Sistani of Khorasan

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Sistani of Khorasan
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Razavi Khorasan, but also South Khorasan, and North Khorasan
Languages
Persian(Sistani dialect)

The Sistani of Khorasan are a group of Sistani people who settled in Khorasan. This group migrated from Sistan to Khorasan. [1] [2]

The Sistani of Khorasan speak a Sistani dialect of Persian. [3]

Like other Sistani people, the Sistani of Khorasan are Shia Islam. [4]

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References

  1. "KHORASAN i. ETHNIC GROUPS". Encyclopædia Iranica .
  2. Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet. "A travelogue of Khorasan and Sistan". Sharif University of Technology . Iran. Retrieved 19 January 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Natural phonological processes in Sistani Farsi of Iran". Okati, Farideh, Ahangar, Abbas Ali, Anonbi, Eric, Jahani, Karina. Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2:1, (2009), pp. 120-93.
  4. Лана Меджидовна Раванди-Фадаи (2014). "К вопросу о положении национальных и религиозных меньшинств" (PDF) (Сборник) (in Russian) (ИРАН: ИСТОРИЯ И СОВРЕМЕННОСТЬ ed.). Москва: ИВ РАН; Центр стратегической конъюнктуры: 271–274. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-14.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)