According to some linguists, the term ‘Tati’ was used by Turkic speakers to refer to non-turkic speakers.[15][16][17] This could explain why some sources claim the people of Alamut are Tats, while others claim they are Mazanderanies or Gilaks. Likely, the ‘Tats’ of Alamut are Mazanderani[18] or Gilak speakers who have been labeled as Tats as historically they were considered Mazanderani or Gilaks.[19][20][14]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 530,961 in 142,781 households.[21] The following census in 2011 counted 566,773 people in 169,078 households.[22] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 596,932 in 188,460 households.[2]
Administrative divisions
Qazvin County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
^The law establishing Qazvin province. rc.majlis.coim (Report) (in Persian). Guardian Council. c. 2022 [Approved 18 March 1376]. Notification 82844/T141K. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Islamic Council Research Center.
^واژۀ تات را مردم ترک زبان به همسایگان غیرترک خود اطلاق می کردند. برخی تات را مترادف تازیک و تاجیک (یعنی فارسی زبان) دانسته ان دانشنامه اسلامید.
^نامی که ترک ها به ایرانیان و کسانی که در سرزمین ترکان و یا سرزمین های تحت استیلای ترکان به سر می بردند... اند، فرهنگ عمید
^به گروههای مختلف از اقوام غیرترک اطلاق شده:۱ - طبق قول مندرج دردیوان لغات الترک (۲۲۴) این نام نزد همه ترکان در مورد ایرانیان بکار میرفته جلال الدین مولوی هم دراشعار ترکی خود این نام را به ایرانیان اطلاق کرده.
