Nomadism In Iran
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Nomadism In Iran
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Author : Daniel T. Potts
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
Nomadism In Iran written by Daniel T. Potts and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Potts examines the development of nomadism in Iran over the course of three millennia. Evidence of nomadism in prehistory is examined and found insufficient to justify claims of its great antiquity. The background of the earliest nomadic groups, identified as Persian tribes by Herodotus, is examined within the context of the migration of Iranian speakers onto the Iranian plateau in the late second or early first millennium B.C. Thereafter, evidence of nomadic groups in Late Antiquity and early Islamic times is reviewed.
The Nomadic Peoples Of Iran
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Author : Richard Tapper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Nomadic Peoples Of Iran written by Richard Tapper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Iran categories.
With the 1978-79 Revolution in Iran, the Pahlavi dynasty fell and was replaced by the Islamic Republic. In the decades since the Revolution all sectors of Iranian society, from the middle-class villas of northern Tehran to the remotest villages and nomad camps, have undergone profound changes. For many years the country was difficult to access by outsiders. Foreign media provided images of bearded men toting guns, veiled women in the cities and the horrors of the war with Iraq, yet little was known of what was going on in the countryside. Some nomad tribes were reported to be barely surviving after suffering discrimination and reductions in numbers in the last years of the Pahlavis, whereas others were said to be experiencing something of a renaissance. This book documents the life of the nomads in Iran at the end of the twentieth century.
Frontier Nomads Of Iran
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Author : Richard Tapper
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-08-28
Frontier Nomads Of Iran written by Richard Tapper and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-28 with History categories.
Richard Tapper's 1997 book, which is based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and extensive documentary research, traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. The story is a dramatic one, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy, and their decline under the Pahlavi Shahs. The book is intended as a contribution to three different debates. The first concerns the riddle of Shahsevan origins, while another considers how far changes in tribal social and political formations are a function of relations with states. The third discusses how different constructions of the identity of a particular people determine their view of the past. In this way, the book promises not only to make a major contribution to the history and anthropology of the Middle East and Central Asia, but also to theoretical debates in both disciplines.
Tribeswomen Of Iran
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Author : Julia Huang
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-19
Tribeswomen Of Iran written by Julia Huang and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with Social Science categories.
Since the revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has permitted very few Western scholars to conduct research in the country. Foreign travellers and media persons have limited access and much Iranian scholarship tends to focus on the realms of politics and government. Here Julia Huang provides a remarkable account of local tribal Iranian life, offering a rare glimpse into the daily rhythms and social richness beyond the capital city of Tehran. The Qashqa'i are a confederation of nomadic tribes, of which the Qermezi ('Red Ones') are one, migrating semiannually between winter pastures near the Persian Gulf and summer pastures southwest of the city of Isfahan. Huang has visited and traveled with the Qermezi for extended periods across fourteen years. Drawing on her experiences, participation and observation, she offers an intimate window onto their life. She focuses on a small group of women spanning four generations who are part of a large extended family, and describes their ways of life, their activities and interactions, and their distinctive sociocultural and ecological setting. Like other nomadic peoples around the world, the Qashqa'i increasingly face pressures that threaten their livelihoods, lifestyles and culture. Huang shows us how women negotiate compromises between customary tribal values and external influences, and sketches their efforts to resist the influences of an Islamizing, modernizing and centralizing government. With shadows and resonances that rebound across the stories of these women, Huang is able to present multiple perspectives on events and contentious issues, for instance the politicized issue of women's state-mandated modest dress. Huang also explains how the Turkic-speaking Qashqa'i relate to the wider Iranian society and the Islamic Republic of Iran, adapting to a rapidly changing world while retaining tribal values and a distinctive ethnolinguistic identity as one of Iran's national minorities. In describing life at the local level in Iran, Huang depicts a community largely beyond the scope and reach of foreign travellers and the Western media. With rich ethnographic description and analysis, intimate portraits of the private lives and spaces of women and children, and diverse perspectives, this engagingly written account documents a disappearing way of life. 'Tribeswomen of Iran' is essential reading for all those interested in Iran, the Middle East, anthropology, nomadism and gender.
Nomads Of Luristan
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Author : Inge Demant Mortensen
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 1993
Nomads Of Luristan written by Inge Demant Mortensen and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Lur (Iranian people). categories.
The Lur nomads live Luristan in the west of modern Iran. Two Danish scholars, Carl Gunnar Feilberg and Lennart Edelberg, visited this region in 1935 and 1964 respectively, and assembled two valuable ethnographic collections which provide a remarkable perspective over time on the historical transformation of Lur nomadism.
