| Mazandarani people |
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| Total population |
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c. 4.5 million (1994 est.) |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Provinces of Mazandaran, Golestan, and Gilan in Iran |
| Language(s) |
| Mazandarani, Persian |
| Religion(s) |
| mostly Shi'a Muslim |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Gilak, Iranian peoples, Caucasian people. |
The Mazandarani people are a group of northwestern Iranian people living primarily in the provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan (formerly part of Mazandaran), as well as Gilan, Tehran and Semnan of Iran, which speak an Iranian language named Mazandarani.
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Language
The Mazandarani language is closely related to Gilaki and the two languages have similar vocabularies. Compared to most other Iranian languages, the language took far smaller influence of other incoming languages such as Arabic and Turkish. According to Ethnologue, there were more than three million native speakers of Mazandarani in 1993 speaking different dialects such as Gorgani, Ghadikolahi, and Palani[1]
Notable figures
Historic
- Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Yazid ibn Kathir al-Tabari (838-923), was a Mazandarani historian and theologian (the most famous and widely-influential person called al-Tabari).
- Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Rustom al-Tabari, was a Shia thinker who is commonly confused with the first one. He is the author of the book Dala'il al-Imamah (Proofs of the Imamate)
- Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari, "Ali the scholar from Tabiristan" (838-870 A.D.) was the writer of a medical encyclopedia and the teacher of the scholar physician Zakariya al-Razi.
- Abul Hasan al-Tabari, a 10th century Iranian physician.
- Al-Tabarani, (c. 821-918 CE) the author of numerous ahadeeth.
- Amir Pazevari, poet.
Contemporary
- Reza Shah, Emperor of Iran (Persia) from 1924-1941
- Nima Yooshij
- Ali Larijani, Iranian politician and chief nuclear negotiator
See also
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