Sistani of Khorasan

Sistani of Khorasan
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Razavi Khorasan, but also South Khorasan, and North Khorasan
Languages
Sistani Persian
Religion
Shia Islam

The Sistani of Khorasan are a group of Sistani people who settled in Khorasan. This group migrated from Sistan to Khorasan.[1][2]

The Sistani of Khorasan speak a Sistani dialect of Persian.[3]

Like other Sistani people, the Sistani of Khorasan are Shia Islam.[4]

Notable people

Ali Sistani - A Twelver Shia Muslim cleric that was a Sistani from Mashhad.

References

  1. ^ Oberling, Pierre (14 November 2012) [December 15, 2008]. "KHORASAN i. ETHNIC GROUPS". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.
  2. ^ Yate, Charles (1365). سفرنامه خراسان و سیستان [A travelogue of Khorasan and Sistan]. یزدان،. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Sharif University of Technology.
  3. ^ Okati, Farideh; Ahangar, Abbas Ali; Anonbi, Eric; Jahani, Karina (2009). "Natural phonological processes in Sistani Farsi of Iran". Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies. 2 (1): 120–193.
  4. ^ Раванди-Фадаи, Лана Меджидовна (2014). К вопросу о положении национальных и религиозных меньшинств [On the status of national and religious minorities] (PDF). In Кулагиной, Л.М.; Мамедовой, Н.М.; Федорова, И.Е.; Раванди-Фадаи, Л.М. (eds.). IRAN: HISTORY AND MODERNITY ИРАН: ИСТОРИЯ И СОВРЕМЕННОСТЬ (in Russian). Москва: ИВ РАН; Центр стратегической конъюнктуры. pp. 271–274. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2023.