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	Talysh People in Azerbaijan - Azerb.com / Talish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Talysh number about 200.000, of which 130.000 live in the south-east of the Republic of Azerbaijan, near the Iranian border in and around Lenkoran, Astara and Lerik.
		The rest of the Talysh live across the border in the Iranian province of Gilan, in a long strip of territory along the Caspian coast, from Astara to the Rasht area.
		The Talysh are Muslim, primarily of the Shia branch.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/az-talysh.html (591 words)

	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
		The Talysh live in the southernmost tip of Azerbaijan, along the Iranian border, mainly in the district of Lenkoran, Astarin and partly in Lerik and Massallin.
		One part of the Talysh of Azerbaijan lives in the mountains, where the climate is dry, the other part lives on the humid subtropical coastal lowlands, which as they extend north, gradually become the dry Mugani Steppe.
		In the late 18th century, a Talysh Khanate was established which in 1812 (conclusively in 1828), together with the northern part of Azerbaijan, was annexed to Russia.
	www.eki.ee /books/redbook/talysh.shtml (814 words)

	News
		Talysh people represent the indigenous Iranian population of Azerbaijan that distinguishes itself from the majority of modern inhabitants of the Republic having a Turkic origin, language and cultural attributes.
		Talysh population is concentrated in the southeast of Azerbaijan near the border with Iran, where the most of these people live.
		However, the leaders of Talysh national movement in the republic state that there are about 1-1.5 million representatives of this nationality in Azerbaijan.
	www.radiotehran.se /Produktion/ForstaSidan/visaText.asp?artikelId=2082 (751 words)

	iranian.com: Gholamreza Haghighattalab, Life, culture and history of Talysh people
		The Talysh number more than 600,000, of which 430,000 live in Talyshistan, a country included by Stalin's regime in the artificial state of Azerbaijan in 1921.
		In reaction, the Talysh declared independence from Azerbaijan, in the 7 districts of Talyshistan, with Lenkoran as a capital.
		The Talysh are Muslim Shias, as the Iranians.
	www.iranian.com /Features/2006/August/Talysh/index.html (1168 words)

	Book: Ergativity in Talish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Talysh is classified as a Northwest Iranian language that is spoken by roughly 200.000 people both in northwestern Iran and southern Azerbajdzan.
		The morphosyntax of Northern Talysh is characterized by a complicated split system which is based on the Northwest Iranian type of accusativity/ergativity dichotomy: It shows accusative features with present stem based transitive constructions, whereas past stem based construction tend towards an ergative behavior.
		The present portrayal of Northern Talysh is based on the author's fieldwork and is both descriptive and explanatory: it concentrates on features of actance typology explaining the architecture of its 'Operating System' and the emergence of split structures from both a typological and a cognitive perspective.
	www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk /~siamakr/Kurdish/KURDICA/2001/3/talish.html (336 words)

	Oneworld Multimedia :: Talysh :: February :: 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Incidently, I was in Talysh with Samuel Karapetyan of the Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) team and Tom de Waal, Caucaus Editor of the Institute of War & Peace Reporting (IWPR).
		Few ends are deader than Talysh, a community of Armenians surrounded on two sides by troops guarding a ceasefire line at its most north-easterly point in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed Armenian-held territory that is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
		Talysh was captured and recaptured during the Karabakh war; three-quarters of its 600 houses are still in ruins.
	oneworld.blogsome.com /2006/02/08/talysh (639 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
		Nearly 100,000 Talysh inhabit the northwestern regions of Iran.
		Although all of the Talysh groups speak their native language, most are also fluent in Azerbaijani, and some speak Russian or Farsi.
		The Talysh are virtually 100% Muslim, primarily of the Shi'ite branch.
	www.global12project.com /2004/profiles/clusters/8071.html (1029 words)

	Talysh people (Azerbaijan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Talysh language is an Iranian language of the western group.
		The Talysh National Movement is an emancipatory organization created by the Talysh people and is the heir of the Talysh political movements of 1993.
		I suspect that this flag was the flag of the Talysh Republic.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/az_taly.html (409 words)

	Armtown.com Discussion Forum - Forum built by Armenians, about Armenians / Iran Can Blow Up Azerbaijan From Within (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lezghins, Talyshs and Kurds are the indigenous inhabitants of Azerbaijan.
		The second one is strategic: raising the value of Aliev's regime in the eyes of Washington, in the context of a potential American-Iranian conflict.
		According to the confidant of the new president, Tehran plans first of all to use the ethnic factor, namely: to provoke the activation of Talysh national movement.
	armtown.com /forum/viewtopic.php?id=32 (1606 words)

