Arabs in Khorasan

The Persian Arabs or Arabs in Khorasan are a group of Arabs who immigrated to Khorasan Province, Iran, during the Abbasid Caliphate (750−1258).

Arabs in Khorasan
عرب‌های خراسان
عرب خراسان
Total population
50,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
South Khorasan
Razavi Khorasan
Languages
Arabic (Khorasani Arabic), Persian
Religion
Shia Islam, Minority Sunni Islam

Most Khorasani Arabs belong to the tribes of Shaybani, Zangooyi, Mishmast, Khozaima, and Azdi. Khorasan Arabs are Persian speakers, and only a few speak Khorasani Arabic as their native language. The cities of Birjand, Mashhad, and Nishapur are home to large groups of Khorasani Arabs.[2]

See also

Sources
  1. Persian Wikipedia fa:عرب‌های خراسان
  2. Hitti, Philip (2002). History of the Arabs, Revised: 10th Edition (PDF) (10th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-63142-3. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  • Persian and German Wikipedia
  • Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion: Case Studies from Iranian. By Éva Ágnes Csató, Bo Isaksson, Carina Jahani. Page 162.
  • Khorasani Arabic
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