File:Ethnic_flag_of_Tat_people_(Caucasus).svg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Tat people
Sign in to saveIranian ethnic group in Azerbaijan and Russia
Key facts
- Azerbaijan
- 27,700 (2019)
- Russia
- 575 (2021)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Part of
- Iranian peoples
- Native language
- Tat
- Population
- 30000
Show 2 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Tat people
- Commons category
- Tat people
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~18 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The Tat people or Transcaucasian Persians (also: Tat, Parsi, Daghli, Lohijon) are an Iranian people presently living within Azerbaijan and Russia (mainly Southern Dagestan). The Tats are part of the indigenous peoples of Iranian origin in the Caucasus.
Tats use the Tat language, a southwestern Iranian language somewhat different from standard Persian, as well as Azerbaijani and Russian. Tats are mainly Shia Muslims with a significant Sunni Muslim minority.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tat people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.