Talish-i Gushtasbi () is the historical name of the northern Talish area, presently a part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the Abbasid Caliphate, there was a (partially equivalent) region called Gushtasfi (). People of northern Talysh are of Iranian stock and speak a northwestern Iranian language called Talysh. The chief cities of the mentioned area are Lankaran, Lerik, Masally and Astara. Talysh language speaking people lives mainly in Astara (most of population), Lerik (great part of population), Lankaran (little more than half of population), and in Masally constitutes only small part of population. Divided regions See also History of Talysh Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic The National Talysh Movement Storming of Lankaran References Бартольд В.В. Место прикаспийских областей в истории мусульманского мира. Баку. 1924. Минорский В.Ф. История Ширвана и Дербенда X XI веков. М., 1963. Агеев Г. Д., Квачидзе В. А. Разведки на западном побережье Каспийского моря // Археологические открытия 1970 года. — М.: Наука, 1971. Квачидзе В. А., Мамедов Р. А. Гидроархеологические исследования поселения Бяндован // Археологические открытия 1971 года. — М.: Наука, 1972. Квачидзе В. А. Подводная экспедиция на городище Бяндован // Археологические открытия 1975 года. — М.: Наука, 1976. A Mongol Decree of 720/1320 to the Family of Shaykh Zāhid / Vladimir Minorsky Geography of Azerbaijan History of Talysh