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Talyshstan (also '' Talish'', ''Talishstan'', ''Tolışıston'') is a historically and nowadays term denoting "''the country of Talysh''". It is also sometimes used to avoid homonymy with the name of the ethnos itself, Talysh, according to the common model of forming the names of territories and countries with the suffix -stan. Divided into two parts: ''Northern Talyshstan'' in Azerbaijan and ''Southern Talyshstan'' in Iran.In the north, it adjoins the Mugan plain in Azerbaijan and stretches in a narrow strip along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea to the settlement of Kopulchal, located near the port of Anzali in Iran.Введение в историю и культуру талышского народа / Под ред. Г. С. Асатряна. — Ереван: Кавказский центр иранистики, 2011. — С. 13, 18, 20. — 200 с. —
Talyshstan is also sometimes referred to as the Talysh-Mugan Autonomous Republic, which was declared in 1993. The term ''Talyshstan'' was historically met by a number of medieval authors in relation to the region in Gilan."The geographical works of Sadik Isfahani. Translated by J.C. from original Persian mss. in the collection of Sir William Ouseley, the editor. London, Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; sold by J. Murray, 1832. Oriental Translation Fund. Publications; — v. 20. pg 15:
«Talish is the name of the son Japhet, the son of Noah (on whom be the peace of God), from him the name was given to a tribe in Gilan and from that tribe the country was called Talishistan. The Arabs write the name as Talish طالش». The medieval cartographer ''
Тарих-и Гилян
//Восточная литература According Muhammad Isfahani, ''Tálish, the name of a son of
Talyshstan (also '' Talish'', ''Talishstan'', ''Tolışıston'') is a historically and nowadays term denoting "''the country of Talysh''". It is also sometimes used to avoid homonymy with the name of the ethnos itself, Talysh, according to the common model of forming the names of territories and countries with the suffix -stan. Divided into two parts: ''Northern Talyshstan'' in Azerbaijan and ''Southern Talyshstan'' in Iran.In the north, it adjoins the Mugan plain in Azerbaijan and stretches in a narrow strip along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea to the settlement of Kopulchal, located near the port of Anzali in Iran.Введение в историю и культуру талышского народа / Под ред. Г. С. Асатряна. — Ереван: Кавказский центр иранистики, 2011. — С. 13, 18, 20. — 200 с. —
Talyshstan is also sometimes referred to as the Talysh-Mugan Autonomous Republic, which was declared in 1993. The term ''Talyshstan'' was historically met by a number of medieval authors in relation to the region in Gilan."The geographical works of Sadik Isfahani. Translated by J.C. from original Persian mss. in the collection of Sir William Ouseley, the editor. London, Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; sold by J. Murray, 1832. Oriental Translation Fund. Publications; — v. 20. pg 15:
«Talish is the name of the son Japhet, the son of Noah (on whom be the peace of God), from him the name was given to a tribe in Gilan and from that tribe the country was called Talishistan. The Arabs write the name as Talish طالش». The medieval cartographer ''Mohammad Saleh Esfahani Mohammad Saleh Esfahani was a Persian calligrapher in the Safavid era. He was the son and student of Aboutorab Esfahani. He was a follower of Mir Emad's style. Many of the inscriptions on the historical buildings in Esfahan like the inscription on ...
'' used the term "''Talyshstan''" already in 1609 in relation to Gilan. The toponym "''Talyshstan''" in the ''Lahijan County
Lahijan County ( fa, شهرستان لاهیجان) is located in Gilan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Lahijan
Lahijan ( fa, لاهیجان, Lāhijān, also known as, Lāyjon in Gilaki) is a city near the Caspian Sea and the c ...
'' (Gilan,''Biye-pis''), inhabited by the Talysh, is used by ''Abd-Al-Fattah Fumeni'' in his work "''The History of Gilan''" .''Абд-Ал-Фаттах Фумени.'Тарих-и Гилян
//Восточная литература According Muhammad Isfahani, ''Tálish, the name of a son of
Japhet
Japheth ( he, יֶפֶת ''Yép̄eṯ'', in pausa ''Yā́p̄eṯ''; el, Ἰάφεθ '; la, Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus) is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenn ...
, the son of Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
( on whom be the peace of God ! ): from him the name was given to a tribe in Gilán, and from that tribe the country was called Tálishistán.''
See also
* Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic * Ispahbads of Gilan * Safavid Talish * Daylam *History of Talysh
Talysh is a historical and geographical region near the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea, an area of compact residence of the Talysh. It got its name from the ethnonym of the Talysh people inhabiting it. Talish is divided between two states: ...
* Talish-i Gushtasbi Talish-i Gushtasbi ( fa, تالش گشتاسبی) is the historical name of the northern Talish area, presently a part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the Abbasid Caliphate, there was a (partially equivalent) region called Gushtasfi ( fa, lin ...
* Talysh Khanate
* Mughan Soviet Republic
The Mughan Soviet Republic was a short-lived pro-Bolshevik state that existed in present-day southeastern Azerbaijan from March to June 1919. It was founded in opposition to the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in Baku. It was proclaimed mostly by th ...
* Lankaran Uyezd
The Lenkoran uezd was a county (''uezd'') within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire, and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929. The ''uezd'' was located on the southern part ...
* Paytakaran
* Mughan (province)
* Cadusii
* Gelae (Scythian tribe)
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The Gelae ( grc, Γῆλαι, , or , ''Gélai'' or ''Géloi'' ), or Gelians, were a Scythian tribe mentioned by Strabo and other ancient writers as living on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, in what is now the Iranian provi ...
* Origin of the Talysh people
* Caspiane Caspiane or Kaspiane ( gr, Κασπιανή, hy, Կասպք ''Kaspkʿ'') was the land populated by the tribe of Caspians, after whom it received its name. Originally a province of the Medes in the 3rd-2nd centuries BC, the land of the Caspians was ...
* Talysh assimilation
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