Afshar people
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afshar-people-163-14643997
title:
Afshar people
text:
Afshar is a tribe of Oghuz Turkic origin, that split into several groups in Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. Afshar means "obedient". According to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Afshar, the eponymous founder of the tribe, was a son of Yildiz Khan, the third son of Oghuz Khan. During the Seljuk conquests of the 11th century, they moved from Central Asia into the Middle East. They are noted in history for being one of the Qizilbash tribes that helped establish the Safavid dynasty of Iran, and for being the
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wiki
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description:
Oghuz Turkic tribe
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afshar_people
date created:
2007-04-22T08:01:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T14:04:16Z
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