Iranian Turkmens
ایران تۆرکمنلری Eýran türkmenleri | |
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North Khorasan Province | |
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Turkmen, Persian | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam |
Iranian Turkmens (
Ethnography
Iranian Turkmens have represented a group of semi-nomadic tribes who retained a more traditional way for a long time. The following
Ethnic history
Representatives of such modern Turkmen tribes as Yomut, Goklen, Īgdīr, Saryk, Salar and Teke have lived in Iran since the 16th century,
Throughout the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century, a process of resettlement of the Turkmen tribes took place in Iran. In the 17th century, it was associated with the intensified exploitation of Turkmens by the
After what Iranian ruler
Until the
The movement of the Turkmen tribes was also affected by intertribal contradictions, which quite often turned into serious conflicts. In 1855, Teke Turkmens captured the
Modern Turkmen tribes in present-day Iran
Nearly one million Turkmens can be found living along the northern edges of Iran, just south of the
Language
Iranian Turkmens speak primarily Southern Turkmen, a variant of the
Southern Turkmen is mutually intelligible with the Turkmen variety spoken in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, though it borrows heavily Persian loanwords. There is also a strong Arabic influence in Southern Turkmen.[13]
Notable Iranian Turkmen
- Sufi
- Magtymguly Pyragy, Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet and Sufi
- Haj Aghi Alejalil, Iranian philanthropist
- Iranian National Team.
- Farhad Ghaemi, volleyball player from Iran, who plays as a Spike for the Men's National Team
- Saber Kazemi, volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an opposite spiker for the Men's National Team
- Esteghlal Khuzestan in the Persian Gulf Pro League
- Omid Kokabee, experimental laser physicist
- Ramin Nourqolipour, Iranian Turkmen politician and scientist who represented a part of Iranian Turkmen community in Iranian Parliament for four years between 2016 and 2020
See also
- Turkmens
- Turkmen tribes
- Turkmen Sahra
- Turkoman horse
- Music of Turkmenistan
- Iranian Turks
- Afghan Turkmens
- Nader Shah
- Afsharid Dynasty
- Afsharid Iran
References
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The main body of the Iranian Turkophone mass generally consists of two parts: proper Turkic groups—the Turkmen (from 0,5 to 1 million), partially the Qashqays (around 300,000), as well as Khalajes (currently Persian-speakers living in Save, near Tehran); and the Turkic-speaking population of the Iranian origin, predominantly the Azaris, inhabiting the north-west provinces of Iran roughly covering historical Aturpātakān.
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Perhaps, the main heterogeneous group within the demographic texture of Iran are Turkmens who immigrated to the area at the turn of the I-II millennia A.D.
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