Re: Neo Iranians: The Case of Azeri Turks
That's absurd... The region in question's modern name evolved from an Middle Persian form "Aturpatakan". Perhaps by the 14th century, the form of the name was Azerbaijan. That doesn't mean the inhabitants who've historically populated the territory were newcomers at this time. Perhaps the Oghuz Turks were, but if you check the results of these haplogroup tests, you'll see that the Turkmen like genes in the Azeri populations are quite low, even in the Republic north of the Arax. Clearly, the only newcomer into the region at the time in question was Turkic language and Shiite Islam. The people were largely the same as before.
That's absurd... The region in question's modern name evolved from an Middle Persian form "Aturpatakan". Perhaps by the 14th century, the form of the name was Azerbaijan. That doesn't mean the inhabitants who've historically populated the territory were newcomers at this time. Perhaps the Oghuz Turks were, but if you check the results of these haplogroup tests, you'll see that the Turkmen like genes in the Azeri populations are quite low, even in the Republic north of the Arax. Clearly, the only newcomer into the region at the time in question was Turkic language and Shiite Islam. The people were largely the same as before.
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