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The vast majority of Azerbaijanis live in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan. Between 12 and 23 million Azerbaijanis live in Iran, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] mainly in the northwestern provinces. Approximately 9.1 million Azerbaijanis are found in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Sep 7, 2024 · Azerbaijani, any member of a Turkic people living chiefly in the Republic of Azerbaijan and in the region of Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran. At the turn of the 21st century there were some 7.5 million Azerbaijani in the republic and neighbouring areas and more than 15 million in Iran.
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May 17, 2018 · During the first wave of immigration in the 19th century, Arab Christians trying to escape persecution in the Middle East, while also trying to avoid the racist restrictions of Asian immigration, won key court cases to change their racial classification from “Mongolian” to “Caucasian.”
Mar 28, 2024 · No, Azerbaijan is not considered an Arab country; it is a Turkic state. Azerbaijan may be considered part of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, or Western Asia. It lies southeast of the Caucasus mountains.
The Azerbaijani people are a Turkic ethnic group of mixed ethnic origins, primarily the indigenous peoples of eastern Transcaucasia, the Medians, an ancient Iranian people, and the Oghuz Turkic tribes that began migrating to Azerbaijan in the 11th century CE.
Azerbaijan adjoins the Iranian region of the same name, and the origin of their respective inhabitants is the same. By the 9th century ce it had come under Turkish influence, and in ensuing centuries it was fought over by Arabs, Mongols, Turks, and Iranians.
Millions of Azerbaijanis live in Iran, where they are the largest non-Persian ethnic group. The Turkmen of Iraq also speak a dialect very close to Azerbaijani. Azerbaijanis outside the Republic of Azerbaijan frequently call themselves and their language Azeri.