Nomads In Postrevolutionary Iran
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Author : Lois Beck
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-19
Nomads In Postrevolutionary Iran written by Lois Beck and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with Social Science categories.
Examining the rapid transition in Iran from a modernizing, westernizing, secularizing monarchy (1941-79) to a hard-line, conservative, clergy-run Islamic republic (1979-), this book focuses on the ways this process has impacted the Qashqa’i—a rural, nomadic, tribally organized, Turkish-speaking, ethnic minority of a million and a half people who are dispersed across the southern Zagros Mountains. Analysing the relationship between the tribal polity and each of the two regimes, the book goes on to explain the resilience of the people’s tribal organizations, kinship networks, and politicized ethnolinguistic identities to demonstrate how these structures and ideologies offered the Qashqa’i a way to confront the pressures emanating from the two central governments. Existing scholarly works on politics in Iran rarely consider Iranian society outside the capital of Tehran and beyond the reach of the details of national politics. Local-level studies on Iran—accounts of the ways people actually lived—are now rare, especially after the revolution. Based on long-term anthropological research, Nomads in Postrevolutionary Iran provides a unique insight into how national-level issues relate to the local level and will be of interest to scholars and researchers in Anthropolgy, Iranian Studies and Middle Eastern Studies.
Tribal Pastoralists In Transition
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Author : Frank Hole
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2021-04-30
Tribal Pastoralists In Transition written by Frank Hole and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-30 with History categories.
In the spring of 1973, the Baharvand tribe from the Luristan province of central western Iran prepared to migrate from their winter pastures to their summer camp in the mountains. Seasonal migration in spring and fall had been their way of life for as long as anyone in the camp could remember. They moved their camp and their animals—sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, and chickens—in order to find green pastures and suitable temperatures. That year, one migrating family in the tribe allowed an outsider to make the trip with them. Anthropology professor Frank Hole, accompanied by his graduate student, Sekandar Amanolahi-Baharvand, traveled with the family of Morad Khan as they migrated into the mountains. In this volume, Hole describes the journey, the modern and prehistoric sites along the way, and the people he traveled with. It is a portrait of people in transition—even as the family follows the ancient migration path, there are signs of economic and social change everywhere. Illustrated. Supplementary videos (on the migration, weaving, harvesting, and the bazaars) can be found on Fulcrum (fulcrum.org/UMMAA).
Nomad
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Author : Lois Beck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Nomad written by Lois Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Iran categories.
This book documents the life and migratory cycle of nomadic pastoralism in Iran. The Qashqa'i have played an important role in religion and politics in Iran, but lately their way of life has been eroded by economic and social pressures and the intolerance of the government.
Nomad Military Power In Iran And Adjacent Areas In The Islamic Period
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Author : Kurt Franz
language : en
Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert
Release Date : 2015
Nomad Military Power In Iran And Adjacent Areas In The Islamic Period written by Kurt Franz and has been published by Dr Ludwig Reichert this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Air forces categories.
English summary: In Central Asia, the Iranian highlands and the Near East, the impact of nomadic groups on the course of history was more felt than in other parts of the world. The Mongol Empire, which extended from Baghdad to the China Sea, is but one example of the successful military and political enterprises of nomad conquerors. This nomad power over the long period from the expansion of Islam to European colonial intervention, which includes the rise and fall of several Turko-Mongol empires, is the subject of this anthology. The research focus is directed primarily to the conditions in which nomad power developed in the context of interrelated nomadic and sedentary ways of life. These interrelationships have been an essential aspect of the Collaborative Research Centre "Difference and Integration" (SFB 586) project from which this volume emerges. As Iran and the adjacent areas have historically been characterized by a complex geo-spatial environment of mobile and sedentary groups and political associations, they are especially suited to enquiry in this context. Questions are particularly asked as to the circumstances, development patterns and effects of political and military alliances between nomadic and sedentary leaders or groups. Could nomad military power be enlisted in the strategies of sedentary rulers? What objectives did nomad allies pursue in these circumstances and with what, partly unexpected, results? The