Bayat (tribe)
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (Unknown) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Iran, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Syria, Afghanistan etc. | |
| Languages | |
| Azerbaijani, Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Azerbaijanis, Turkmens, Turkish, Syrian Turkmens, Iraqi Turkmens, and other Turkic people |
The Bayat tribe (Azerbaijani: Bayat tayfası, Turkish: Bayat boyu) is one of the Oghuz tribes in Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.[1] When Oghuz Turks started to migrate from the Aral steppes to Khorasan in the 11th and 13th centuries, Bayat people spread throughout the region.[1][2] They are sub-ethnic groups of Turkmens, Turkish and Azerbaijanis.[3] Bayats are Muslim and speak a southern dialect of Azerbaijani language in Azerbaijan and Iran, or their own dialect of Turkish in Turkey.[4]
References
- 1 2 Encyclopaedia Iranica. Bayat.: Bayāt was one of the twenty-two Oghuz tribes listed in Maḥmūd Kāšḡarī’s»
- ↑ R. Khanam. Encyclopaedic ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia: J-O, том 2. Стр. 126—127
- ↑ Российский этнографический музей. Глоссарий. Баяты
- ↑ Languages of Iran
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