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Revision as of 23:35, 26 June 2008 by Bltrgs (talk | contribs) (copy edit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Sheylanli tribe (Template:Lang-az) is a kurdish tribe who lived in the Sheylanli village, Lachin, until it was occupied by Armenian forces. Since then as the victim of the war, an internally displaced persons, Sheylanlis were forced to live in Aghjabadi rayon, Azerbaijan. They speak Kurmanji dialect of the Kurdish Language. This tribe is considered to be one of the 24 Kurdish tribes that were moved from Iran to Karabakh and Zangezur by Shah Abbas I of Iran in 16th century to fortify the borders of the Safavid Empire .
References
- Alesker Alekperov, Archaeology and Ethnography of Azerbaijan (a monograph in Russian; Baku, 1960, p.143) - lists the Sheylanli among other Kurdish clans such as Babaly, Sultanly, Kullukhchi
- Sovetskaya Etnografiya ("Soviet Ethnography"), No. 5-6: 1932, pp. 125-135
- A. Alekberov, Esseys on the study of Kurdish culture (in Russian; Baku 1936, pp. 40-62)
- Tatiana Aristova, Transcaucasian Kurds (in Russian; Moscow, 1966, p. 54) - mentions Sheylanli among the poorest Kurdish communities of Azerbaijan and places it, along with Zerty and Minkend, in the Lachin district
- Lachin: The Emptying Lands Institute for War & Peace Reporting
- Negotiating a black hole, published in the Guardian
- Kurds in Azerbaijan
- Kurden in Aserbaidschan
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