Chalabianlu () is a

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tribe, dwelling for the most part in the Garamduz District of

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region, in

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...

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History

The Chalabianlu tribe migrated from

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to the Arasbaran region during the era of Ismail Shah through Naqadeh. In Arasbaran, they were known as ''"Dil Bilmez"'' among the Turkic population, meaning ''"Those who do not know our language"'' but gradually began speaking Turkic. In 1810/1811, the tribe rebelled and crossed the Aras River towards the Mugan plain, but were forced to return to Arasbaran. During the era of

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

, the most notorious bandit in the country was the chief of the Chalabianlu tribe, Rahim Khan. In the wake of the Russo-Persian War from 1804 to 1813, the Chalabianlu was the second largest tribe of

with 1500 tents and houses.R. Khanam, Encycl. Ethnography Of Middle-East And Central Asia, 2005, p. 313 The tribe was a staunch supporter of

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, مظفرالدین شاه قاجار, Mozaffar ad-Din Ŝāh-e Qājār; 23 March 1853 – 3 January 1907), was the fifth shah of Qajar Iran, reigning from 1896 until his death in 1907. He is often credited with t ...

during the

Persian Constitutional Revolution The Persian Constitutional Revolution ( fa, مشروطیت, Mashrūtiyyat, or ''Enghelāb-e Mashrūteh''), also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911. The revolution led to the establishment of a par ...

. In 1960, the tribe comprised 1,974 households and, by then, nearly all were sedentary.

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Bibliography

*{{Citation, last=Oberling, first=Pierre, year=1964, title=The Tribes of Qaraca Dag: A Brief History, journal=Oriens, volume=17, pages=60–95, doi=10.2307/1580019, issn=0078-6527, jstor=1580019 Pastoralists Kurdish tribes History of East Azerbaijan Province