Talish-i Gushtasbi (
Persian: تالش گشتاسبی) 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 (Persian: گشتاسفی). 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.