Baharlu (ethnic group)

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. Fārs embraces the balk of Baharlu tribe members and is identified as the provenance of the tribe [1]

The Baharlu was one of the Qezelbash 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

Ahmadreza Baharloo – host of the Persian section of Voice of America (VOA)

See also

References
  1. "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)
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