[82] [34] He considered that Iranian Croats, after the Huns invasion around 370 when the Huns crossed the Volga river and attacked the Iranian Alans at the Don river, abandoned their initial Sarmatian lands and arrived among the Slavs at the waste lands north of Carpathians, where they gradually Slavicized. [89]

Feb 3, 2025 · According top ancient documents, these two ethnic groups were tribes of Iranian origin that had accepted Slavic subjects among themselves. Noel Malcom says that new theories confirm historical knowledge.

gives a general essay on the protohistory and Iranian origin of ancient Croats, and dr. E. Pascenko offers a short digest from his recent book on the Iranian Croats in medieval Ukraine.

4 days ago · "Ancient Croatian folk art bears eastern and Iranian traces, particularly the Croatian "troplets". The Croats also brought over from Iran their national coat of arms with its 64 red and white checkers.

Summary: The people of Croatia, a separated republic of the former Yugoslavia, are almost fully certain about their Iranian origin. The issue was reiterated in a symposium held by the Iranian cultural counsellorship in the capital city of Zagreb with the participation of prominent Croat historians and Iranologists.

6 days ago · While the early theories linking Croats to Iranian origins are captivating, modern historical and genetic evidence firmly places Croatians within the South Slavic ethnic group. The Croat identity has been shaped by Slavic migrations …

TEHRAN Based on the existing evidence, the Croatian researchers believe that Croats are of Iranian origin, said Iran's former cultural attache in Croatia, Masood Eslami. In an interview with the TEHRAN TIMES, he said, Croats were among the Iranian tribes in the era of Darius I.

The Croats (/ ˈ k r oʊ æ t s /; [49] Croatian: Hrvati, pronounced [xr̩ʋǎːti]) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language.

Debates continue over the origin of the Croats and related topics. Their ethnonym is usually considered to be of Iranian origin, and historians regard them one of the oldest Slavic tribes or tribal alliances that formed prior to the 6th century CE.

Apr 19, 2016 · According to him Croats were people descending from the Sarmatians, an ancient Eastern Iranian people who started their westward migration around the 6th century BC, coming to dominate the closely related Scythians by the 2nd century BC.