Talysh
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Iranian-speaking people living on the southwest shore of the Caspian Sea, in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. They are mostly cattle breeders and Sunni Muslims. In Azerbaijan most of the Talysh are being assimilated. A Talysh khanate, semi-independent from Persia, was formed in the 18th century; it became Russian 1813 and was abolished 1826 (http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Talysh) |
Presentation of the Talysh people
According to Rudolf A. Mark, Die Völker der ehemaligen Sowjetunion (The Peoples of the former Soviet Union, 1989), the Talysh (own name: Talusch; Russian: Talyši; population: 22.000) are living in the counties of Lenkoran, Astara and Lenk in Azerbaijan. They are the descendants of Iranian tribes, which mixed with Caucasian groups. The Talysh had been under Mongolian control since XIIIth century. Later, their teritory became Persian, defending several times Turkish invasions. The Talysh built up their own Khanate in XVIIIth century and became part of the Russian Empire in 1813, when Persia lost Azerbaijan. The Talysh language is an Iranian language of the western group. Written language is Azerbaijani. The Talysh are Shiite Muslims.
Talysh Region is a region in southeastern Azerbaijan, which includes the Astara, Bilasuvar, Jalilabad, Lankaran, Lerik, Masalli, Neftchala, Sabirabad, Salyan, and Yardymli rayons.
Talysh (also Talishi, Taleshi or Talyshi) are an Iranian people who speak one of the Northwestern Iranian languages. Talysh is spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Northern Talysh (the part in the Republic of Azerbaijan) was historically known as Talish-i Gushtasbi. Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God)) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Iranian peoples are speakers of various Iranian languages that were once found in a much larger area throughout Eurasia from the Balkans to the borders of China and are today mainly found in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. ... This article deals with the linguistic family of the Iranian languages, a sub-branch of the Indo-European languages. ... Guilan (گیلان in Persian) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, during antique time known as part of Hyrcania, with a population of approximately 2 million and an area of 14,700 sq. ... Ardabil (in persian: اردبیل other name: Ardebil ancient name: Artavil ) a historical city in north-western Iran. ... Talish-i Gushtasbi is the historical name of the northern Talysh area, presently a part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. ...
Talysh has 2 major mutually intelligible dialects — Northern (in Azerbaijan and Iran), and Southern (in Iran), regarded by some linguists as separate languages. There are no statistical data on the numbers of Talysh-speakers, but estimates show their number to be a half million in Iran and one million in the Republic of Azerbaijan, bringing the total number of Talysh-speakers close to 1.5 million people.
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