The Nomadic Peoples of Iran 1898592241, 9781898592242
With the 1978-79 Revolution in Iran, the Pahlavi dynasty fell and was replaced by the Islamic Republic. In the decades s
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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Preface
Introduction: The nomads of Iran
Mountain nomadism in Iran
The Bakhtiāri
Sacred spaces and potent places in the Bakhtiāri mountains
’When we had strength’: The Luri myth of a golden age
Boyer Ahmad
The world of the people of Deh Koh
Kurdish nomads of Western Āzarbāijān
Kurds of Khorāsān
The Torkashvand of Western Iran
The Qashqaʻi
The nomads of Kermān: On the economy of nomadism
Shahsevan nomads of Moghān
From nomads to farmers: The Turkmen of Iran
The Tālesh pastoralists in North-Western Alborz
The Baluch
The cattle breeders of Sistān
Notes
Bibliography
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Cover
Contents
Preface
Introduction: The nomads of Iran
Mountain nomadism in Iran
The Bakhtiāri
Sacred spaces and potent places in the Bakhtiāri mountains
’When we had strength’: The Luri myth of a golden age
Boyer Ahmad
The world of the people of Deh Koh
Kurdish nomads of Western Āzarbāijān
Kurds of Khorāsān
The Torkashvand of Western Iran
The Qashqaʻi
The nomads of Kermān: On the economy of nomadism
Shahsevan nomads of Moghān
From nomads to farmers: The Turkmen of Iran
The Tālesh pastoralists in North-Western Alborz
The Baluch
The cattle breeders of Sistān
Notes
Bibliography
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