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The Islamization and Ethnogenesis of the Fereydani Georgians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Babak Rezvani
Babak Rezvani*
Affiliation:
Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt), Territories, Identities and Representations (TIR), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email: brezvani@fmg.uva.nl
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Fereydani Georgians are the only Georgian-speaking ethnic group in Iran. Despite being all that is left of the once vast and important Georgian-speaking community in Iran, this ethnic group is still largely unknown, both inside and outside Iran. There is a general consensus that Georgians have played a pivotal role in Iran's history since the seventeenth century. Despite this, the Fereydani Georgians are also still relatively unknown within Iran itself. Also in Georgia there is some (popular) knowledge about them. Nevertheless, even this knowledge is rudimentary and is plagued by a large number of misconceptions. The Fereydani Georgians are virtually unknown outside Iran and Georgia.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , September 2008 , pp. 593 - 623
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Copyright © 2008 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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