Khorasani Kurds
Khorasani Kurds (Kurdish: کوردانی خۆراسان; Persian: کردهای خراسان) are Kurds who live in the provinces of North Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan in northeastern Iran, along the Iran-Turkmenistan border. Khorasani Kurds speak the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish and are Shia Muslims. Many Khorasani Kurds are bilingual in Khorasani Turkic, mainly due to intermarriages with Khorasani Turks. However, Persian is the lingua franca. There are about 696 Kurdish villages in the two Khorasan provinces. Many tribes are closely connected to the Khorasani Turks.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 500,000 to 1,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| mainly North Khorasan, but also Razavi Khorasan, and Golestan province | |
| Languages | |
| Kurdish, Persian, Khorasani Turkic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Shia Islam) |
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