The Kurds in Khorasan, North-east of Iran - Pen-Kurd
The Kurds in Khorasan, North-east of Iran - Pen-Kurd
The Kurds in Khorasan, North-east of Iran - Pen-Kurd
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At the end it is worth to mention that the Southern <strong>Khorasan</strong> also is home to somesmaller communities <strong>of</strong> Laki-speak<strong>in</strong>g Yarsan (Ahli-haq) <strong><strong>Kurd</strong>s</strong>. <strong>The</strong>se were deportedhere from Southern <strong>Kurd</strong>istan dur<strong>in</strong>g the reign <strong>of</strong> the Afsharid monarchs <strong>of</strong> Persian <strong>in</strong>the middle <strong>of</strong> the 18 th Century (about 1775, AC). Indeed, Karim-Khan, the founder <strong>of</strong>the Zand dynasty <strong>of</strong> Persia that succeeded the Afsharids, was himself born to a family<strong>of</strong> these <strong>Kurd</strong>ish (Laki-speak<strong>in</strong>g) deportees <strong>of</strong> the zand tribe. After ascend<strong>in</strong>g thepeacock throne, Karim brought most <strong>of</strong> his people back to their orig<strong>in</strong>al home. Thosewho chose to stay beh<strong>in</strong>d are the ancestors <strong>of</strong> the modern Laks <strong>of</strong> the Southern<strong>Khorasan</strong> <strong>in</strong> suburban <strong>of</strong> Birjand and Ghayenat (Qohistan).22
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