Afshar tribe

Afshar tribe

The Afshar tribes of Iran are two distinct Turkic-speaking ethnic groups. The larger group is concentrated in the north of the country, and the smaller in the south. The Turkic dialect spoken by the Afshar of the north is closely related to the Azeri language, while the dialect spoken by the southern Afshar is more closely related to the Qashqai language.

Many famous Iranian figures are of Afshar origin, and commonly share the "Afshar" surname.

The Afshars still remain a largely nomadic group. ["Encyclopedia of The Modern Middle East and North Africa", (Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2004) P. 1112

References

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