Talk:Qizil Arslan

Latest comment: 4 years ago by CuriousGolden in topic Azerbaijani/Turkish name

Azerbaijani/Turkish name

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He ruled an Turkic-Azerbaijani empire and was a Kipchak turk himself. I don't understand why there shouldn't be Azerbaijani name of him available CuriousGolden (talk) 07:39, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Because we don't do historical revisionism in Wikipedia. Kipchak =/= Azeri. --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:03, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

By that logic, what's the reason for his Persian name? He wasn't persian nor ruled a persian empire. CuriousGolden (talk) 15:15, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Because Persian was the official language in his domain. Adding Azeri or modern Turkish is pure anachronism/revionism. HistoryofIran (talk)