Qaradaghis or Karadaghis, () are a
Turkic sub-ethnic group of
Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris (, ), or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. They are predomin ...
, mainly living in Southern
Aras river
The Aras is a transboundary river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, fin ...
[Nihat Çetinkaya (1996). "Iğdır tarihi: tarih, yer adları ve bazı oymaklar üzerine". Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. ss. s. 312] called
Qaradagh in
Eastern Azerbaijan,
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 ...
. The Qaradaghis are predominantly Shi'a Muslim and speak the
Qaradaghi dialect of the
Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani ( ; , , ) or Azeri ( ), also referred to as Azerbaijani Turkic or Azerbaijani Turkish (, , ), is a Turkic languages, Turkic language from the Oghuz languages, Oghuz sub-branch. It is spoken primarily by the Azerbaijanis, Azerbaij ...
.
See also
*
Karadagh khanate
Karadagh Khanate (), was a Khanates of the Caucasus, khanate established in the 18th century, with its capital at Ahar.
Khanate
The khanate was founded in 1747 by Kazim Khan Karadakhli as an independent entity. Its territory had bordered by Taly ...
*
Tribes of Karadagh
References
{{Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan
Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan
Ethnic groups in Iran
Azerbaijani tribes