Tu Ali-ye Olya ( fa, طوعلی عليا, also

Romanize Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

d as Tū ‘Alī-ye ‘Olyā, Toloo Ali Olya, and Tow 'Ali-ye 'Olyā; also known as , Yokhsha Tūālī, and Yukhari Tuali) is a village in

Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان منجوان شرقي) is in Minjavan District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. At the National Census of 2006, its population was 5,727 in 1,376 households, when it ...

Minjavan District Minjavan District ( fa, بخش منجوان) is a district (bakhsh) in Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. its capital is Asheqlu city. The District has three rural districts (''dehestan''): Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District, Minja ...

Khoda Afarin County Khoda Afarin County ( fa, شهرستان خداآفرین) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khomarlu. At the 2006 census, the county's population (as Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County) was ...

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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. At the 2006 census, its population was 265, in 66 families. In the wake of

White Revolution The White Revolution ( fa, انقلاب سفید ''Enqelāb-e Sefid'') or the Shah and People Revolution ( fa, انقلاب شاه و مردم ''Enqelāb-e Shāh o Mardom'') was a far-reaching series of reforms resulting in aggressive moderniz ...

(early 1960s) a clan of

Mohammad Khanlu Mohammad Khanlu (Moḥammad-Ḵānlū) ( محمد خانلو) is one of the six major Tribes of Arasbaran. It is a Turkicized Kurdish tribe dwelling for the most part in the Arasbaran region, in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Its summer quarte ...

tribe, comprising 35 households, used Tu Ali-ye Olya as their winter quarters.P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69 These semi-settled nomads spent summer months in pastures located between

Chaparli Chaparli ( چپرلی) is a grassland on a mountain range between Abbasabad and Oskolou villages. The area is the summer quarter of the Derilou branch of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, which in the wake of White Revolution included 40 households. T ...

and Aqdash. Their pastors' proximity to meadows in Abbasabad territory was a bone of contention that caused frequent clashes. Finally inhabitants of Abbasabad gave the bordering meadows to the well connected cleric, Mohamad Zakeri, and the territorial infringement ceased thereafter. In recent years most nomads have settled. Tu Ali-ye Olya has a historical citadel named "Gavir" situated in south. The spoken language is Azerbaijani. The village has an elevation of 510 meters above sea level

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Populated places in Khoda Afarin County Kurdish settlements in East Azerbaijan Province {{KhodaAfarin-geo-stub