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Bakhtiari people
Iranian tribe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bakhtiari (also spelled Bakhtiyari; Persian: بختیاری) are a Lur tribe[2] from Iran. They speak the Bakhtiari dialect of the Luri language.[3][4]
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Total population | |
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~1 million (2022)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, parts of: Khuzestan, Isfahan, Markazi, Lorestan | |
Languages | |
Bakhtiari Luri | |
Religion | |
Shia Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Lurs |
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Bakhtiaris primarily inhabit Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and eastern Khuzestan, Lorestan, Bushehr, and Isfahan provinces. Bakhtiari tribes have an especially large population concentration in the cities of Masjed Soleyman, Izeh, Shahr-e Kord, and Andika, and the surrounding villages.[citation needed]
A small percentage of Bakhtiari are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer quarters (sardsīr or yaylāq) and winter quarters (garmsīr or qishlāq).[5]