Azerbaijan (Iran)
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Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan, also known as Iranian Azerbaijan, is a historical region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq and Turkey to the west and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Azerbaijani exclave of
The Tabula Rogeriana, drawn by Muhammad al-Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily in 1154. Azerbaijan is at the southwest of the Caspian Sea. South is at the top.
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Aras River near Joulfa
Azerbaijanis
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Azerbaijanis, Azeris, or Azerbaijani Turks are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the largest ethnic group in th
Azerbaijan (Iran)
…Iran's population, and comprise by far the second-largest ethnic group in the nation. In the region of Azerbaijan, the population consists mainly of Azerbaijanis. Azerbaijanis are the largest group in Iranian Azerbaijan, while Kurds are the second largest group and a majority in many cities of West Azerbaijan…
Azerbaijani girls in traditional dresses, 1997
Shirvan Tatar (i.e. Azerbaijani). Engraving from book of Jean Baptiste Benoît Eyriès. Voyage pittoresque en Asie et en Afrique: résumé général des voyages anciens et modernes... T. I, 1839
"Young noble Tatar," by Vasily Vereshchagin. Shusha, 1865
Soldiers and officers of the army of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918