Afshars

Afshars

 

a Turkic-speaking people living primarily in northern Iran and also in some other areas of Iran; also in Turkey and Afghanistan (near Kabul). In 1967 the total population was estimated at more than 350,000. The Af-shars lead a semisedentary way of life; they are engaged in herding and breeding livestock and partially in farming. Their religion is the Shiite doctrine of Islam.

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21) True, the Afshars and the Zands were able periodically to defeat their rivals and place one of their own on the throne.
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