Heroes & People

Abdul Ali Mazari

Abdul Ali Mazari led the Hazara party Hizb-i Wahdat from 1989 until he was killed in Taliban custody in March 1995. Many Hazaras revere him as a martyr and champion of their rights.

Faiz Muhammad Katib Hazara

Faiz Muhammad Katib Hazara was a Hazara historian and court chronicler in Kabul, author of the Siraj al-Tawarikh, and has been called Afghanistan's last traditional and first modern historian.

Habiba Sarabi

Habiba Sarabi is a Hazara haematologist and politician who in 2005 became the first woman to serve as a provincial governor in Afghanistan, in Bamyan.

Jalila Haider

Jalila Haider is a human rights lawyer from Quetta, Pakistan, described by the BBC as the first female lawyer from the Hazara community, and named to its 100 Women list in 2019.

Muhammad Musa

General Muhammad Musa, of Hazara descent, was Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1958 to 1966 and later Governor of West Pakistan.

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Rohullah Nikpai

Rohullah Nikpai is a Hazara taekwondo athlete who won Afghanistan's first Olympic medal at Beijing 2008, and a second bronze at London 2012.

Safdar Tawakoli

Safdar Tawakoli is a Hazara musician from Yakawlang, a master of the dambura, honoured with the title "Sultan Dambura".

Sharbat Ali Changezi

Sharbat Ali Changezi is a retired Air Marshal of the Pakistan Air Force and former fighter pilot, born to a Hazara family in Quetta.

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Sima Samar

Sima Samar is a Hazara doctor and human rights defender who served as Afghanistan's first Minister of Women's Affairs and received the Right Livelihood Award.

Zakia Khudadadi

Zakia Khudadadi is a Hazara para-taekwondo athlete who won the first ever medal for the Refugee Paralympic Team, a bronze at Paris 2024.