Sheikh Ali (Dari: شیخ علی) is a district in Parwan Province in Afghanistan, which is inhabited by ethnic Hazara. The Sheikh Ali Hazara tribe in Sheikh Ali district are Daikalan, Naiman, Qarlugh, Karam Ali and Babur. Sheikh Ali also has a small minority of Ismaili Hazara at the Bamiyan border of Shibar Pass.

Sheikh Ali شیخ‌علی
District
Sheikh Ali شیخ‌علی Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34.9463°N 68.5188°E / 34.9463; 68.5188
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Parwan Province
Population
• Ethnicities	Hazara people
• Religions	Islam
Time zone	+ 4.30

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The main villages of Sheikh Ali are:[1]

• Jarf, Kajak, Jaukool, Bed: Daikakalan People - Jarf is the hometown of a well known disability rights advocate and anti-disarmament campaigner Firoz Alizada, who leads campaign branch of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in Geneva
• Nerkh Naiman people
• Nawi: the hometown of Sayed Hussein Anwari - the ex-minister of agriculture and ex-governor of Herat province. Nawi is the village Sayyid Shi'as.
• Qarlugh
• Karam Ali

See also

• Sheikh Ali (Hazara tribe)
• Districts of Afghanistan

References