Khorasani Baloch
{{Short description|Baloch living in the Khorasan region of Iran}}
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| popplace = mainly Razavi Khorasan, but also South Khorasan, and Golestan province
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{{Baloch people}}
The Baloch of Khorasan ({{langx|bal|{{nq|خراسانءِ بلۏچ}}}}) are a group of Baloch people who settled in Khorasan.{{cite book |last1= Schiffman|first1=Harold F.|title=Language Policy and Language Conflict in Afghanistan and Its Neighbors |date=2012 |page=326|publisher=BRILL |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52aicl9l7rwC|isbn=9789004201453}}{{cite book |last1=Windfuhr|first1=Gernot|title=The Iranian Languages |date=2012 |page=634|publisher=Routledge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7au4-y3Q-AC|isbn=9781135797034}} This group migrated from Balochistan to Khorasan and settled mainly in Birjand, Sabzevar, Quchan, Neishabur, Sarakhs and other cities of Khorasan.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khorasan-1-ethnic-groups |title=KHORASAN i. ETHNIC GROUPS |website=Encyclopædia Iranica}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.lingfil.uu.se/research/the-balochi-language-project/ |title=The Balochi Language Project
|website=Uppsala University|date=23 May 2024
}}{{cite news|url=http://library.sharif.ir/parvan/resource/260027/%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86 |author=Sir Charles Yate |author-link=Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet|title=A travelogue of Khorasan and Sistan |work=Sharif University of Technology|location=Iran|access-date=19 January 2024}}{{Cite book |url=http://library.sharif.ir/parvan/resource/259814/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%87-zwnj-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7--%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%81-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84---|title=An introduction to the knowledge of tribes, nomads and nomadic clans of Iran
|publisher=Sharif University of Technology|date=1367
|location=Iran|access-date=19 January 2024}}
History
Settlement of Baloch to Khorasan were initiated by Nader Shah and some baloch clans moved to Khorasan during the reign of afsharid dynasty.{{cite book |last1=Mīrńiyā |first1= Alī |title=Nomadic clans of Khorasan, The political role of the heads of the great clans in the affairs of the country and their relations with the governments and colonialists(In Persian)|date=1990 |page=173|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pizh%C5%ABhish%C4%AB_dar_shin%C4%81kht_i_%C4%AAlh%CC%81%C4%81_va/8IwdAAAAMAAJhl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86|language=fa}}
Language
The languages of the Baloch of Khorasan are balochi and Rakhshani dialect.{{cite web |title=Ethnic Identity of the Baloch People|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280233271|access-date=January 19, 2024}}
Culture
A distinct group of carpets woven by the Baloch tribes in Khorasan region in Iran are known as Baloch carpets.{{Cite web |title=Baluchi rug |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Baluchi-rug |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299132478|title=Carpets Design and Map Investigation of Baluch of Khorasan}}
Villages
In South Khorasan, the Baloch live as nomads and in the cities of South Khorasan as a group. In Birjand, Qaen, Nahbandan and Torbat Jam,{{cite book |last1=Taheri|first1= Ahmad Reza |title=A Sociopolitical Study of Iranian Baloch Elites (1979-2013) |date=2014 |page=13|publisher= Lulu.com |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lfpBgAAQBAJ|language=en|isbn=9781312349681}} there are Baloch-inhabited areas that live densely with other ethnic groups.{{GEOnet3|-3821134|Zu ol Farrokh}}