Gharabaghi or Qarabaghi (lit. "from Karabakh") is a common surname in Iran,[1] and to a lesser extent[citation needed] in Azerbaijan.[citation needed]
People edit
- Abbas Gharabaghi (1918 - 2000), last chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces as well as deputy commander-in-chief of the Iranian Imperial Army during the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty.
- Parviz Fattah Gharabaghi (born 1961) Iranian politician, former member of Revolutionary Guard and former minister of energy in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first cabinet from 2005 to 2009.
References edit
- ^ Babak Rezvani. Ethno-territorial conflict and coexistence in the caucasus, Central Asia and Fereydan Amsterdam University Press, 15 mrt. 2014 ISBN 978-9048519286 p 173