Qashqai people

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The Qashqai people are a traditionally nomadic Turkic ethnic group of southwestern Iran, known for their pastoral lifestyle, tribal confederation, and distinctive weaving and textile arts.

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Qashqai people canonical 5
Qashqa’i 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
tribal confederation
associatedCity Shiraz
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
country Iran
culturalElement oral epic tradition
tribal dress
tribal music
ethnicMinorityIn Iran
ethnonym Qashqai
experiencedPolicy forced sedentarization in Pahlavi era
hasTribe Amaleh tribe
Darrehshuri tribe
Farsimadan tribe
linked to: Darrehshuri tribe

Kashkuli tribe
Sheshboluki tribe
historicalPeriodOfSedentarization 20th century
knownFor carpet weaving
kilim weaving
textile arts
language Qashqai Turkic
linked to: Southwestern Turkic
languageFamily Oghuz Turkic
Turkic languages
partOf Qashqai tribal confederation
politicalRole regional tribal power in Fars
populationEstimate hundreds of thousands
primaryResidence Fars Province NERFINISHED
region southwestern Iran
relatedEthnicGroup Afshar people
linked to: Afshar tribe

Azeri people
linked to: Azerbaijani Turks

Turkmen people
linked to: Turkmens
religion Islam
religiousBranch Shia Islam
Twelver Shia
residence Bushehr Province NERFINISHED
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province NERFINISHED
Khuzestan Province NERFINISHED
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province NERFINISHED
seasonalMigration summer pastures in Zagros Mountains
winter pastures near Persian Gulf lowlands
traditionalCraft felting
rug making
saddlebag weaving
traditionalHousing black goat-hair tents
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
traditionalOccupation goat herding
sheep herding
weaving
usesScriptForLanguage Persian alphabet
linked to: Perso-Arabic script

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Qashqai spokenBy Qashqai people
Qashqai hasAlternativeName Qashqa’i
linked to: Qashqai people
Qashqai Turkish spokenBy Qashqai people
Qashqai Turkish hasGlottologName Qashqa’i
linked to: Qashqai people
Qashqai confederation ethnicGroup Qashqai people
Qashqai language spokenBy Qashqai people
Qashqai language ethnicLanguageOf Qashqai people