Shahram Azemoodeh
Translated by: Mojtaba Taattof
From 30th issues of Talesh magazine
Taleshs are one of the oldest inhabitants in Iran that have lived in Iran for years befor Aryans' migration.Taleshs were one of the nations that according to the some of Iranian great scholars' writings such as Dr.Mohammad Javad Mashkour, had settled in region that named today as Talesh,3000 years befor Aryan's migration to present Iran.To recognize about Talesh nation and it's land ,i introduce those for you in brief.
Talesh is a name of a zone that in present time one of it's parts in the nourth of Iran and in the provinces like Gilan and Ardebil and regarded parts of it located in the southern part of Azerbaijan Republic.Talesh definitely is a name of region in the Gilan province.But exactly Talesh in the past times has started from west of Sepid Roud(white river) in the nourth of Iran and includes to the river of Kura in the present Azerbaijan Republic.
Land of Talesh includes from Caspian sea by east and near to province of present Azerbaijan –e- Sharghi in the westnorth of Iran.Although of course Talesh in the distant times includes part of small Mede or land of Atropatkan that nowadays those located in the cultural territory of Talesh too.Talesh formed the main inhabitatnts of this vast land that from distant times were femouse by the names of Kadousian,Tilessan and Taleshan.Taleshan were among the nations that had a active presence in the many of historical events in Iran.In Avesta name of Their land came as Varena or Varne,although today recognized as Gilan.But just in the Talesh inhabited parts of Gilan which names of some where presented as Beren remind Varne or Varena.Kadousian wich were the ancestor of today Taleshan in the triumph of Babel by Datam's commanding , with 20000 dogfaces and 4000 cavalry men helped Kourosh's army and even their commander,Datam killed in that war.This indicates that population of Taleshan were so more than numbers we today believe.Talesh was appearance place of Zoroaster,The first believer prophet to God,the unique.Because,he got prophecy in Sabalan which is a part of ancient Talesh and has a Taleshi name.
Now Taleshs are inhabitatnts in many of Iranian cities,especially in the provinces of Gilan and Ardebil and their nambers estimated about one million people.In Azerbaijan Republic also Taleshs settled in the many of cities shuch as Lankaran,Masalli,Astara,Lerick and many of other cities .Also in Kazakhstan,Russia and some other countries Taleshan settled.Language of Taleshs is one of the Iranian pure languages that is popular as Taleshi.This language is among of Iranian languages which is under the Indo-Europian languages.Taleshi by itself divided into the three,Northern,central and shouthern branches.Taleshi language with Sanskrit,Parsi Duri,Kourdi,Gilaki,Balouchi,Louri and many of related to group of westnourth of Iran languages is approach.Acousticaly is so similar to Farsi Duri and Tajiki.
I present you a Taleshi poetry to know this Iranian language.
Shnarna manga tav khayli belanda
Shaha barzouna dimadim manda
Aki chama mina atash dachinou
Divounish bekarou gharibah banda
The moon is very high this night.
It's faced to Shah Barz Kouh( A temple).
Some one who make a fire between us(causes an argument)
Soltan Gharib Banda(A temple)
Will show him it's result.
Although Taleshs were one of natives in the extensive and land of Iran,but author believes that Taleshs were the same Aryans ,who later migrated all over Iran,India and Europ and… .We read in all of historical sources that Aryans migrated from Iran Veja.But Where have this territory been ?
To figure it out we should know,what words such as Iran,Iran veja or Iranvij and Aryan mean?All believe Aryan means gentle.Therefore Iranvij means land of gentlemen and Iran means same.I don't believe a language could be found that this word directly exists by the same meaning.But in the Taleshi language that it's Taleshan's especial language worldwide, words ARAN or ARAYN exist which as meaning of Iran has a positive meaning .In Taleshi language word ARAN means a place that faced sunshine.it's sunshiny and is not in shadow. And that's a appropriate place for growing plants and human and animal living.It's another equal in Taleshi is KHARAY. Also əj in Taleshi is used to connect some body to somewhere,like Teyranej means Tehrani,Tashkandej means someone from Tashkand and etc.Word Eirej that pronounce as Iraj means Iranian and it's old pronunciation.So Iranveja or Iranvij means some one from Iran and Iranian that usually consider it as meaning of Iran or Aryan's territory and birth place.Word ARAN and Kharay are faced point to Nesa in Taleshi language that means Shadowy, shadowfull and distant from sunshine.
Isn't really Aran reminder for Aran and Iran? Aran is also a zone named today Ghafghaz(Kavekaz= which in Taleshi Kav means green and Kaz means stone and rock and kavkaz means green stone).Aran in fact was the main,Iranian and old name for a land which today called Azerbaijan.That Azrebaijan that today is a indeoendent country from present Iran.
Land of old Aran which from past until today was the house of Taleshs,was the place that in fact Aryan's migrations start from.And there was one of the oldest places for Talesh's presence.Many researchers know kadousian or the ancestors of Taleshan as the old natives of present Iran befor the Aryan immigration.for example Dr.Javad Mashkour wrote about it(( about 3000 befor Christ,people in Iran got aware of copper and a little later than copper and stanne combination,gunmetal invented.In this period dirk was made that Talesh and Lorestan's inhabitants used dirk alot)).Sir Arnold Willson wrote:((Iran's primary inhabitants’ generations still in Gilan and Mazandaran in the forests areas near to sea could be found.He added these people by Aryan desert settled people expelled from their fatherland and this strarted 2000 befor Christ and lasted for centuries. )).His mean can’t be about any group but Talesh,because Taleshs still settle in Gilan and Mazandaran.With favor what came up ,there is a distance for centuries at the time which Aryans have began their trip that endorses Taleshs are Aryan.
Now ,if we aim ,what came is not accurate and Taleshs are not same Aryans,but we can not deny this point that present Talesh are among the people who combined with Aryans and are among the Aryan and gentle in Iran which has Aryan culture and are from the Aryan race.Because one of the routes that was the passing way of Aryan ,was the present Talesh .Present Taleshs beside other Iraninas have a sense of proud for being Iranian and Aryan and are one of the little Iranian nations that kept their pure and Aryan culrure mostly and attempet morhe than past to keep them.
Sources
1:Mashkour,Mohammad Javad- Iran in the Ancient time.
2:Abdoli,Ali – Who are Talesh s?.
3:Tavilli,Aziz- General history of Anzali.
4:PIr Nia – History of ancient Iran.
5:Abdoli,Ali – Talesh,Birthplace of Zoroaster.
6:Ahmadi.Hossein- Research on Talesh(quartly magazine).
7:Ghanbar Ov,Baldadash- magazine of Talesh.
8:Gholi Zadeh,Mohammad Reza – Aran(magazine).
