Zargari tribe
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| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Zargar, Qazvin,Iran | |
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| Shia Islam | |
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| Muslim Romani people |
TheZargari peopleare aMuslim Romaniethnic group that live inZargar,in northwestern Iran.[1]They speakZargari Romani,a distinct dialect ofBalkan Romanimost closely related to dialects historically spoken inRumelia.
Origin and history[edit]
Historical documentation of Zargari origins is lacking, but one seemingly accurate tradition traces their origins to three goldsmith brothers,[2](Persian:زرگر,zargar), who migrated from theOttomanregion of Rumelia to Maritsa Valley, in present-day south Bulgaria, and subsequently to Ottoman Damascus, from where they were brought toShirazas hostages during the reign ofNader Shah(1736–1747) and given pasture lands as a reward for their skills.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Pstrusińska, Jadwiga (18 July 2014).Secret Languages of Afghanistan and Their Speakers.Cambridge Scholars Publishing.ISBN978-1-4438-6441-1.
- ^O'Connell, John Morgan; Castelo-Branco, Salwa El-Shawan (23 September 2010).Music and Conflict.University of Illinois Press.ISBN978-0-252-03545-6.
- ^Rastegar, S.; Vanzan, A. (2007).Muraqqa'e Sharqi: Studies in Honor of Peter Chelkowski.AIEP Editore.ISBN978-88-6086-010-1.
Bibliography[edit]
- Baghbidi, Hassan Rezai. "The Zargari language: An endangered European Romani in Iran",Romani Studies,vol. 13, pp. 123–148 (2003).Wayback Machine
- Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2010."Migrations West to East in the Times of the Ottoman Empire: The Example of a Gypsy/Roma Group in Modern Iran"Anthropology of the Middle East5 (1): 93–99.
- McDowell, Bart. "Gypsies: Wanderers of the World" (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1970), pp. 163–166.
- Windfuhr, Gernot."European Gypsy in Iran: A First Report"Anthropological Linguistics12.8 (1970): 271–292.
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