Baharlu (ethnic group)

The Bahārlou, also spelled Baharloo, Baharlooe (Persian: بهارلو), are a Turkic ethnic group living in Hamadan, Fars, Kerman, Azarbaijan and Khorasan in Iran.

The Baharlou was one of the Qezelbash tribes. Many Baharlous live in the district of Darab, home to the army of Darius the great. There are also a number of Baharlous which in the 14th century settled down in areas around Shahrekord in Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari, they got heavily mixed with the Bakhtiaris and Qashqais.

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