640521
- LCSH
- Pushtuns