In this post , various tribes (taefeha) and clans (tireha) will be identified. The Amaleh Tribe Amaleh means “workmen.” Members of this tribe have been mostly in the service of the ruling Qashqa’i family. The members of this tribe come from various other Qashqa’i and non-Qashqa*i tribes. They are named Amaleh because they have been in the service of the […]
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The information presented here was collected from a variety of sources, for there exists no definite recorded history. There are many theories about the name Qashqa’i. Some tribal elders believe that the name came from the Turkic word Kashqa, meaning “a horse with a white spot on its forehead.” Malek Mansur Khan, one of the present leaders of the tribe, believes
Most scholars agree that nomadism in Iran is not a new phenomenon. Peyman (1967) wrote that from the time of arrival of the Indo-Aryan race to the Iranian plateau, nomadism has existed. In later centuries, nomads from other races and other lands migrated to Iran. These migrations caused sociopolitical and economic alterations in the national fabric of society and its particular
Nomadism and tribalism are not one and the same phenomenon, although they can be related. The distinction between tribalism and nomadism has been expressed by David J. Marsden (1976:9) in The Qashqa*i of Iran, wherein he stated: To presume that all tribes are nomads and that all sedentary agriculturists are non-tribal is to confuse economic with political issues. . . .
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Iran, formerly known as Persia, comprises an area of approximately 628,000 square miles, bounded on the north by the Soviet Union, on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman, and on the west by Iraq and Turkey. The interior highlands and plains are surrounded
