Kurds in Iran

Kurds in Iran
Total population
9–10 million
Languages
Kurdish, Gorani and Persian
Religion
Shia Islam (Twelver)[1][2]
Sunni Islam (Shafi'i)[3]
(Sufi order Qadiriyya also present)[4]
Yarsanism
Related ethnic groups
see Iranian peoples

Kurds in Iran (Kurdish: کورد لە ئێران, romanized: Kurdên Îranê,[5] Persian: کردها در ایران)[6] constitute a large minority in the country with a population of around 9 and 10 million people.[7][8]

  1. ^ Leinonen, Anu (2017). Unity or Diversity? Turkish Nationalism, Kurds, and the Turkish Mainstream Press (PDF). Helsinki: University of Helsinki. p. 66. ISBN 978-951-51-2890-4. Most Iranian Kurds are Shi'a (of Twelver Shi'ism).
  2. ^ Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. 54.
  3. ^ Ali Ezzatyar (2016). The Last Mufti of Iranian Kurdistan: Ethnic and Religious Implications in the Greater Middle East. Springer. p. 29. ISBN 9781137563248.
  4. ^ "Dervish practice Sufism on a yearly, 30-day journey through Kurdistan". Rûdaw. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. ^ "خوێندکارانی کورد لە ئێران". zheen.org (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. ^ محمّدعلی چلونگر; کیومرث عظیمی (2012). "پراکندگی فرق و مذاهب تشیّع در کردستان". فصلنامه علمی شیعه شناسی (in Persian). 10 (39): 81–100. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. ^ Brown, Sara E.; Smith, Stephen D. (2021). The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide. Routledge. p. 345.
  8. ^ Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. xii.

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