Qajar (tribe)
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Over 35,000 (1994) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Iran | |
| Languages | |
| Persian Azerbaijani | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Oghuz Turks |
The Qajars (Persian: ایل قاجار, romanized: Ile Ǧâjâr; Azerbaijani: قاجارلار, romanized: Qacarlar) are a clan of the Bayat tribe of the Oghuz Turks who lived variously, with other tribes, in the area that is now Armenia, Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran.
By the end of the Safavid era, they had split into several factions. These included the Ziyādoghlu (Ziādlu), associated with the area of Ganja and Yerevan, as well as the Qoyunlu (Qāvānlu), and Davālu (Devehlu) the latter two associated with the northern areas of contemporary Iran.