"The Afshar (Azerbaijani: Əfşar), (Turkish: Avşar), (Turkmen: Owşar), (Persian: اَفشار Afshār), is one of the Oghuz Turkic tribes. These originally nomadic Oghuz tribes moved from Central Asia and initially settled in what is now Iranian Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Republic, Eastern Turkey. Later some of them were relocated by the Safavids to Khurasan, Kerman and Mazandaran. Today, they are variously grouped as a branch of the Azerbaijanis and Turkmens or Turkomans.
Afshars in Iran remain a largely nomadic group, with tribes in central Anatolia, northern Iran, and Azerbaijan. They were the source of the Afsharid, Karamanid, Germiyanid dynasties, Baku Khanate, Zanjan Khanate, Khalkhal Khanate, and Urmia Khanate." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
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