The Ansarlu or Ansaroğlu are Anatolian Turks adherent of Twelver Shī‘ism.This tribe belongs to a branch of the Oghuz Turks

Oghuz Turks

The Turkomen also known as Oghuz Turks were a historical Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia during the early medieval Turkic expansion....

, belonging to the Qizilbash people of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. In Afghanistan the clan is known to have who originally migrated into the country with Nader Shah Afshar. Takht e Nadir Shah Afshar, located in Wazirabad, was Nader Shah's base during his Indian campaign. This tribe is also found in the Qala e Fatullah villages of Wazirabad in Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

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External links

• http://southturkistan.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/qizilbash-people-of-afghanistan/
• http://ffta1.com/index//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=848&Itemid=117
• http://www.turkdirlik.com/TurkDunyasi/Iran/SNaimi0005.htm
• http://www.asilkan.org/sabit/afgan.htm

See also

• Qizilbash
• Oghuz Turks
  Oghuz Turks
  The Turkomen also known as Oghuz Turks were a historical Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia during the early medieval Turkic expansion....
  
  
• Afshār
  Afsharid dynasty
  The Afsharids were members of an Iranian dynasty of Turkmen origin from Khorasan who ruled Persia in the 18th century. The dynasty was founded in 1736 by the military commander Nader Shah who deposed the last member of the Safavid dynasty and proclaimed himself King of Iran. During Nader's reign,...
  
  
• Azerbaijani people
  Azerbaijani people
  The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...