Mazanderani people
 Mazanderani men and women with Mazanderani clothing inNowruz | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3 million[1]to 4 million[2](2006) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Province ofMazandaranand parts of the provinces ofAlborz,Golestan,TehranandSemnaninIran | |
| Languages | |
| Mazandarani | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Shia Islam Minority: Sunni Islam,Baháʼí Faith | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Iranian peoples |
TheMazanderani people(Mazanderani:مازرونی مردمون), also known as theTabari peopleorTapuri people(Mazanderani:توری مردمونorتپوری مردمون), are anIranian people[3][4][5]who are indigenous to the Caspian sea region ofIran.They are also referred to asMazanisfor short. They inhabit the southern coast of theCaspian Seaand are part of the historical region known asTabaristan.TheAlborz mountainsmark the southern boundary of the area settled by the Mazanderani people.[6][7]
People[edit]
The Mazanderani number was 4,480,000 in 2019[8] The Mazanderani number between three[1]and four million (2006 estimate).[2]Their dominant religion isShi'aIslam.[9]
Mazandarani people have a background in the Tabari ethnicity, and speak the Tabari language. Their origin goes back toTapuri peopleandAmardi people.Their land was called Tapuria or Tapurestan, the land of Tapuris.[10]
Most Mazanderanis live on the southeastern coast of theCaspian Sea.Their traditional professions are farming and fishing.[1]The Mazanderanis are closely related to the neighbouringGilaki peopleas well asSouth Caucasianpeoples (e.g., theGeorgians,Armenians,andAzerbaijanis).[1][11][12]
Language[edit]
TheMazanderani languageis a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by the Mazanderani people; however, most Mazanderanis are also fluent inPersian.[6][9]The Gilaki and Mazanderani languages (but not other Iranian languages)[11]share certain typological features withCaucasian languages.[11]
With the growth of education and the media, the distinction between Mazanderani and other Iranian languages is likely to disappear.[6][9]Mazanderani is closely related toGilakiand the two languages have similar vocabularies.[6]They preserve more of the noun declension system characteristic of older Iranian languages than Persian does.[6]
Assistant professor Maryam Bor gian ofRutgers Universitystates that Mazanderani has different sub-dialects and there is high mutual intelligibility among Mazanderani sub-dialects.[9]
The dialects of Mazanderani are Saravi, Amoli, Baboli, Ghaemshahri, Chalusi, Nuri, Shahsavari, Ghasrani, Shahmirzadi, Damavandi, Firoozkoohi, Astarabadi and Katouli. The native people ofSari,Qaem Shahr,Babol,Amol,Nowshahr,Chalus,andTonekabonare Mazanderani people and speak the Mazanderani language.[13][14]
Genetics[edit]
The Mazanderani and the closely related Gilaks occupy the southCaspianregion of Iran and speak languages belonging to the North-Western branch ofIranian languages.It has been suggested that their ancestors came from theCaucasusregion, perhaps displacing an earlier group in the South Caspian.[11]Linguistic evidence supports this scenario, in that the Gilaki and Mazanderani languages (but not other Iranian languages)[11]share certain typological features with Caucasian languages.[11]
Based on mtDNA HV1 sequences, the Gilaki and Mazanderani most closely resemble their geographic and linguistic neighbors, namely other Iranian groups. However, their Y chromosome types most closely resemble those found in groups from theSouth Caucasus.[11]Researchers have interpreted these differences as demonstrating that peoples from the Caucasus settled in the south Caspian area and mated with peoples from local Iranian groups, possibly because ofpatrilocality.[11]The Mazanderani and Gilaki groups are closely related on the male side with populations from the SouthCaucasussuch asGeorgians,Armenians,andAzerbaijanis.[11]
Haplogroups[edit]
Analysis of theirNRYpatrilines has revealedhaplogroup J2,associated with the neolithic diffusion of agriculturalists from theNear East,to be the predominantY-DNAlineage among the Mazanderani (subclades J2a3h-M530, J2a3b-M67 and J2a-M410, more specifically.).[15]The next most frequently occurring lineage,R1a1a,believed to have been associated with earlyIranianexpansion intoCentral/SouthernEurasiaand currently ubiquitous in that area, is found in almost 25%,. This haplogroup, with the aforementioned J2, accounts for over 50% of the entire sample.[15][16]Haplogroup G2a3b,attaining significant frequency together withG2aandG1,is the most commonly carried marker in the G group among Mazanderani men. The lineagesE1b1b1a1a-M34andC5-M356comprise the remainder, of less than 10% sampled.[15]
Notable figures[edit]
Historic[edit]
- Abu JafarMuhammad ibn Jarir ibn Yazid ibn Kathir al-Tabari(838–923) was a Mazanderani historian andtheologian(the most famous and widely influential person called al-Tabari).
- Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Rustom al-Tabari was aShiathinker who is commonly confused with the former. He is the author of the bookDala'il al-Imamah(Proofs of theImamate)
- Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari,"Ali the scholar from Tabiristan" (838–870 A.D.), was the writer of a medical encyclopedia and the teacher of the scholar physicianZakariya al-Razi.
- Abul Hasan al-Tabari,a 10th-century Iranian physician
- Al-Tabarani(c. 821–918 AD), author of numeroushadith
- Amir Pazevari,poet
- Maziar,Iranian aristocrat of the House of Karen
Contemporary[edit]
- Reza Shah,Shah of Iran (Persia) from 1924 to 1941
- Nima Yooshij,poet, 1941[clarification needed]
- Mina Assadi,poet
- Emamali Habibi,Olympic and world champion of free-style wrestling/Babr e Mazandaran
- Ali Larijani,former member of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran and Speaker of the Majlis of Iran
- Simin Ghanem,Iranian classical and pop singer
- Hassan Yazdani,wrestler
- Komeil Ghasemi,wrestler
- Mohammad Javad Larijani,mathematician and former member of the Majlis
- Sadegh Larijani,former head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Mohammad Zohari,poet
- Mohsen Bengar,footballer
- Delkash,singer
- Ali Pahlavan,singer
- Ehsan Tabari,Marxist theoretician
- Noureddin Kianouri,politician
- Parinaz Izadyar,actress
- Parviz Natel-Khanlari,writer/translator
- Reza Allamehzadeh,director
- Behdad Salimikordasiabi,Olympic weightlifter
- Mohammad Donyavi, musician
- Abdollah Movahed,Freestyle Wrestler - Olympics Champion
- Abbas-Ali Soleimani,Shia Cleric & Politician
- Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri,Shia Cleric & Diplomat
- Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari,Shia Marja
- Abdollah Javadi-Amoli,Shia Marja & Politician
- Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi,Arab Descent Mazandarani Iranian Shia Cleric
- Mirza Hashem Amoli,Shia Marja
- Farya Faraji,Canadian composer and musician of Iranian origin[17]
Assimilated populations in Mazandaran[edit]
In theSafavid,Afsharid,andQajareras Mazandaran was settled by large numbers ofGeorgians,Armeniansand otherpeoples of the Caucasus,whose descendants still live across Mazandaran.[18][19][20]The names of many towns, villages and neighbourhoods in Mazandaran reflect this legacy by bearing variations of the name "Gorji" (i.e., Georgian), although most of the Georgians are assimilated into the mainstream Mazanderanis. The history of Georgian settlement is described byIskandar Beg Munshi,the author of the 17th centuryHistory of Alam Aray Abbasi.In addition, European travelers such asChardinandDella Vallehave written about their encounters with the Georgian, Circassian and Armenian Mazanderanis.[20]
See also[edit]
- Caspian people
- Māzandarān Province
- Peoples of the Caucasus
- Iranian peoples
- List of famous people from Mazandaran
- Mazanderani language
- Mazanderani dance
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