Hazara men from villages near Ghazni,1840 (c)

 Hazara men from villages near Ghazni,1840 (c). Painting by James Atkinson. 

The Hazara man on the right "has a charm written by some holy person as a preventive against sickness, folded up in a piece of silk, and sewn on the back of his garment." 

James Atkinson writes: "The Huzzareh are inhabitants of villages near Guznee. Their dress of “urruk,” (a kind of coarsev cloth,) over which, in winter, they wear a sheep's skin pelisse, and the close fitting skull cap, distinguish their costume from that of their Giljee neighbours. One of the group has a charm written by some holy person as a preventive against sickness, folded up in a piece of silk, and sewn on the back of his garment. It has the policy of their Afghan rulers to reduce to insignificance the Huzzareh Chieftains, so that at the present period, notwithstanding their numbers, but few of this tribe have wealth: none power in the state."