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Sistani Culture
Sistani may refer to: *Sistan, a historical and geographical region in eastern Iran * Sistani (surname) * Sistani Persians, who mainly inhabit Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan *Sistani dialect Sistani ( , also known as Sistuni () is a dialect continuum of the Persian language spoken by Sistani Persian people, Sistani people in Iranian Sistan. It is part of the Southwestern Iranian languages, Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Ira ... * Sistani Mahalleh, a village in Iran * Tolombeh-ye Habib Sistani, a village in Iran * Vahdapar va Arbandi Sistani, a village in Iran {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sistan
Sistān (), also known as Sakastān (, , current name: Zabol) and Sijistan (), is a historical region in south-eastern Iran and extending across the borders of present-day south-western Afghanistan, and south-western Pakistan. Mostly corresponding to the then Achaemenid region of Drangiana and extending southwards of the Helmand River not far off from the city of Alexandria Arachosia, Alexandria in Arachosia. Largely desert, the region is bisected by the Helmand River, which empties into the Hamun Lake, located in Zabol, that forms part of the border between Iran and Afghanistan. Etymology Sistan derives its name from ''Sakastan'' ("the land of the Saka"). The Sakas were a Scythians, Scythian tribe which migrated to the Iranian Plateau and Indus valley between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century, where they carved a kingdom known as the Indo-Scythians, Indo-Scythian Kingdom. In the Bundahishn, a Zoroastrian scripture written in Middle Persian, Pahlavi, the province is called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sistani (surname)
Sistani is an Arabic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ali al-Sistani (born 1930), Iraqi Shia Islamic scholar * Farrukhi Sistani Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Julugh Farrukhi Sistani (), better known as Farrukhi Sistani (; – 1040) was one of the most prominent Persian court poets in the history of Persian literature. Initially serving a ''dehqan'' in Sistan and the Muhtajids in ... ( 1000– 1040), Persian poet {{surname Arabic-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sistani Persians
The Sistani Persians () (also known as the Sistanis, Sajestani, and historically referred to Sagzi) are a branch of the Persian people who mainly live in Iranian Sistan in southeastern Iran. They inhabit the northern parts of Sistan and Balouchistan province, where they form minority. In recent decades, many Sistani people have also migrated to other parts of Iran, such as the provinces of Tehran and Golestan in northern Iran. Sistanis speak a dialect of Persian known as Sistani. Etymology Sistanis derive their name from ''Sakastan'' ("the land of the Saka"). The Sakas were a Scythian tribe migrated to the Iranian Plateau. The more ancient Old Persian name of the region – prior to Saka dominance – was ''Zaranka'' or ''Drangiana'' ("waterland"). This older form is also the root of the name Zaranj, capital of the Afghan Nimruz Province. The Drangians were listed among the peoples ruled by the legendary King Ninus before the Achaemenids. Its people were Zoroastrian. Sistan had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sistani Dialect
Sistani ( , also known as Sistuni () is a dialect continuum of the Persian language spoken by Sistani Persian people, Sistani people in Iranian Sistan. It is part of the Southwestern Iranian languages, Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages. Sistani Phrases Comparison between Sistani dialect of Persian and Balochi language Sistani Words See also * Baas-o-Beyt * Gholamali Raisozzakerin References Sources * "The Status of [h] and [ʔ] in the Sistani Dialect of Miyankangi". Carina Jahani, Farideh Okati, Abbas Ali Ahangar. Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 1:1 (2009), pp. 80–99. * "Natural Phonological Processes in Sistani Persian of Iran". Okati, Farideh, Ahangar, Abbas Ali, Anonby, Erik, Jahani, Carina. Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2:1, (2010), pp. 93–120. *Gilbert Lazard, Lazard, Gilbert (1974). “Morphologie du verbe dans le parler persan du Sistan”, in St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sistani Mahalleh
Sistani Mahalleh (, also Romanized as Sīstānī Maḩalleh; also known as Sīstān Maḩalleh) is a village in Anjirabad Rural District, in the Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 902, in 201 families. References Populated places in Gorgan County {{Gorgan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
