Kurds of Khorasan
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (500,000[1]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan | |
| Languages | |
|
Kurdish (Native) (Northern and Southern Kurdish) Persian second language | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam [2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Iranian peoples |
The Kurds of Khorasan or Khorassani Kurds (Kurdish: Kurdên Xorasanê, Persian: کردهای خراسان) are Kurds native to northeastern Iran, across the Iran-Turkmenistan border. They inhabit much of North Khorasan province, northern and northwestern parts of Razavi Khorasan province, as well as parts of Golestan province.
They speak a Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish and are mostly adherents of Shia Islam. The population of Khorasani Kurds is about half a million, some 400 thousand of which live in Razavi Khorasan and the rest in North Khorasan.[3]
History
Kormanj Kurds were moved from north west of Iran after the 1610 war between Kurds and the Safavid Empire. After the Safavids massacred a large number of Soorani and Kurmanj Kurds in the 1610 war, a large number of them were moved by force to Khorasan, in the eastern part of Iran, in order to weaken and divide them.[3]
Notable figures
- Jeferqoli Zingili, (b. 1855 AD), Kurdish poet
- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
See also
References
- Jonathan Randal, with this scandal, what ... Page 31
- Tvhdy, historic move to Khorasan, published by March, 1992 and 2006
- Based on personal observation and interviews. B. R. Lukasheva, Torkamānhā-ye Īrān, tr. S. Îzadî and Ḥ. Tāḥwīlī, Tehran, 1359 ş./1980.
- S. ʿA. Mîrnîa, Īlāt wa tawāyef-e Daragaz, Maşhad, 1362 ş./1983.[source needs translation]
- R.-ʿA. şakerî, Atrak-nama. Tārīḵ-e jāmeʿ-e Qūčān, Tehran, 1365 Š./1986.[source needs translation]
- E. şakûrzada, ʿAqayed wa rosūm-e ʿāmma-ye mardom-e Ḵorāsān, 2nd ed., Tehran, 1365 ş./1986.[source needs translation]
- K.-A. Tawaḥḥodī, Ḥarakat-e tārīḵī-e Kurd ba Ḵorāsān, 10 vols., Mašhad, 1364 ş./1985.[source needs translation]
- J. Żīāʾpūr, Pûşak-e Īrānīān az çahardah qarn-e pîş, Tehran, 1346 ş./1967.
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- ↑ "IRAN v. PEOPLES OF IRAN (1) A General Survey". Encyclopædia Iranica. March 29, 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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External links
- Kurds in Khorasan (Cultural and Civil Society of Khorasani Kurds)
- The Kurds in Khorasan, North-east of Iran (en) - Dr. Afrasiab Shekofteh
- Les kordis, kurdes du Khorassan (fr)