Daylamites
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The Daylamites or Dailamites were an Iranian people inhabiting the Daylam—the mountainous regions of northern Iran on the southwest coast of the Caspian Sea, now comprising the southeastern half of Gi
Rainforest on the western edge of Daylam.
Alamut Castle located to the southeast of Daylam in Alamut.
A depiction of a Daylamite cavalryman from an Iranian textbook.
Siege of Alamut (1256) depicted in Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Division Orientale.
Zazas
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The Zazas are an Iranian people who speak Zaza, an Iranian language belonging to the Indo-European language family. Zazas live primarily in the Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia regions of Tu
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…reached territories. These Daylamite groups initially preserved their cultural identities and then gradually merged with the native populations. The Zazas, who call themselves Dimli (Dimla, Dilmi), are considered one of those Daylamite groups that spread to the West during the Daylamite expansion. The…
Zaza men, clad in traditional white garments, stand near the ruins of an old church in Gerger, Ottoman Empire, 1901
The geographical distribution of Zazas (Dimli, Dilmi) and the historical Deilam (Delm, Dlm) region