Padar tribe
The Padar tribe - is an Azerbaijani nomadic tribe which came to Azerbaijan during the Mongol invasions.
Name
The Padar tribe took its name from Baidar, son of Chagatai.[1] Local tradition holds that Padars were avant-garde soldiers of the Mongol horde. "They made everything padar-bujak". "Houses are demolished, everywhere padar-bujak" - refers to Padar tribe. A nomadic lifestyle still continues among certain families of Padar tribe.
Demographics
According to the first ethnographer of Azerbaijan - Mahammadhasan Valili-Baharlu - Padars were 200,000 family when came to Azerbaijan with Ilkhanate hordes. In the 19th century 218 Padar families of 20 lineages Djavad uyezd of Baku Governorate. Later sources report that this number grew up to 382 families. Right now 70% of Padars live in Shamakhy city.[2]
Toponyms
- Padar, Agsu, Azerbaijan
- Padar, Davachi, Azerbaijan
- Padar, Hajigabul, Azerbaijan
- Padar, Khachmaz, Azerbaijan
- Padar, Oghuz, Azerbaijan
- Padar, Qubadli, Azerbaijan
- Padar, Shamakhi, Azerbaijan
- Padar-Chala, Azerbaijan
- Padarqışlaq, Azerbaijan
- Padar, Derbend, Dagestan
Notable people
- Sheikh Dursun ibn Ahmad Padar - (also known as "Pir-i Shirvan") was important religious figure in Shirvan. His tomb is 1 km away from Agsu town centre, regarded as pir.[3]
- Sheikh Abdullah Padar (died 28 April 1905) - descendant of Sheikh Dursun, famous poet.[4]
- Sheikh Muhammad al-Qaramani (died. 1790) - religious figure born in Padar, Oghuz.
- Gorchibashi Padar - famous commander who played instrumental role in Safavid invasion of Shirvan.
References
- ↑ Mahammadhasan Valili-Baharlu― «"Azerbaijan" (Etnographic ocherk)» Bakı. 1993. Padars.
- ↑ Documentary about Padar tribe (Azerbaijani language)
- ↑ Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn,Mohammedanische Quellen zur Geschichte der südlichen Küstenländer des Kaspischen Meers (St. Petersburg 1850-58, 4 Tle.)
- ↑ Aziza Jafarzadeh, "Abdulla Padarlu", 1979