Historical References of Bakhtiyari Tribe
Perhaps the earliest written reference to the Bakhtiyari dates from approximately 1330 A.D. in Hamdullah Mostaufi‘s Tarikh-e Gozideh, and possibly the earliest written reference to the divisions […]
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Bakhtiyari Tribal Organization
The political grouping of the tribes below the Haft Leng and the Chahar Leng have been in a continuous state of change. Briefly, Barth writes, A […]
Bakhtiyari Tribe Origins
The origins of the Bakhtiyari and their division int two major groups of Haft Leng and Chahar Leng” have long puzzled historians and observers of Iran. […]
Symbiotic Land Use in the Zagros
First, the nomads and sedentary population complement each other in their seasonal use of land and pastures. As the Kurds, Lurs, and Bakhtiyari move out of […]
The Ethnic Composition of the Zagros
Brief mention has been made of the ethnic composition of the pastoral nomads who inhabit the Zagros: the Kurds in; the north, the Lurs in the […]
Pastoral Nomadism
The migration of nomadic tribes across arid and rugged wastelands— especially the Arabs, the Turkic tribes of Central Asia, and, in Iran, the Bakhtiyari— has long […]
The Bakhtiyari trible Economy and Migration
This migratory quest for pastures indicates the central economic role of sheep and goats, the largest and most important group of animals owned by the tribesmen. […]
The Physical Geography of the Bakhtiyari trible in Fars
The Bakhtiyari (the term refers not only to the people but also to the territory they occupy) itself encompasses approximately 20,000 square miles of which 12,000 […]
The Social Geography of the Bakhtiyari trible in the Zagros
The Bakhtiyari are a confederation of tribes of pastoral nomads who live in the Zagros mountains in an area west of Isfahan to the plains of […]
Impact of Settlement on Nomads in Iran
During the First Settlement Period 1934 – 1941 This period of history is considered by the majority of the nomadic population as one of the most […]