Aha. Yes geographically this makes sense. Iranian Arabs live among Persians, Lurs and Baluch. Similarly the 1-2 million people of Iranian origin that live in Eastern Arabia are mainly of Persian, Iranian Arab, Lur and Baluch origin.
Yes, I know about this connection. In this case most of the Arabs of Iraq and Syria and Turkmens have good ties. In Kirkuk for instance the local Arabs and Turkmens stick together and are against Kurdish attempts of hijacking this city. @
1000 can confirm this as he has a grandmother that is Turkmen or what it was.
Also Ottoman armies I have read.
Anyway the Chinese user @
Wholegrain is an eminent expert in Arab history and I think that he also studies Arabic in Taiwan or where he lives. We miss his presence. He has also covered Turkmens in the Arab world but also Arabs in Caucasus and Central Asia/Afghanistan. He is a very knowledgable person.
You can see photos from Zanzibar in this thread that he once made.
Arabs in sub-Saharan Africa. | Page 2
Anyway I thought I was almost certain of there also being a presence of Azebaijani people in Eastern Africa. I must research on the history between Arabs and Azerbaijani people to learn more myself.
Azerbaijan is going to play against Italy in 40 minutes time btw!
KSA is playing against Uruguay and Suárez is back for the first time since his bitting. I do not know if you like football. It is 0-0 after the first half. Uruguay are 2 times World Champions and have the record in Copa América titles so they are one of the most historical national teams out there.
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