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The Zargari people are a Muslim Romani ethnic group that live in Zargar, in northwestern Iran.[1] They speak Zargari Romani, a distinct dialect of Balkan Romani most closely related to dialects historically spoken in Rumelia.
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Zargar, Qazvin, Iran | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Muslim Romani people |
Origin and history
editHistorical documentation of Zargari origins is lacking, but one seemingly accurate tradition traces their origins to three goldsmith brothers,[2] (Persian: زرگر, zargar), who migrated from the Ottoman region of Rumelia to Maritsa Valley, in present-day south Bulgaria, and subsequently to Ottoman Damascus, from where they were brought to Shiraz as hostages during the reign of Nader Shah (1736–1747) and given pasture lands as a reward for their skills.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pstrusińska, Jadwiga (18 July 2014). Secret Languages of Afghanistan and Their Speakers. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-6441-1.
- ^ O'Connell, John Morgan; Castelo-Branco, Salwa El-Shawan (23 September 2010). Music and Conflict. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03545-6.
- ^ Rastegar, S.; Vanzan, A. (2007). Muraqqa'e Sharqi: Studies in Honor of Peter Chelkowski. AIEP Editore. ISBN 978-88-6086-010-1.
Bibliography
edit- Baghbidi, Hassan Rezai. "The Zargari language: An endangered European Romani in Iran", Romani Studies, vol. 13, pp. 123–148 (2003).Wayback Machine
- Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2010. "Migrations West to East in the Times of the Ottoman Empire: The Example of a Gypsy/Roma Group in Modern Iran" Anthropology of the Middle East 5 (1): 93–99.
- McDowell, Bart. "Gypsies: Wanderers of the World" (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1970), pp. 163–166.
- Windfuhr, Gernot. "European Gypsy in Iran: A First Report" Anthropological Linguistics 12.8 (1970): 271–292.
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