Khorasani Turks

Khorasani Turkic peoples
Total population
1,000,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, Golestan
Languages
Khorasani Turkic and Azerbaijani
Religion
Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Turkic peoples

Khorasani Turkic people (Persian: ترک‌های خراسان‎, Azerbaijani/Turkish:خوراسان تؤرکلری); or Qizilbash are Khorasani Turkic-speaking people inhabiting part of northeastern Iran, and in the neighboring regions of Turkmenistan up to beyond the Amu Darya River; and speak the Khorasani Turkic, and live in the North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan and Golestan provinces of Iran. Iranian Azerbaijanis living in this area are about a century, Azerbaijanis have emigrated and resettled in large numbers to Khorasan[2] especially Mashhad.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Iranicaonline
  2. ↑ "AZERBAIJAN vi. Population and its Occupations and Culture". Encyclopædia Iranica. August 18, 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mourning Azerbaijanis residing in Mashhad". Mehr News Agency. August 18, 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2013.

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