Baharlu_(ethnic_group)

Baharlu (ethnic group)

Baharlu (ethnic group)

Turkic ethnic group living primarily in Iran

The Baharlu (Azerbaijani: Baharlı; Persian: بهارلو), also spelled Bahārlou, Baharloo, Baharlooe, are a Turkic ethnic group living in Hamadan, Fars, Kerman, Azerbaijan and Khorasan in Iran. Fars embraces the bulk of Baharlu tribe members and is identified as the provenance of the tribe.[1]

The Baharlu was one of the Qizilbash tribes. Many Baharlus live in the district of Darab, home to the army of Darius the Great. There are also a number of Baharlus which in the 14th century settled down in areas around Shahr-e Kord in Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari, they got heavily mixed with the Bakhtiaris and Qashqais.

Prominent Baharlus

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References

  1. [1]
    "BAHĀRLŪ a Turkic tribe of Azerbaijan, Khorasan, Kermān, and Fārs". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 12 April 2013. (also in print in Vol. III, Fasc. 5, pp. 482-484)

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