Khorasani Turks

Khorasani Turkic peoples
Total population
1,000,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, Golestan
Languages

Khorasani Turkic

Religion

Shia Islam

Related ethnic groups

Other Turkic peoples

Khorasani Turkic people (Persian: ترکان خراسانی‎), or Qizilbash are Turkic-speaking people inhabiting part of northeastern Iran, and in the neighboring regions of Turkmenistan up to beyond the Amu Darya River; and speak the Khorasani Turkic, and live in the North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan and Golestan provinces of Iran.

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Last modified on 11 May 2013, at 18:50