Shaqaqi (tribe)

Shaqaqi (Kurdish: شەقاقی ,Şeqaqî‎, Persian: شقاقی‎)[1][2][3] is a Kurdish tribe in Iran.[4] Its branches nowadays live in East Azerbaijan, Razavi Khorasan and North Khorasan provinces of Iran and also in Palestine. They mainly speak Azerbaijani language and are Shiite Muslims.[4][5]

Shaqaqi
Languages
Azerbaijani
Religion
Shia Islam

History

The Shaqaqi tribe has been described as brave warriors and they trained officers of soldiers of the Qajar dynasty since the reign of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.[6]

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See also

References
  1. Tolan, Kemal. "Giringiya dîrok û şûnwarên Êzdiyan yên li herêma Hesenkêfê II". Pen Kurd (in Kurdish).
  2. "هۆکارەکانی پەرەسەندنی تەشەیوع لە ناو کورددا چییە؟". Diplomatic Magazine (in Kurdish). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. "شجره نامه صفوی مربوط به ایل شقاقی". Asnad.org (in Persian).
  4. SHAHSEVAN from Encyclopædia Iranica
  5. "تذكره كعبه عرفان عرفات". Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization Documentation Center (in Persian). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. Kalīm Allāh Tavaḥḥudī, Awghāzī (1981). حرکت تاريخي کرد به خراسان در دفاع از استقلال ايران (in Persian). p. 488.
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