The Hazaras and the Afghan state : rebellion, exclusion and the struggle for recognition / Niamatullah Ibrahimi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ibrahimi, Niamatullah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hazāras--History.

Hazāras.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Afghanistan--Ethnic relations.

Afghanistan.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 285 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, 2017.

Summary:

"The Hazaras of Afghanistan have borne the brunt of many of the destructive forces unleashed by the establishment of the Afghan monarchy in 1747. The history of their relationship with the Afghan state has been punctuated by frequent episodes of ethnic cleansing, mass dispossession, forced displacement, enslavement and social and economic exclusion ... This volume provides a fresh account of both the strategies and tactics of the Afghan state and how the Hazaras have responded to them."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Ethnic and Tribal Politics in Transition from Empire to Statehood 25

Introduction 25

Transition from the Durrani empire to the kingdom of Kabul 27

Internalisation of jehad and conquest 35

The Hazaras and the Durrani rulers 41

Conclusion 49

2 State-Building, Violence and Rebellions: The Period of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, 1880-1901 53

Introduction 53

State-building and rebellions 54

Abdur Rahman Khan and the Hazaras the during the 1880s 64

The Hazara War 72

The aftermath of the conquest of Hazarajat 79

Massacres and destructions in the course of the war 79

Conclusion 85

3 The Afghan State and the Hazaras, 1901-1978: Afghan Nationalism and Policies and Politics of Modernisation and Exclusion 87

Introduction 87

Continuity and ruptures in the historical trajectory of the Afghan State: 1901-1978 88

Ethnic and national conceptions of nationhood 95

The state and ethnic power relations in Hazarajat 100

Shiftfrom Hazaras' traditional local rebellion to modern national protest 105

Conclusion 114

4 The Rise and Fall of a Clerical Proto-state: Hazarajat, 1979-1984 117

Introduction 117

The origins of the Shura: A state within a state 119

The Shura and emerging ideological and political conflicts among the Hazaras 122

Civil and military structure of the Shura 132

The Shura's diplomacy 137

Conclusion 141

5 At the Source of Factionalism and Civil War in Hazarajat, 1981-1989 143

Introduction 143

The first civil war within the clergy: Islamists versus traditionalists 144

The second civil war: Islamists versus Islamists 156

The rise of the military class and its destabilising role 169

Conclusion 174

6 The Shift from Internal Wars of Domination to National Struggles for Recognition: Hazaras and Ethnicisation of Politics and War in 1990s 177

Introduction 177

The shift from internal Hazara politics to national politics: 1989-1992 179

Hezb-e Wahdat and the Mujahedin government 186

Taliban, re-conquest and centralisation 195

Resistance or collaboration: 1998-2001 202

Conclusion 208

7 International Intervention, State-building and Ethnic Politics, 2001-2016 213

Introduction 213

The ideals and practices of ethnic and political pluralism, 2001-2016 215

Responding to the opportunities of the post-2002 political order 222

Rewarding violence in distribution of development assistance 234

Conclusion 241

Conclusion 245

Revisiting the main argument of the book 245

State-building as historical reconstruction 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and index.

ISBN:

9781849047074

1849047073

OCLC:

1004566758

Publisher Number:

99973912950