Oh, stop your none sense. What is Azeri tribe? Iran is not a tribal society. It is a multicultural one. Get it in your head. Also Azerbaijan is an artificial country made out of big powers games. It has not historical back ground. Your attempts to divide Iran is already failed. Let me assure you, some time in this century Azerbaijan will melt into Iran again. That is the only truth visible for your future. Iran is becoming more powerful day by day and soon Azerbaijan will rejoin itself or by Iranian help with the motherland. You are like Taiwan of China at best. At worst you already do not exist in most of Iranians mind. This is the truth. By the way I have a friend from Qazvin who tells me no more than 15% of people there are Azeri speaking. So you are lying. Either bring solid evidence for what you are claiming or keep your mouth shut.
Azerbaijani ethnicity consists of several Oghuz clans, such as Afshar, Shahseven, Qaradagh, Qarapapakh, Bayat, Baharlu and many more, Qajar are one of tribes that forms Azerbaijani ethnicity.
Really?
Seljuqs are our ancestors and after Seljuqs comes Atabegs, whom are themselves Seljuqs.
Eldiguzids (Atabegs of Azerbaijan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1136-1225.
Do you see
Azerbaijan there?
After Atabegs it is Ilkhanate. Ilkhanate made their capitals in Tabriz and Maragha, altough Mongol in origin, most of tribes they brought to settle in Azerbaijan were Turkic. They also accepted Shia Islam, so as you see Azerbaijan begins to become Shia centuries before Iran.
After Ilkhanate, it is Qara-Qoyunlu Turcoman tribes of Azerbaijan with their capital in Tabriz, and they are Shia. Again, Turcoman tribes of Azerbaijan are already Shia by this time...Iran is Sunni...Qara-Qoyunlu period are probably the most important one in history of Azerbaijan and Azeris, as they are Shia and makes distinction between Shia Azerbaijan and Sunni Anatolia (excluding eastern part) Oghuz Turks.
Aq-Qoyunlu Turcoman tribe from eastern Anatolia invaded Azerbaijan and Qara-Qoyunlu dissapeared. Aq-Qoyunlu were Sunni.
In Ardebil, Azerbaijan, Safavids rise, with the support of Shia Turcoman tribes of Azerbaijan and Eastern Anatolia, whom call themselves as "Qizilbash" and defeat Aq-Qoyunlu at the battle of Sharur in Nakhchivan. Shah Ismail then enters Tabriz and declares himself Shah of Azerbaijan.
He then later conquers modern Iran territority, and forcifully! converts Persians and others peoples to Shia faith.
So as you see, Iran and Persians are Shia because of Azerbaijan and Azeris.
Safavid capital are Tabriz, the official language are both Azeri and Persian, court and military language being Azeri, administrative language being Persian.
After Safavids there is Qajar rule, but at the same time there is also several Khanates on territority of Azerbaijan, both south and north of Araxes. Altough Qajars in principle ruled Khanates of Azerbaijan at first, later Khanates rebelled and become independent.
The Russians invaded in early 1800, annexing northern Khanates of Azerbaijan. The treaties of Turkmenchay and Gulistan between Russian empire and Qajar was that the 2 empires agreed frontiers as Araxes river, thus Russians left the southern Khanates to Qajars, which later with Pahlavi takeover become Iran.
About Azerbaijan Republic, after the first world war, as Russian empire collapsed Azerbaijan became independent in 1918, becoming also first ever democratic and secular republic in Muslim world. But it was short-lived, as in 1920 Bolsheviks invaded Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan was added into Soviet Union.
And after collapse of Soviet Union Azerbaijan are independent ever since.
