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Version 1 of Books by Hazara authors

5 Nov 2026 by Ibrar Ali

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These are the books we have been able to check so far. Most are in English or translated, so this list badly under-represents work in Hazaragi and Dari. Please add the books you know, with the publisher and year.

History and scholarship

  • Siraj al-Tawarikh, Faiz Muhammad Katib Hazara (Kabul, 1913–1915). A history of Afghanistan and a main record of the 1890s.1
  • Kabul under Siege: Fayz Muhammad's Account of the 1929 Uprising, Faiz Muhammad Katib Hazara, translated by Robert McChesney (Markus Wiener, 1999).2
  • The Hazaras of Afghanistan, Sayed Askar Mousavi (Curzon Press and St. Martin's Press, 1997–98).3
  • The Hazāras, Hassan Poladi (Mughal Publishing, 1989).4

Memoir and life stories

  • The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif, Najaf Mazari with Robert Hillman (2008).5
  • Outspoken, Sima Samar with Sally Armstrong (Random House Canada, 2024).6
  • Jawan to General: Recollections of a Pakistani Soldier, General Muhammad Musa (1984). His autobiography.78
  • My Version: India-Pakistan War, 1965, General Muhammad Musa (1983).98
  • First of Her Kind, Kbora Ali and Razia Ali (2026). A memoir by the first Hazara woman reported to have joined the Australian Defence Force, written with her sister.10

Stories and poetry

  • The Honey Thief, Najaf Mazari with Robert Hillman (2011). Short stories about the Hazara people.5
  • The Unsent Condolences, Abdul Samad Haidari (Palaver Books, 2023). Autobiographical poetry.11
  • The Red Ribbon, Abdul Samad Haidari (2019). Poems written during his years as a refugee in Indonesia.12
  • Stream of Deer, Kamran Mir Hazar (2014). Poems in English.13
  • Poems for the Hazara, edited by Kamran Mir Hazar (Full Page Publishing, 2014). An anthology of 125 poets from 68 countries, so most of its poets are not Hazara.14

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia, Faiz Muhammad Kateb. ↩

  2. Open Library record. ↩

  3. Open Library record. Wikipedia, Sayed Askar Mousavi. ↩

  4. Open Library record. Wikipedia, Hassan Poladi. ↩

  5. Wikipedia, Najaf Mazari. Open Library record. ↩ ↩2

  6. Open Library record. Publishers Weekly, Outspoken. ↩

  7. Open Library record. ↩

  8. Wikipedia, Muhammad Musa (general). ↩ ↩2

  9. Open Library record. ↩

  10. Dandenong Star Journal, Refugee trailblazer tells soaring tale, September 2026. ↩

  11. Read NZ, The Unsent Condolences. ↩

  12. The Jakarta Post, The Red Ribbon: A refugee's search for love and peace, 2020. ↩

  13. Wikipedia, Kamran Mir Hazar. ↩

  14. Wikipedia, Poems for the Hazara. ↩