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Khurramites



The Khurramites ( Khurrāmīyah or Khorrām-Dīnān, "followers of the right religion") were a Iranian religious and political movement which appeared in Āzarbāyjān and the rest of Iran in 814. An alternative name for the movement is Surkhjāmgān () or its Arabic equivalent Muhammrira - "those who wear a red headgear" - a refernce to their symbolic red headgear.



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