Kurds of Khorasan

The Kurds of Khorasan or Khorasani Kurds (Kurdish: Kurdên Xorasanê‎, Persian: کردهای خراسان‎) are Kurds native to northeastern Iran, along the Iran-Turkmenistan border. They inhabit some parts of North Khorasan province, Razavi Khorasan province, and Golestan province. They speak a Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish and are mostly adherents of Shia Islam.

Khorasani Kurds
Total population
500,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
mainly North Khorasan, but also Razavi Khorasan, and Golestan province
Languages
Kurmanji, Persian
Religion
Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Iranian peoples

History
Zafaranlu and Shadlu autonomous states in the Khorasani Kurdish exclave circa 1835.

The ancestors of the Kurds of Khorasan were transferred to these areas during the reign of Shah Abbas I (1588 – 1629) of the Safavid Dynasty, supposedly to protect the eastern borders of Iran from Uzbek and Turkmen attacks. In the face of the devastating attacks of the Uzbeks and the Turkmens, they migrated to the greater Khorasan region.

Notable figures
  • Jeferqoli Zingili, (b. 1855 AD), Kurdish poet
  • Aliriza Spahî Layin, Kurdish poet
  • Kelimulla Tevehudi, Kurdish historian

See also
  • Kurds of Central Anatolia

References
  • Tvhdy, historic move to Khorasan, published by March, 1992 and 2006
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  • E. şakûrzada, ʿAqayed wa rosūm-e ʿāmma-ye mardom-e Ḵorāsān, 2nd ed., Tehran, 1365 ş./1986.
  • K.-A. Tawaḥḥodī, Ḥarakat-e tārīḵī-e Kurd ba Ḵorāsān, 10 vols., Mašhad, 1364 ş./1985.
  • J. Żīāʾpūr, Pûşak-e Īrānīān az çahardah qarn-e pîş, Tehran, 1346 ş./1967.
  1. "IRAN v. PEOPLES OF IRAN (1) A General Survey". Encyclopædia Iranica. March 29, 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2013.


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