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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Kurdish people, Persian people, Iranian Georgians, Armenians, List of Azeris, Ethnic minorities in Iran, Qaraei, Iranian Azaris, Marsh Arabs, Turkmen people, Bahrani people, Bahlikas, Qashqai, Bakhtiari people, Gabol, Talysh people, Iranian Armenians, Assyrians in Iran, Koreans in Iran, Mazandarani people, Lurs, Chinese people in Iran, Iranian Arabs, Kasi, Jalayir, Dom people, Iraqis in Iran, List of Iranian Kurds, Lak people, Bayat, Iranian Kazakhs, Afshar tribe, Gilaki people, Lori, Afro Iranian, Shaqaqi, Indians in Iran, Shahsevens, Mirawdale, Kajars, Kuresunni, Baloch of Iran, Kermanshahis, Damanis, Cyrtian, Baharlu, Pakistanis in Iran, Haft Lang, Sistani Persian people, Lari people, Semnani people, Shirani, Kubdani, Bani Turuf, Zargari people, Barazani, Sadozai, Kambarzahi, Zarrasvand, Sanjabi, Khamseh, Ferozkohi. Excerpt: The Kurdish people, or Kurds (Kurdish: ), are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They speak the Kurdish language, which is a member of the Iranian branch of Indo-European languages. The Kurds number about 30 million, the majority living in the Middle East, with significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey, in Armenia, Georgia, Israel, Azerbaijan, Russia, Lebanon and, in recent decades, some European countries and the United States. The Kurds are an indigenous ethnic minority in countries where the Kurdistan region is located, although they have enjoyed partial autonomy in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991. An irredentist movement pushes for the creation of a Kurdish nation state. The ultimate etymology of the name is unclear. Reynolds believes that the term Kurd is most likely related to the ancient term Qardu. The common root of Kurd and Qardu is first...
