Zikirti
Encyclopedia
Zikirti or Zikirtu, was an ancient land in northern Zagros, which comprised the easternmost part of Greater Mannae. Geographically it corresponds with the modern counties of Takab
and Shahindej
in northwestern Iran
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The people of Zikirti are usually identified with ancient Iranian
Sagartians, mentioned by Herodotus
Takab
Takab is a city in and the capital of Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 43,702, in 10,078 families. Its ancient name was Shiz. The main spoken languages are Kurdish and Azeri....
and Shahindej
Shahindej
Shahin Dezh is a city in and the capital of Shahin Dezh County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,204, in 8,671 families.Shahin Dezh is located southeast of Lake Urmia about 1,300 metres above sea level...
in northwestern Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
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The people of Zikirti are usually identified with ancient Iranian
Iranian peoples
The Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...
Sagartians, mentioned by Herodotus
Herodotus
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the 5th century BC . He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a...