Azeri Intelligence Agencies
Azeri or Azeri Turk may refer to: * Azeri people, an ethnic group also known as Azerbaijanis * Citizens of Azerbaijan * Azeri language, the modern-day Turkic language * Old Azeri, an extinct Iranian language * Azeri Turk (journal), Academic journal * Azeri (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Azeri oilfield, Offshore oil field in the Caspian Sea See also * Azari (other) * Azerbaijani (other) * Azerbaijan (other) Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan, Azarbaijan or Azərbaycan may also refer to: * Azerbaijan (Iran), a historical region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Ātṛpātakāna was locat ...

Azeri People
Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris (, ), or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are predominantly Shia Muslims. They comprise the largest ethnic group in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the second-largest ethnic group in neighboring Iran and Georgia. They speak the Azerbaijani language, belonging to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages. Following the Russo-Persian Wars of 1813 and 1828, the territories of Qajar Iran in the Caucasus were ceded to the Russian Empire and the treaties of Gulistan in 1813 and Turkmenchay in 1828 finalized the borders between Russia and Iran. After more than 80 years of being under the Russian Empire in the Caucasus, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established in 1918 which defined the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Etymology Azerbaijan is believed to be named after '' Atropates'', a Persian satrap (governor) who ruled in ' ...
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