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Baharlu (ethnic group) 
Summary
The Baharlu (Azerbaijani: Baharlı; Persian: بهارلو), also spelled Bahārlou, Baharloo, Baharlooe, are a Turkic ethnic group living in Hamadan, Fars, Kerman, Azerbaijan and Khorasan in Iran. Fars embraces the bulk of Baharlu tribe members and is identified as the provenance of the tribe.[1]
The Baharlu was one of the Qizilbash tribes. Many Baharlus live in the district of Darab, home to the army of Darius the Great. There are also a number of Baharlus which in the 14th century settled down in areas around Shahr-e Kord in Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari, they got heavily mixed with the Bakhtiaris and Qashqais.
Prominent Baharlus edit
- Ahmadreza Baharloo – host of the Persian section of Voice of America (VOA)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "BAHĀRLŪ a Turkic tribe of Azerbaijan, Khorasan, Kermān, and Fārs". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 12 April 2013. (also in print in Vol. III, Fasc. 5, pp. 482-484)
Further reading edit
- Minorsky, V. (1960). "Bahārlū". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. OCLC 495469456.