	Talysh language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Talysh nouns have two cases; verbs use the same stem for the present and the past tenses, and have quite a large number of forms - 8 aspects and tenses, four moods and 2 voices.
		The syntax is distinguished by a number ergative constructions with transitive verbs in the past tense sentences.
		Talysh is quite close to some other minor dialects of the region: Harzani, Tati, etc.
	language.babaev.net /tree/iran/talysh.html (170 words)

	Talysh: Crackdown on Main Editor of Newspaper "Shavnisht"
		We call upon international and European organizations to voice concerns over the situation of the Talysh people, who, due to acts of lawlessness, are even deprived of the opportunity to publish a newspaper in their own language.
		We, the representatives of the Talysh intelligentsia, wish to see Azerbaijan transforming into a respected democratic nation with European values, where individual rights are respected; of each citizen and of all peoples within the country.
		Talysh: WS on the Case of the Talysh PeopleBackground and Present Situation of the Talysh
	www.unpo.org /article.php?id=4280 (485 words)

	Lenkoran - Lankaran - Azerbaijan - Azerb.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is a small seaside city near the southern border with Iran, with a population of 45.000, most of which are Iranian Talysh.
		The local military have had their moments of fame: twice this century Lenkoran was the capital of self declared independent Talysh states.
		The first time was in 1919 in the confusion after the end of WWI and the initial stages of the Russian civil war, the Talysh Mugam Socialist Republic was declared, it rejoined Azerbaijan a few months later.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/az-lenkoran.html (740 words)

	MINELREL-L Archive (04262001-22:51:47-15987)
		From: MINELRES moderator Original sender: Eldar Zeynalov Talysh autonomy: "Echo" response to the publication in "Nezevisimaya Gazeta" Someone is again "concerned" with the Talysh "autonomy" R.Orudzhiev Baku, 11 April 2001, Echo As we have informed before, a non-governmental organisation "Avesta" has been registered in Moscow.
		At the same time he is sure the Talysh autonomy is necessary, because "a people cannot be free as long as it oppresses other peoples", and calls for Talysh language to be the state language alongside Azeri.
		Talysh are so deeply melted with the Azeris that one can hardly speak of any discrimination.
	www.minelres.lv /minelres/archive/04262001-22:51:47-15987.html (712 words)

	MBG: Research: Russia: Ornamental plants from Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		South of the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbijan, are the Lenkoran Lowlands and Talysh, and the latter especially merits botanical exploration.
		The Talysh herbaceous endemics are of considerable horticultural interest because of their highly attractive nature.
		In Talysh, this plant grows from the coastal lowlands up to the altitudinal limits of mountain forest and is spectacular when flowering in profusion.
	www.mobot.org /MOBOT/research/russia/azerbaijan.shtml (858 words)

	Theses in Linguistics at UND: Tiessen 2003
		This thesis looks at the identification of positive vernacular orientation in the Talysh community of the city of Sumgayit, Azerbaijan, for the purpose of gaining a greater understanding of its causes.
		Positive vernacular orientation is shown to be weakest in third generation individuals born after 1991.
		Talysh use in the home during an individual’s childhood; economic, social and circumstantial factors in an individual’s life; and ethnolinguistic identity are presented as influential in producing positive vernacular orientation in an individual’s sociolinguistic behaviour.
	www.und.nodak.edu /dept/linguistics/theses/2003Tiessen.htm (301 words)

	The South Caucasus: A Regional Overview and Conflict Assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Talysh, finally, are a strongly Shi’ite Muslim Iranian group that lives in the extreme southeast of the country, on the Iranian border, numbering some 300,000.
		Talysh people live in the south of the country near the border with Iran, speak a western Iranian language and belong to the Shia branch of Islam.
		Talysh ethnic mobilization has been on decline since then, as many leaders of the so-called “Talysh Mugan Republic” were arrested.
	www.cornellcaspian.com /sida/sida-cfl-2.html (9244 words)

	TALYSH ISSUE, DORMANT IN AZERBAIJAN, REOPENED IN ARMENIA - Eurasia Daily Monitor
		The conference in Armenia did resolve to found an International Talysh Association, elected the association's steering committee, and announced plans to hold follow-up conferences and publish reference material on the Talysh with a view to helping preserve their ethnic identity, language, and cultural heritage.
		The Talysh are a largely agricultural, Shia Muslim population, speaking dialects closely related to Farsi.
		The attempt by unidentified circles in Armenia to reopen the dormant Talysh issue coincides with reports of significant progress in the negotiations with Azerbaijan over Karabakh, and may be designed to complicate the overall situation.
	jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2369811 (602 words)

