Mazandarani people
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The Mazandarani people are Iranian people of Caucasus
origin living primarily in south of the Caspian Sea
coast. The Elburz mountains mark the southern limit of Mazandarani peoples .
.
They are mainly living in south east of Caspian Sea
coasts. Many of them live as farmers and fishermen . They are highly related to other Iranian people in Iranian plateau
. In fact, rise of the new wave of Iranian nationalism in modern history of Iran is associated with inspiration of the Pahlavi dynasty
, a Mazandarani origin dynasty. During this period this ideology was fostered by Pahlavis as well as reviving pre-Islamic Iranian traditions, Persian language reform
s, etc.
.. However, with the growth of education and press, the differentiation between Mazandarani and other Iranian dialects are likely to disappear. Mazandarani is closely related to Gilaki and the two dialects have similar vocabularies. These two dialects retain more than Persian does of the noun declension system that was characteristic of older-Iranian languages.
Borjan states that Mazandarani has different sub-dialects and there exists a high mutual intelligibility among various Mazandarani sub-dialects. Raymond Gordon in Ethnolue lists them as Gorgani, Palani, etc. However, he calls them dialects.
migrants, whose descendants still live across Mazandaran . Still many towns, villages and neighbourhoods in Mazandaran bear the name "Gorji" (i.e. Georgian) in them, although most of the Georgians are already assimilated into the mainstream Mazandaranis. The history of Georgian settlement is described by Eskandar Beyg Monshi, the author of the 17th century Tarikh-e Alam-Ara-ye Abbasi, in addition many foreigners e.g. Chardin, and Della Valle, have written about their encounters with the Georgian Mazandaranis.
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
origin living primarily in south of the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
coast. The Elburz mountains mark the southern limit of Mazandarani peoples .
People
The population of Mazandarani people is between three to four million (2006 estimation). The dominant religion among Mazandarani people is Shiite IslamIslam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
.
They are mainly living in south east of Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
coasts. Many of them live as farmers and fishermen . They are highly related to other Iranian people in Iranian plateau
Iranian plateau
The Iranian plateau, or Iranic plateau, is a geological formation in Southwest Asia. It is the part of the Eurasian Plate wedged between the Arabian and Indian plates, situated between the Zagros mountains to the west, the Caspian Sea and the Kopet Dag to the north, the Hormuz Strait and Persian...
. In fact, rise of the new wave of Iranian nationalism in modern history of Iran is associated with inspiration of the Pahlavi dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...
, a Mazandarani origin dynasty. During this period this ideology was fostered by Pahlavis as well as reviving pre-Islamic Iranian traditions, Persian language reform
Language reform
Language reform is a type of language planning by massive change to a language. The usual tools of language reform are simplification and purification. Simplification makes the language easier to use by regularizing vocabulary and grammar...
s, etc.
Language
The local Mazandarani, which belongs to Northwestern Iranian languages, is spoken among these people and most Mazandarani people are fluent in both Mazanadarni dialect and standard PersianPersian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
.. However, with the growth of education and press, the differentiation between Mazandarani and other Iranian dialects are likely to disappear. Mazandarani is closely related to Gilaki and the two dialects have similar vocabularies. These two dialects retain more than Persian does of the noun declension system that was characteristic of older-Iranian languages.
Borjan states that Mazandarani has different sub-dialects and there exists a high mutual intelligibility among various Mazandarani sub-dialects. Raymond Gordon in Ethnolue lists them as Gorgani, Palani, etc. However, he calls them dialects.
Historic
- Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Yazid ibn Kathir al-TabariMuhammad ibn Jarir al-TabariAbu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari was a prominent and influential Sunni scholar and exegete of the Qur'an from Persia...
(838–923), was a Mazandarani historian and theologian (the most famous and widely-influential person called al-Tabari). - Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Rustom al-Tabari, was a Shia thinker who is commonly confused with the first one. He is the author of the book Dala'il al-Imamah (Proofs of the ImamateImamah (Shi'a twelver doctrine)Imāmah means "leadership" and it is a part of the Shi'a theology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver or Ithna Ashariya branch of Shia Islam....
) - Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-TabariAli ibn Sahl Rabban al-TabariAbu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari also given as 810-855 and 783-858 was a Persian Muslim hakim, Islamic scholar, physician and psychologist of Zoroastrian descent, who produced one of the first encyclopedia of medicine. He was a pioneer of pediatrics and the field of child development...
