The Bashkardi people are an Iranian ethnic group that speak the Bashkardi language in southeastern Iran. The Bashkardi people practice Islam and have an approximate population from 8,700 to 35,000.[1][2]
The Bashkardi people primarily live in villages in the mountains near Bashagard County in Hormozgan Province.[2] Ilya Gershevitch, expert on Iran, published "Travels in Bashkardia" in the Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society in 1959.[3]