12 Facts About Bakhtiari people

Bakhtiari people tribes have an especially large population concentration in the cities of Masjed Soleyman, Izeh, Shahr-e Kord, and Andika, and the surrounding villages.

Small percentage of Bakhtiari people are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer quarters and winter quarters .

Bakhtiari people was later killed and succeeded by Jahangir Khan Bakhtiyari, who is responsible for splitting the Bakhtiyaris into two groups, the Haft Lang and Chahar Lang.

Constitutional Revolution: In Iran's contemporary history, the Bakhtiari people have played a significant role; particularly during the advent of the country's Constitutional Revolution .

Bakhtiari people are mainly from two tribal divisions, Chahar Lang and Haft Lang .

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The British documentary series The Ascent of Man in the first part of its second episode, "The Harvest of the Seasons, " shows the Bakhtiari people making the annual migration to the summer pastures.

Bakhtiari people are noted in Iran for their remarkable music which inspired Alexander Borodin.

Bakhtiari people nomads migrate twice a year with their herds for pasture: in spring to the mountains in their summer quarters, and in autumn to valleys and the plains in their winter quarters .

However, some Bakhtiari people engage in agricultural occupations, and mostly cultivate wheat and other cereal grains.

Temporary dwellings for the Bakhtiari people include rectangular tents or brush or wood shelters.

Recently, some Bakhtiari people have urbanized and began to settle in large villages and even in cities.

However, after the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Bakhtiari people underwent rapid changes so presently, Bakhtiari people women don't have the same kind of privileges they had before the revolution.