, "Ali the scholar from Tabiristan" (838–870 A.D.) was the writer of a medical encyclopedia and the teacher of the scholar physician Zakariya al-Razi. - Abul Hasan al-TabariAbul Hasan al-TabariAbu-l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Mohammad al-Tabari, born in Amol, was a 10th century Persian physician from Tabaristan.He was a physician of Rukn al-dawlah, a Buwayhid ruler....
, a 10th century Iranian physician. - Al-TabaraniAl-TabaraniAbu al-Qasim Sulaiman ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Tabarani was born sometime in 260 AH and lived until 360 AH . He narrated numerous aḥadīth.-Students:...
, (c. 821–918 CE) the author of numerous ahadeeth. - Amir PazevariAmir PazevariAmir Pazevari was a Mazandarani Iranian poet with numerous works written in the Mazandarani language . He probably lived in the 17th century in the province of Mazandaran , Iran.-Further reading:...
, poet. - MaziarMaziarMaziar was an Iranian aristocrat of the House of Karen and feudal ruler of the mountainous region of Tabaristan...
, Iranian aristocrat of the House of Karen.
Contemporary
- Reza ShahReza ShahRezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...
, Emperor of Iran (Persia) from 1924 to 1941 - Nima YooshijNima YooshijNimā Yushij also called Nimā, born Ali Esfandiāri , was a contemporary Tabarian and Persian poet who started the she’r-e no also known as she’r-e nimaa'i trend in Iran...
(Poet) - Emamali Habibi, (Olympic and World Champion / free style wrestling / Babreh Mazandaran)
- Ali LarijaniAli LarijaniAli Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian philosopher, politician and the chairman of the Iranian parliament. Larijani was the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from August 15, 2005 to October 20, 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,replacing Hassan Rowhani...
, (a former member of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran and Speaker of the Majlis of Iran) - Mohammad Javad LarijaniMohammad Javad LarijaniMohammad Javad Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian politician, cleric and academic. Larijani is the head of the human rights council in the judiciary and a top adviser to the supreme leader. Additionally Larijani has been the Director of Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics in...
, (a mathematician and former member of the Majlis) - Sadegh Larijani, (Head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Mohammad ZohariMohammad ZohariMohammad Zohari Iranian Poet & WriterHe was born in Tonekabon a city in north of Iran. As the first son of Abdollah Zohari Khalatbary an activist in Iranian Constitutional Revolution who had received the honorific title of “Motamed-ol-Soltan Zaygham-ol-Mamalek" from Ahmad Shah Qajar, in 1931 due...
(Poet) - DelkashDelkashDelkash born, Esmat Bagherpour Baboli , was an Iranian diva and actress with a rare and unique voice and vocal range.-Biography:...
(Singer) - Gholam-Hossein Banan (Singer)
- Ehsan TabariEhsan TabariEhsan Tabari was an Iranian intellectual, a founding member and theoretician of the Iranian Communist Tudeh party.Tabari was born in 1917 in Sari, Mazandaran, Iran...
(marxist theoretician) - Noureddin KianouriNoureddin KianouriNoureddin Kianouri was an Iranian architect and political leader. Kianouri was an influential member of the Central Committee for the communist Tudeh Party...
(politician) - Dr. Parviz Khanlari (writer/translator)
- Habibollah Badiei (musician)
- Reza AllamehzadehReza AllamehzadehReza Allamehzadeh is a Persian-born Dutch film-maker, film critic and writer who lives in the Netherlands. He is mostly famous because of his films about refugees, such as The Guests of Hotel Astoria , and the documentary Holy Crime , which is about the murder of opposition figures in Europe by...
(Director) - Rashid Mostaghim (Singer)
Assimilated groups into the Mazandarani people
In the Safavid era Mazandaran was settled by GeorgianGeorgian people
The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....
migrants, whose descendants still live across Mazandaran . Still many towns, villages and neighbourhoods in Mazandaran bear the name "Gorji" (i.e. Georgian) in them, although most of the Georgians are already assimilated into the mainstream Mazandaranis. The history of Georgian settlement is described by Eskandar Beyg Monshi, the author of the 17th century Tarikh-e Alam-Ara-ye Abbasi, in addition many foreigners e.g. Chardin, and Della Valle, have written about their encounters with the Georgian Mazandaranis.
See also
- Caspian people
- Māzandarān ProvinceMazandaran ProvinceMazandaran Province is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by the Golestan, Semnan, Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, and Gilan provinces....
- Mazandarani languageMazandarani languageMazandarani or Tabari is an Iranian language of the Northwestern branch, spoken mainly in Iran's Mazandaran, Gilan and Golestan provinces...
- List of famous people from Mazandaran