| Zanjan Province is populated
by primarily Azeri Persians. These are the
descendents of the Shia Azeris who withdrew from
the Caucasus from 1806 to 1828 in the face of the
Russian victory in the Caucasus. The Qajar were
both the rulers of Iran and the dominant tribe of
the Caucasus in the Persian era. When they had to
withdraw whole villages were transplanted into
the Tabriz area, Zanjan, Qazvin, and Hamadan. |
Jame Seyed
Mosque in Zanjan Photo: Iran Daily
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