Sheylanli tribe

Sheylanli tribe ( _az. Şeylanlı qəbiləsi; _ru. Шейланлы, Шейлани, or Шейланы) is a Kurdish triberu iconcite book
last = Alesker
first = Alekperov
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title = [http://books.google.com/books?id=8iwGAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8&dq=%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8&ei=yE1wSPP-MY2ujAH45I3ACw&pgis=1 Archaeology and Ethnography of Azerbaijan ] p. 143, - Sheylanli is listed among other Kurdish clans such as Babaly, Sultanly, Kullukhchi
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date = 1960
location = Baku
isbn = ] ru iconcite book
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title = [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/1766235?page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.princeton.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2FPwebrecon.cgi%3FDB%3Dlocal%26CNT%3D25%26HIST%3D1%26BOOL1%3Das%2Ba%2Bphrase%26FLD1%3DISSN%2B%28ISSN%29%26SAB1%3D0038-5050&title=Princeton+University&linktype=opac&detail=PUL%3APrinceton+University%3AAcademic Sovetskaya Etnografiya]
publisher = Izd-vo Akademii nauk: two images of Sheylanlis (Шейланы) can be found in Vol. 5-6: pp. 125, 135
date = 1932
location = Moscow
isbn = ] ru iconcite book
last =Alekberov
first =Alesker
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title = Esseys on the study of Kurdish culture
publisher = pp. 40-42
date = 1936
location = Baku
isbn = ] who lived in the Sheylanli village, Lachinru iconcite book
last =Aristova
first = Tatiana Fedorovna
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title = [http://books.google.com/books?id=QGA8AAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B&dq=%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B&ei=kE5wSMazGKOQjgHTuL3DDw&pgis=1 Kurdy Zakavkazia, pp. 48, 53]
publisher = Izd-vo "Nauka," Glav. red. vostochnoĭ lit-ry, Index 1-6-2/111-66
date = 1966
location = Moscow
isbn = ] , until it was occupied by Armenian troops [cite web
url = http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=324193&apc_state=henh
publisher= Institute for War & Peace Reporting
title= Lachin: The Emptying Lands
accessdate=2008-07-03 ] [cite web
url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/07/eu
publisher= the Guardian
title= Negotiating a black hole
accessdate=2008-07-03 ] .Since then as the victim of the war, an internally displaced persons, Sheylanlis were fled to the Aghjabadi Rayon, Azerbaijancite web
url = http://www.azerweb.com/ngos/228/reports/137/
publisher = International Rescue Committee
title= IRC - Monthly Activity Report (January 1999)
quote= "Mentions the name of the refugee settlment as Seilanli in the Aghjabadi"
accessdate=2008-07-10 ] .They speak Kurmanji dialect of the Kurdish Language [cite web
url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/325225/Kurdish-language
publisher= Encyclopedia Britannica
title= Kurdish language
quote= "The Kurds in the Caucasus speak Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish language"
accessdate=2008-07-08 ] .This tribe is considered to be one of the 24 Kurdish tribesru iconcite web
url = http://www.kurdist.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72
title= On Kurdish tribes in Caucasus
accessdate=2008-07-05 ] those were moved from Iran to Karabakh and Zangezur by Shah Abbas I of Iran in 16th century to fortify the borders of the Safavid Empire ru icon cite book
last =Sherefxan
first = Bidlisi
authorlink = Sherefxan Bidlisi
title = On Kurdish tribes in Caucasus, p. 370
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date = 1967
location = Moscow
isbn = ] . Tatiana F. Aristova gives some Sheylanli Kurdish family names such as "Asadlar, Ismaillar, Nabilar, and Khudular" in the book "Kurdy Zakavkazia". The author mentions Sheylanli, Zerty, and Minkend among the poorest Kurdish communities of Azerbaijan in Lachin.

Tribal Kurdish population in Lachin region

In the 1920s, the Kurdish community in Azerbaijan was considerably diminished, when many of them moved to Armenia where Kurdish villages were created. [Encyclopedia of World Cultures, David Levinson, G.K. Hall & Co. (1991), p.225] About the same time Azerbaijan's Kurds had their own region called Red Kurdistan in the Lachin region, which was to the West of Karabakh. In fact, Lachin with the principal towns Kalbajar, Kubatli and Zangelan and the administrative sub-divisions of Karakushlak, Koturli, Murad-Khanli and Kurd-Haji were mostly inhabitated by Kurds. [The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview, Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Stefan Sperl, Routledge, (1992), ISBN 0415072654, p.201] In 1930 it was abolished and most remaining Kurds were progressivally recategorized as "Azerbaijani". [Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War, Thomas De Waal, NYU Press, ISBN 0814719457, p.133] Official Azerbaijani records claim only 12,000 Kurds, while Kurdish leaders estimate as much as 200,000. The problem is that the historical record of the Kurds in Azerbaijan is filled with lacunae. [An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires, James Stuart Olson, Lee Brigance Pappas, Nicholas Charles Pappas, Greenwood Publishing Group, (1994), ISBN 0313274975, p.409] For instance, in 1979 there was according to the census no Kurds recorded. The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview, Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Stefan Sperl, Routledge, ISBN 0415072654, (1992), p.204] Not only did Turkey and Azerbaijan pursue an identical policy against the Kurds, they even employed identical techniques like forced assimilation, manipulation of population figures, settlement of non-Kurds in areas predominantly Kurdish, supression of publications and abolition of Kurdish as a medium of instruction in schools. Kurdish historical figures such as Sharaf Khan of Bitlis and Ahmad Khani and the Shaddadid dynasty as a whole were described as Azeris.Kurds who retained 'Kurdish' as their nationality on their internal passports as opposed to 'Azeri' were unable to find employment.

In the past, in what is currently West of Azerbaijan (which includes Lachin), Kurds lived with an uneasy rivalry with the Azeri Turks. [Iran Under the Ayatollahs, Dilip Hiro, Routledge, (1987), ISBN 0710211236, p.111] In modern time they harbor some animosity toward them who they associate with the Turks, [Political Culture and Civil Society in Russia and the New States of Eurasia, Vladimir Tismaneanu, M.E. Sharpe, (1995), ISBN 1563243652, p.355] which is not made easier because of Azerbaijan's prevailing policy of forceful assimilation. [Linguistic Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe, Christina Bratt Paulston, Donald Peckham, Multilingual Matters, (1998), ISBN 1853594164, p.106]

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