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==Online Sources== | ==Online Sources== | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] | * [http://search.qajarwomen.org/search?lang=en&filter=subjects_en:passports Iranian passports] - A small collection of passports from the Women's World in Qajar Iran archive | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast | * [https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/cids/#browse-collections Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies] - Collections highlighting the immigration and lives of Iranians in San Francisco, CA. | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=iran&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Iran | *'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=iran&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Iran | ||
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | *'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | ||
===British Overseas Subjects=== | ===British Overseas Subjects=== | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=iran British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Iran ] at Findmypast, index | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=iran British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Iran ] at Findmypast, index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=iran British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Iran ] at Findmypast, index | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=iran British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Iran ] at Findmypast, index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Ancestry, index | *[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Ancestry, index & images ($) | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Iran== | ==Finding the Town of Origin in Iran== | ||
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*A '''Black African''' population exists due to '''historical slavery'''. | *A '''Black African''' population exists due to '''historical slavery'''. | ||
*A substantial number of '''Russians''' arrived in the early 20th century as '''refugees from the Russian revolution''', but their number has dwindled following the Iran crisis of 1946 and the Iranian Revolution. | *A substantial number of '''Russians''' arrived in the early 20th century as '''refugees from the Russian revolution''', but their number has dwindled following the Iran crisis of 1946 and the Iranian Revolution. | ||
*In the 20th to 21st centuries, there has been limited immigration to Iran from ''' | *In the 20th to 21st centuries, there has been limited immigration to Iran from '''Türkiye, Iraqis '''(especially huge numbers during the 1970s), '''Afghanistan''' (mostly arriving as refugees in 1978), '''Lebanese''' (especially in Qom, though a Lebanese community has been present in the nation for centuries), '''Indians''' (mostly arriving temporarily during the 1950s to 1970s, typically working as doctors, engineers, and teachers), '''Koreans''' (mostly in the 1970s as labour migrants), '''China''' (mostly since the 2000s working in engineering or business projects), and '''Pakistan''', partly due to labour migrants and partly to Balochi ties across the Iranian-Pakistani border. | ||
*About 200,000 '''Iraqis''' arrived as '''refugees''' in 2003, mostly living in refugee camps near the border; an unknown number of these has since returned to Iraq.<ref>"Ethnicities in Iran: Recent Migration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicities_in_Iran#Recent_immigration, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref> | *About 200,000 '''Iraqis''' arrived as '''refugees''' in 2003, mostly living in refugee camps near the border; an unknown number of these has since returned to Iraq.<ref>"Ethnicities in Iran: Recent Migration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicities_in_Iran#Recent_immigration, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Iran== | ==Emigration From Iran== | ||
According to various sources, in 2010, there were an estimated between 2 to 3 million Iranians living abroad, mostly in '''North America, Europe, Persian Gulf States, | According to various sources, in 2010, there were an estimated between 2 to 3 million Iranians living abroad, mostly in '''North America, Europe, Persian Gulf States, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.''' Others estimate a lower number, of around 1.5 million or less. For the most part, they emigrated '''after the Iranian Revolution in 1979'''. On 21 of February 2021 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran) published new statistics showing that 4,037,258 Iranians are currently living abroad according to their data.<br> | ||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_Germany Iranians in Germany] | |[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_Germany Iranians in Germany] | ||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | |[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Türkiye Immigration to Türkiye] | ||
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| Australia | | Australia | ||
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*[[United Arab Emirates Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[United Arab Emirates Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Türkiye Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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