Chahar Lang
The Bakhtiari (also spelled Bakhtiyari; fa, بختیاری) are a Lurs, Lur tribe from Iran. They speak the Bakhtiari dialect of the Luri language. Bakhtiaris primarily inhabit Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and eastern Khuzestan, Lorestan, Bushehr Province, Bushehr, and Isfahan Province, Isfahan provinces. Bakhtiari tribes have an especially large population concentration in the cities of Masjed Soleyman, Izeh, Shahr-e Kord, and Andika County, Andika, and the surrounding villages. A small percentage of Bakhtiari are still nomadic pastoralism, pastoralists, migrating between summer quarters (''sardsīr'' or ''yaylāq'') and winter quarters (''garmsīr'' or ''qishlāq''). Numerical estimates of their total population vary widely. Origins Although there have been several suggested theories for the origin of the Bakhtiyaris, historians and researchers generally agree that they are Lurs. According to folklore, the Lurs are descended from a group of yo ...
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