Language/Iranian-persian/Culture/The-Bakhtiari

The Bakhtiari is a southwestern Iranian tribe. They speak Bakhtiari dialect, a southwestern Iranian dialect. In Khuzestan, Bakhtiari tribes are concentrated primarily in the eastern part of the province.

A small percentage of Bakhtiaries are still nomadic pastoralists.

Also, you can watch movies about Bakhtiari peoples :

1. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (About Bakhtiari people's life)

2. The People of the Wind ( About Nomad of Bakhtiari people)

and you can travel to some parts of Iran to visit bakhtiari villages and cities and peoples.

Bakhtiari people have a Noble culture.

Bakhtiari and Iranian-Arab peoples were first defenders of Iran in Iran - Iraq war.

Also, Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari is a famous Bakhtiari lady. She fought and stood in front of the Russian and British military strikes against Iran. we can't remember second "Sardar As-ad" (Sardar = General / Commander). 

Second Sardar as-ad: Ali Qoli Khan, Sardar As-Ad:

the 3rd son of Jaafar gholi Khan, was ilkhan (bakhatiari's tribe boss in Iran) , an Iranian revolutionary, a Thane of Bakhtiari Haft Lang tribe, and one of the primary figures of the Persian Constitutional Revolution.

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