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Piran (tribe)
Piran is a Kurdish tribe located in Iran, but also Iraq, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. History The Piran tribe has an ancient history. Part of the Piran tribe migrated to modern-day Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Khorasan province, Iranian Khorasan during the transfer of Kurds from Western Iran and eastern Iraq during the Safavid period to defend against Uzbek and Mongol invasions. The Piran tribe lives in Piranlu, Razavi Khorasan, Piranlu, Piranshahr, Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah, Dehloran, and Ilam province, Ilam in Iran, and Amarah in southern Iraq. The Piran tribe speaks various Kurdish languages, Kurdish dialects depending on area, and they follow Islam.کریمی، بهمن، راههای باستانی و پایتختهای قدیمی غرب ایران، تهران، ۱۳۲۹ش See also *Kurdish tribes References {{Kurdish tribes Kurdish tribes Iranian Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |