Hazara Encyclopedia articles are signed entries, meaning the author’s name appears below each article. Every topic is treated independently and prepared according to scholarly principles of encyclopedia writing.
Each encyclopedia article should include the five main parts below:
Province
Orozgan, also known as Wrozgan, is one of Afghanistan’s central provinces. It borders Kandahar, Ghazni, Daykundi, Zabul, and Helmand.
Atlas of Afghanistan Villages. (1974). Volume 3. Kabul: Central Statistics Office of the Prime Ministry.
The title of the article, which identifies what the text is about.
Some article titles are given in Hazaragi or a local dialect. These titles are transcribed, with the transcription appearing immediately after the title.
A short explanatory phrase about the article title that identifies its subject category and appears on the following line.
The detailed body of the article, including documentation and scholarly analysis.
A list of the sources and references used in the article, presented in separate Persian and Latin sections.
The length of each article is divided into three groups according to its importance and the availability of sources:
Secondary entries and subjects with a limited scope.
The majority of encyclopedia articles fall into this more varied category.
Articles may reach up to 5,000 words, with slightly more space in special cases.
The structure of encyclopedia articles is one of the guideline appendices provided to authors as a practical reference.