volume also investigates the transformations that took place in states that emerged from nomad conquests. What political and military roles did rulers of ''post-nomadic'' sedentary states assign to the descendants of nomad conquerors? What roles did these groups claim for themselves? And did nomadic traditions linger on in these states? As well as the history of events and structures, contemporary conceptual approaches to nomad power and the visual representation of nomadic warfare in Persian miniature painting are also examined. The anthology thus sheds light on an important aspect of the history of Iran and neighbouring countries that has so far not been examined systematically. It will be of interest to specialists in Islamic history, particularly in Iran and Central Asia, and to any historian looking for a transregional perspective on mediaeval and early modern military history. German description: Der Einfluss nomadischer Gruppen auf den Gang der Geschichte war in Zentralasien, im iranischen Hochland und im Nahen Osten starker als in anderen Teilen der Welt. Das mongolische Weltreich, das sich von Bagdad bis zum Chinesischen Meer erstreckte, ist nur ein Beispiel fur erfolgreiche militarische und politische Unternehmungen nomadischer Eroberer. Die Macht nomadischer Gruppen in der langen Epoche von der Ausbreitung des Islams bis zur europaischen kolonialen Intervention, die den Aufstieg und Fall verschiedener turko-mongolischer Reiche zu beobachten erlaubt, ist das zentrale Thema dieses Sammelbandes. Dabei richtet sich das Interesse insbesondere auf die Entstehungsbedingungen nomadischer Macht im Kontext der Wechselbeziehungen zwischen nomadischen und sesshaften Lebensformen, welche im Mittelpunkt des Sonderforschungsbereichs "Differenz und Integration" (SFB 586) standen, aus dem dieser Band hervorgeht. Iran und die daran angrenzenden Gebiete zeichneten sich in historischer Zeit durch eine raumlich dichte Gemengelage mobiler und sesshafter Gruppen und politischer Verbande aus und eignen sich darum besonders zur Untersuchung. Gefragt wird nach den Umstanden, Verlaufsformen und Folgen politischer und militarischer Bundnisse zwischen nomadischen und sesshaften Herrschern oder Gruppen. Liess sich nomadische Militarmacht in die Strategien sesshafter Herrscher einbinden? Welche eigenen Ziele verfolgten die nomadischen Bundnispartner unter diesen Umstanden und zu welchen auch unerwarteten Resultaten fuhrte ihre Teilhabe? Thematisiert werden zudem die Transformationen in Staaten, die aus nomadischen Eroberungen hervorgingen. Welche Rollen wiesen die Beherrscher "post-nomadischer" sesshafter Staaten den Nachkommen der nomadischen Eroberer im Staats- und Militarwesen zu? Welche Rollen beanspruchten diese Gruppen selbst? Inwiefern wirkten nomadische Traditionen in diesen Staaten nach? Neben ereignis- und strukturgeschichtlichen Phanomen werden auch zeitgenossische konzeptionelle Entwurfe nomadischer Macht sowie die visuelle Reprasentation nomadischer Kriegskunst in der persischen Miniaturmalerei behandelt. Indem der Sammelband einen historisch gewichtigen und bislang nicht zusammenhangend untersuchten Aspekt der Entwicklung Irans und umliegender Lander beleuchtet, richtet er sich sowohl an Spezialisten der Geschichte der islamischen Welt, zumal der Iran- und Mittelasienwissenschaften, als auch allgemein an Historiker, die sich mit mittelalterlicher und fruhneuzeitlicher Militargeschichte in uberregional vergleichender Perspektive auseinandersetzen wollen.
Tribes And Empire On The Margins Of Nineteenth Century Iran
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Author : Arash Khazeni
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Tribes And Empire On The Margins Of Nineteenth Century Iran written by Arash Khazeni and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with History categories.
Tribes and Empire on the Margins of Nineteenth-Century Iran traces the history of the Bakhtiyari tribal confederacy of the Zagros Mountains through momentous times that saw the opening of their territory to the outside world. As the Qajar dynasty sought to integrate the peoples on its margins into the state, the British Empire made commercial inroads into the once inaccessible mountains on the frontier between Iran and Iraq. The distance between the state and the tribes was narrowed through imperial projects that included the building of a road through the mountains, the gathering of geographical and ethnographic information, and the exploration for oil, which culminated during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. These modern projects assimilated autonomous pastoral nomadic tribes on the peripheries of Qajar Iran into a wider imperial territory and the world economy. Tribal subjects did not remain passive amidst these changes in environment and society, however, and projects of empire in the hinterlands of Iran were always mediated through encounters, accommodation, and engagement with the tribes. In contrast to the range of literature on the urban classes and political center in Qajar Iran, Arash Khazeni adopts a view from the Bakhtiyari tents on the periphery. Drawing upon Persian chronicles, tribal histories, and archival sources from London, Tehran, and Isfahan, this book opens new ground by approaching nineteenth-century Iran from its edge and placing the tribal periphery at the heart of a tale about empire and assimilation in the modern Middle East.