Talysh
| Iranian-speaking people living on the southwest shore of the Caspian Sea, in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. They are mostly cattle breeders and Sunni Muslims. In Azerbaijan most of the Talysh are being assimilated. A Talysh khanate, semi-independent from Persia, was formed in the 18th century; it became Russian 1813 and was abolished 1826. |
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