The Battle of Uruzgan was fought in 1893 CE between the Hazara ethnic group and the Afghans. Thereafter, on Hazara defeat, the Hazaras of the Uruzgani

Uruzgani

The Uruzgani are a tribe of Hazara people. In old maps of Hazarajat Uruzgan and Daikundi provinces are over-written as Dai khata. A 1965 work describes them as "sedentary agriculturalists... speak[ing] Hazaraghi."-History:...

 tribe were uprouted from Uruzgan by Abdur Rahman Khan

Abdur Rahman Khan

Abdur Rahman Khan was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901.The third son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan, Abdur Rahman Khan was considered a strong ruler who re-established the writ of the Afghan government in Kabul after the disarray that followed the second...

 and Afghan tribes were resettled in Uruzgan. They Uruzgani refugees migrated to Iran and British India (Quetta

Quetta

is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

). In 1901, Amir Habibullāh Kalakāni granted amenesty to Hazaras and asked them to return. Some returning Uruzganis were then resettled in Turkistan

Türkistan

*Türkistan is the local name for Turkestan, a region of Central Asia.*Türkistan, Kazakhstan is a historic city and place of pilgrimage in southern Kazakhstan...

 and Balkh

Balkh

Balkh , was an ancient city and centre of Zoroastrianism in what is now northern Afghanistan. Today it is a small town in the province of Balkh, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some south of the Amu Darya. It was one of the major cities of Khorasan...

, but were not allowed to return to Uruzgan.