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| The '''Azeri''', also referred to as Azerbaijanian ], are a Turkic-Muslim people who live in the ], located in a crossroads between eastern ] and western ]. Term Azerbajanis was first introduced by bolsheviks, with intention to claim northern province of Persia (from ] - Iran). Thus, referring to term Azerbaijan in historivcal context before 1918 is nonsence. | |||
| The '''Azeri''' are the dominant ] of ] and Arran, which were a part of ], until the Azeri khanates north of the ] were overrun and absorbed into ] in the early 19th century. When Persia remonstrated, the Tsarist foreign office maintained that all of the northern Azeri khanates had been independent and that Persian claims of sovreignty were invalid. | |||
| Before ] muslim population of modern territory of Azerbajdzhan did not have ethnic identification and call themselves just muslims. By 1918 approximately 60% of population were ], whereas Azerbaijanis (or, correclty, Azeri Turks) contituted ca 30% of population. Ethnic cleansing and descrimination on ethnic basis almost completely eliminated Talysh and ] population. Azeri historians use georgraphical principle in their studies. According to theory of ], Azeriz did not change at all during centuries, withstanding all invasions and wars and inherit all territories of nation lived on territory of contemporary Azerbaijan. | |||
| Consequently, in modern times some Azeri live in Azerbaijan, where they form the overwhelming majority, and some in northern ]—the ]—where Azeri constitute 24% of the population as a whole . Among the ]s, who comprise ''all'' the citizens of Azerbaijan, a 1998 estimate recorded Azeri 90%, ] 3.2%, ] 2.5%, ] 2%, other 2.3% Almost all the Armenians reported lived in the separatist ] region . | |||
| The northern half of Iranian province of Azerbaijan was annexed by the Russians in ]. Between ] and ] approximately one million Azeri Turks migrated to ] from ]. Total number of Azeri Turks is more than 10 million worldwide, with the majority living outside of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Republic of ] has a population of 5 million, while more than 2 million live in Russia and 1 million living in different CIS contries, mainly in ], the northwestern region of Iran in the provinces of Ardebil, East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan and Zanjan; the territory of South Azerbaijan. | |||
| The minority of Azeri formerly living in Armenia emigrated by the end of 1993, after intense ethnic clashes. | |||
| '''Azeri''' is the official language of Azerbaijan, under the Constitution ratified in 1995; under Soviet rule it had been written in ] and had taken second place to Russian as the prestige language. It is identified with Azerbaijan citizenship to such an extent that it is often referred to as the "]". | |||
| More than 8 million live in various cities in central ] especially in the capital of Tehran. Most analysts state that at least 50% of the city and province of Tehran including the city of Karaj, is inhabited by Azeri Turks. The nomadic Turkic tribes of Afshar, Shahseven, Qarapapaq, Qajar and Timurtash who are spread across Iran are tribes of the Azerbaijanians. There are also 2 million indigenous Azerbaijanians living in the eastern region of Turkey (mostly in Kars and Igdir), 2.5 million throughout the ] (mostly in the autonomous republic of ] and the capital city of ]) 1 million living in northern Iraq (whom are referred to as Turkmens that live mostly in ], ] and ]) and 300,000 living in the southern region of Georgia. There are also scattered populations of Azerbaijanians in ], ], ] and ], including a large diaspora living in ] and ]. | |||
| Among connoisseurs, the Azeri people are known for the distinctive patterns of their knotted carpets. | |||
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The Azeri are the dominant Turkic people of Azerbaijan and Arran, which were a part of Persia, until the Azeri khanates north of the Araks River were overrun and absorbed into Tsarist Russia in the early 19th century. When Persia remonstrated, the Tsarist foreign office maintained that all of the northern Azeri khanates had been independent and that Persian claims of sovreignty were invalid.
Consequently, in modern times some Azeri live in Azerbaijan, where they form the overwhelming majority, and some in northern Iran—the Iranian Azarbaijan—where Azeri constitute 24% of the population as a whole . Among the Azerbaijanis, who comprise all the citizens of Azerbaijan, a 1998 estimate recorded Azeri 90%, Dagestani 3.2%, Russian 2.5%, Armenian 2%, other 2.3% Almost all the Armenians reported lived in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region . The minority of Azeri formerly living in Armenia emigrated by the end of 1993, after intense ethnic clashes.
Azeri is the official language of Azerbaijan, under the Constitution ratified in 1995; under Soviet rule it had been written in Cyrillic and had taken second place to Russian as the prestige language. It is identified with Azerbaijan citizenship to such an extent that it is often referred to as the "Azerbaijani language".
Among connoisseurs, the Azeri people are known for the distinctive patterns of their knotted carpets.