	Talysh people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Talysh (also Talishi, Taleshi or Talyshi) are an Iranian people who speak one of the Northwestern Iranian languages.
		It is spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
		In the thesis Positive Orientation Towards the Vernacular among the Talysh of Sumgayit [3] the number of Talyshs speakers in 2003 is estimated to be at least 400,000 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talysh_people (373 words)

	The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Hellenic Republic
		In the west, beyond the boundary of Azerbaijan, the Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus are bound by the Likh (Suram) range to the east beyond the vast Kur-Araz lowland.
		A peculiar type of soil, yellowish, is distinguishable in the Talysh and Lankaran regions.
		In the Talysh forests there are several relict species of plants that can be found also only in the north of Iran.
	www.azembassy.gr /eng/ar/nature.shtml (4045 words)

	MINELREL-L Archive (04182000-19:46:11-8912)
		Local radio programmes are broadcast in Arabic in the Belokan district and in Lezgin and in Tati in the Khachmaz district.
		Specifically, the newspaper "Talyshi syado" and the magazine "Soz" are published in Talysh, the newspapers "Samur" in Lezgin and "Dengi Kurd" in Kurdish, and the newspaper "Gusar" is published in Lezgin in the Gusar district.
		An example worthy of mention is the State's approach to the language spoken by the inhabitants of the mountain village of Khynalyg.
	www.minelres.lv /minelres/archive/04182000-19:46:11-8912.html (2356 words)

	Talysh: WS on the Case of the Talysh People
		The Talysh are Shi’a Muslims, inhabiting the north-western areas of Iran and the southern areas of the modern Azerbaijan Republic.
		One of the main concerns of the Talysh is their cultural heritage and its preservation.
		As Azerbaijan is undertaking democratisation measures, it would be imperative that the Talysh are not discriminated against, and their culture institutionally protected.
	unpo.org /article.php?id=4001 (1528 words)

	Talyshistan - fravahr.org
		By giving power to then Caucasian Tatars (Turks), he was again doing it according to his Bolshevik plans, which pleased Turkey and its “anti-Western” dictator, Mustafa Kemal… (see also the fate of Nakhitchevan and Karabagh placed under Azerbaijan rule following the same accord Stalin-Kemal in 1921).
		Many of the Talyshes living in the lowlands cultivate fresh produce, including garlic, onions, pumpkins, melons, peas and grapes.
		P.S. Talysh became a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) on 26 June 2005: see here.
	www.fravahr.org /spip.php?article201 (1130 words)

	CRTC for ITCAMP: Coastal Profiles. Azerbaijan
		In coastal zone the Lesser Caucasus system, is represented by the Mountain Talysh folded system restricted on the north-west from the main structural zones of the Lesser Caucasus by Lower Araz superposited depression.
		The Mountain Talysh adjoins to the north-eastern side of the mountain-folded system of Elburs which frames the South Caspian deep-water depression on the south-west and south.
		The Mountain Talysh zone locates in lane of lateral transition from the mountain-folded system of Iranian Elburs to the Lower-Kura depression and represents a paleorift superposited on the Cretaceous volcanic island-arc of the Trans-Caucasian plate southern flank.
	www.caspianenvironment.org /itcamp/azeri1_3.htm (3605 words)

	Status of the Talysh language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Talysh or Talysh-speaking population of the Azerbaijan Republic is not more than 150,000.
		Talyshs or their language never was repressed by national majority of Azerbaijan.
		There are mass media outlets in Talysh language in Azerbaijan.
	lists.delfi.lv /pipermail/minelres/2001-May/001255.html (296 words)

	Lankaran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lankaran, or Lenkoran, (Azeri: Lənkəran) is a small city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran, with a population of 48,400 (2002), at least half of which are Talysh.
		Lankaran was for a long time the capital of the Talysh Khanate, which enjoyed variable degrees of independence throughout history.
		It was first held by Russia from 1728 to 1735, but only fell definitively to Russia's General Kotlyarevsky in 1813, status confirmed by the Treaty of Turkmenchay in 1828.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lankaran (663 words)

	Talysh People in Azerbaijan - Azerb.com / Talish
		Alazhan is believed to attack women during childbirth as well as new-born babies.
		The main organisation that represents the Talysh people is the Talysh National Movement.
		The objective of the Talysh National Movement is to work via the United Nations to realize its mission of self-determination and get recognition of the Talysh nation.
	www.travel-images.com /az-talysh.html (655 words)

	Talysh-Mugan Republic (Azerbaijan, Summer 1993) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Talysh people are an Iranian speaking people, who settled in the south of Azerbaijan.
		The Talysh language includes four dialects: Astara, Lenkoran, Lerk and Masal.
		Talyshtan became an independent khanate with Lenkoran as its capital city in the XVIIth century.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/az_taly.html (260 words)

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