Qashqai people

E383791
Turkic people ethnic group tribal confederation

The Qashqai people are a traditionally nomadic Turkic ethnic group of southwestern Iran, known for their pastoral lifestyle, tribal confederation, and distinctive weaving and textile arts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Qashqai people canonical 5
Qashqa’i 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
tribal confederation ⓘ
associatedCity Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
country Iran ⓘ
culturalElement oral epic tradition ⓘ
tribal dress ⓘ
tribal music ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Iran ⓘ
ethnonym Qashqai ⓘ
experiencedPolicy forced sedentarization in Pahlavi era ⓘ
hasTribe Amaleh tribe ⓘ
Darrehshuri tribe ⓘ
Darrehshuri tribe ⓘ
surface form: Farsimadan tribe

Kashkuli tribe ⓘ
Sheshboluki tribe ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfSedentarization 20th century ⓘ
knownFor carpet weaving ⓘ
kilim weaving ⓘ
textile arts ⓘ
language Southwestern Turkic ⓘ
surface form: Qashqai Turkic
languageFamily Oghuz Turkic language ⓘ
surface form: Oghuz Turkic

Turkic languages ⓘ
partOf Qashqai confederation ⓘ
surface form: Qashqai tribal confederation
politicalRole regional tribal power in Fars ⓘ
populationEstimate hundreds of thousands ⓘ
primaryResidence Fars Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
region southwestern Iran ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Afshar tribe ⓘ
surface form: Afshar people

Azerbaijani Turks ⓘ
surface form: Azeri people

Turkmens ⓘ
surface form: Turkmen people
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Shia Islam ⓘ
Twelver Shia ⓘ
residence Bushehr Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khuzestan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonalMigration summer pastures in Zagros Mountains ⓘ
winter pastures near Persian Gulf lowlands ⓘ
traditionalCraft felting ⓘ
rug making ⓘ
saddlebag weaving ⓘ
traditionalHousing black goat-hair tents ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalOccupation goat herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
usesScriptForLanguage Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Persian alphabet

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qashqai → spokenBy → Qashqai people ⓘ
Qashqai → hasAlternativeName → Qashqai people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qashqa’i
Qashqai Turkish → spokenBy → Qashqai people ⓘ
Qashqai Turkish → hasGlottologName → Qashqai people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qashqa’i
Qashqai confederation → ethnicGroup → Qashqai people ⓘ
Qashqai language → spokenBy → Qashqai people ⓘ
Qashqai language → ethnicLanguageOf → Qashqai people ⓘ