Bakhtiari Nomads, Bakhtiary, Ahayer in Iran - عشایر بختیاری در زاگرس

Описание: Bakhtiaris (اقوام و عشایر بختیاری) are one of the first inhabitants of Iran and settled in southwestern Iran. Natural resources and facilities such as water, forests, pastures, good rainfall, abundant catchments and valleys suitable for agriculture had made this land one of the best habitats and gathering places for human groups in the past. In addition, in the highlands of the Zagros and its slopes, a suitable environment was provided for the growth of forage and the life of different species of animals.



History of Bakhtiari nomads

The settlement of the Bakhtiari people was called Lorestan before the Safavids, but after that the settlement of this tribe was named Bakhtiari region. Today, the Bakhtiari people live in the provinces of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Isfahan, Lorestan, Kohgilubeh and Boyer-Ahmad. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari includes four places Lar, Kiar, Mizdaj and Gandman in addition to Bakhtiari lands.


Migration of Bakhtiari nomads

The annual migration of the Bakhtiari people is one of the most interesting and complex examples among the nomadic tribes around the world. Because the Bakhtiaris have to cross heights of more than 3,000 meters during the migration. They also have to be very careful when migrating so that they do not suffer from premature snow, mountain river floods and lack of pastures along the way.

Although in the first decades of the present century, large groups of Bakhtiari tribes, like other tribes and nomads of Iran, became homogenous, but still part of the tribe is nomadic. Bakhtiari nomads spend the winter in the plains of eastern Khuzestan and the summer in the western parts of the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari region.

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