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Christian Azerbaijanis number around 5,000 people in the Republic of Azerbaijan and consist mostly of recent converts. [220] [221] Some Azerbaijanis from rural regions retain pre-Islamic animist or Zoroastrian-influenced [222] beliefs, such as the sanctity of certain sites and the veneration of fire, certain trees and rocks. [223]
The Azerbaijanis or Azeris are a Turkic ethnic group of mixed ethnic origins, primarily the indigenous peoples of eastern Transcaucasia, the Medians, an ancient Iranian people, and the Oghuz Turkic tribes that began migrating to Azerbaijan in the 11th century CE.
Azerbaijanis comprise the largest minority ethnic group in Iran. Apart from Iranian Azerbaijan (provinces of West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil and Zanjan), Azerbaijani populations are found in large numbers in four other provinces: Hamadan (includes other Turkic ethnic groups such as Afshar, Gharehgozloo, Shahsevan, and Baharloo [27] [28]), [29] Qazvin, [30] Markazi, [31] and Kurdistan.
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
Ethnographic map of Azerbaijanis in the Caucasus (1995) This is a list of notable Azerbaijanis , a Turkic people who mostly live in the Caucasus region (including Azerbaijan , Georgia , Dagestan ) northern Iran and eastern Turkey (specifically in Kars and Iğdır ).
Many Azerbaijanis are assumed to be involved in the Basmachi movement, a Turkic uprising which was led by Enver Pasha against the Russian Republic and later Bolsheviks, inspired by Islamic beliefs. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] The presence of Azerbaijanis in Turkmenistan is believed to date back to early twentieth century, while Azerbaijani migration to ...
Azerbaijanis in Derbent [ edit ] After the disintegration of the Caliphate , the city of Derbent and the surrounding area (currently the Derbent Rayon ) became an independent emirate closely allied with the neighbouring state of Shirvan (present day northeastern Azerbaijan ).
Azerbaijanis in Georgia are mainly Muslim, with 80% being Shia and 20% Sunni, [16] a distinction that is not felt much due to religion not occupying an important part of their everyday lives. [27] Georgia's constitution provides for religious freedom , and Azerbaijanis have the opportunity to attend mosques in the country.