{{short description|Kurdish tribe}} {{for|places in Iran|Shaqaqi, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Shaqaai, Iran}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Shaqaqi | population = | image = | region1 = | pop1 = | ref1 = | region2 = | pop2 = | ref2 = | region3 = | pop3 = | ref3 = | region4 = | pop4 = | ref4 = | region5 = | pop5 = | ref5 = | region6 = | pop6 = | ref6 = | region7 = | pop7 = | ref7 = | region8 = | pop8 = | ref8 = | region10 = | pop10 = | ref10 = | region11 = | pop11 = | ref11 = | region12 = | pop12 = | ref12 = | region13 = | pop13 = | ref13 = | region14 = | pop14 = | ref14 = | region15 = | pop15 = | ref15 = | region16 = | pop16 = | ref16 = | region17 = | pop17 = | ref17 = | region18 = | pop18 = | ref18 = | region19 = | pop19 = | ref19 = | region20 = | pop20 = | ref20 = | region21 = | pop21 = | ref21 = | region22 = | pop22 = | ref22 = | region23 = | pop23 = | ref23 = | languages = Azerbaijani | religions = Shia Islam | native_name = | native_name_lang = | related_groups = }}
'''Shaqaqi''' ({{Langx|ku|شەقاقی ,Şeqaqî}}, {{Langx|fa|شقاقی}})<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 March 2019|title=هۆکارەکانی پەرەسەندنی تەشەیوع لە ناو کورددا چییە؟|language=ku|work=Diplomatic Magazine|url=http://diplomaticmagazine.net/politics/1901|access-date=4 July 2020|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703222503/http://diplomaticmagazine.net/politics/1901|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=شجره نامه صفوی مربوط به ایل شقاقی|url=http://www.asnad.org/fa/document/1025/|website=Asnad.org|language=fa}}</ref> is a Kurdish tribe in Iran.<ref name=":0">[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/shahsevan SHAHSEVAN] from Encyclopædia Iranica</ref> Its branches nowadays live in East Azerbaijan, Razavi Khorasan and North Khorasan provinces of Iran. They mainly speak Azerbaijani language and are Shiite Muslims.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=تذكره كعبه عرفان عرفات|url=http://www.ichodoc.ir/p-a/CHANGED/49/html/49-41.htm|access-date=3 July 2020|website=Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization Documentation Center|language=fa|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220134452/http://www.ichodoc.ir/p-a/changed/49/html/49-41.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Albeit sharing similar names, today they differ from the Shekak tribe,<ref>The Clash of Empires and the Rise of Kurdish Proto-Nationalism, 1905–1926: Ismail Agha Simko and the Campaign for an Independent Kurdish State, Mehrdad Kia, 2023, p. 58 {{ISBN|9783031449734}}</ref><ref>Bruinessen, M.M. van. "S̲h̲akāk". In P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English), (Brill, 2012) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6779</ref> who are Sunni and speak Kurmanji.<ref>Bruinessen, M.M. van. "S̲h̲akāk". In P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English), (Brill, 2012) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6779</ref>
== History == The Shaqaqi tribe has been described as brave warriors and they trained officers of soldiers of the Qajar dynasty since the reign of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kalīm Allāh Tavaḥḥudī|first=Awghāzī|title=حرکت تاريخي کرد به خراسان در دفاع از استقلال ايران|year=1981|pages=488|language=fa}}</ref>
== See also == * Sarab Khanate
== References == {{reflist|1}}
== External links == * {{EI2|last=Minorsky|first=V.|title=S̲h̲aḳāḳī|volume=9|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/shakaki-SIM_6780?s.num=1&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.q=shahsewan}}
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