Chalabianlu () is a Turkophone

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, dwelling for the most part in the

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region, in

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History

The Chalabianlu tribe migrated from

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to the Arasbaran region during the era of Ismail Shah through

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. In Arasbaran, they were known as ''"Dil Bilmez"'' among the Turkic population, meaning ''"Those who do not know our language"'' but gradually began speaking Turkic. In 1810_1811, the tribe rebelled and crossed the Aras River towards the

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, but were forced to return to Arasbaran. During the era of

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, the most notorious bandit in the country was the chief of the Chalabianlu tribe, Rahim Khan. In the wake of the

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from 1804 to 1813, the Chalabianlu was the second largest tribe of

with 1500 tents and houses.R. Khanam, Encycl. Ethnography Of Middle-East And Central Asia, 2005, p. 313 The tribe was a staunch supporter of

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during the

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. In 1960, the tribe comprised 1,974 households and, by then, nearly all were sedentary.

Notes

Bibliography

*{{Citation, last=Oberling, first=Pierre, year=1964, title=The Tribes of Qaraca Dag: A Brief History, journal=Oriens, volume=17, pages=60–95, doi=10.2307/1580019, issn=0078-6527, jstor=1580019 Pastoralists Kurdish tribes Kurdish tribes of Iran History of East Azerbaijan province