Talish-i Gushtasbi ( fa, تالش گشتاسبی) is the historical name of the northern
Talish area, presently a part of the
Republic of Azerbaijan
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. During the
Abbasid Caliphate
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, there was a (partially equivalent) region called Gushtasfi ( fa, links=no, گشتاسفی). People of northern Talysh are of
Iran
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ian stock and speak a northwestern
Iranian language
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The Iranian languages are grouped ...
called
Talysh Talysh may refer to:
*Talysh people
* History of Talysh
*Talysh language
*Talysh Khanate, in existence from 1747 to 1828
*Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic, a self-declared autonomy, which existed briefly in the south of Azerbaijan in 1993
*Talysh ...
. The chief cities of the mentioned area are
Lankaran
Lankaran ( az, Lənkəran, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a dis ...
,
Lerik,
Masally and
Astara. Talysh language speaking people lives mainly in Astara (most of population), Lerik (great part of population), Lankaran (little more than half of population), and in Masally constitutes only small part of population.
Divided regions
See also
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History of Talysh
Talysh is a historical and geographical region near the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea, an area of compact residence of the Talysh. It got its name from the ethnonym of the Talysh people inhabiting it. Talish is divided between two states: ...
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Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic
Talysh-Mughan, officially known as the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic (Talysh: Толъш-Мъғонә Мохтарә Республикә, ''Tolış-Mığonə Muxtara Respublika''), was a short-lived autonomous republic in Azerbaijan that la ...
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The National Talysh Movement
The Talysh National Movement is a Talysh movement created in 2007 in the Netherlands, where part of the Talysh leadership lives in exile. Many of the movement's members had previously participated in the formation of the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous R ...
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Storming of Lankaran
The siege of Lankaran ( fa, یورش به لنکران — ; russian: Штурм Ленкорани) took place on 1 January 1813 as part of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813). The siege was noted for its bitterness and cruelty.
After a sieg ...
References
* Бартольд В.В. Место прикаспийских областей в истории мусульманского мира. Баку. 1924.
* Минорский В.Ф. История Ширвана и Дербенда X XI веков. М., 1963.
* ''Агеев Г. Д., Квачидзе В. А.'' Разведки на западном побережье Каспийского моря // Археологические открытия 1970 года. —
М.:
Наука, 1971.
* ''Квачидзе В. А., Мамедов Р. А.'' Гидроархеологические исследования поселения Бяндован // Археологические открытия 1971 года. —
М.:
Наука, 1972.
* ''Квачидзе В. А.'' Подводная экспедиция на городище Бяндован // Археологические открытия 1975 года. —
М.:
Наука, 1976.
* A Mongol Decree of 720/1320 to the Family of Shaykh Zāhid / Vladimir Minorsky
Geography of Azerbaijan
History of Talysh
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