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	Bakhtiari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Khuzestan, Bakhtiari tribes are primarily concentrated in the eastern part of the province.
		Bakhtiaris primarily inhabit the provinces of Lorestan, Khuzestan, Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, and Isfahan.
		In Iranian mythology, the Bakhtiari consider themselves to be descendants of Fereydun, a legendary hero from the Persian national epic, Shahnameh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bakhtiari (238 words)

	Bakhtiari - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		BAKHTIARI, one of the great nomad tribes of Persia, whose camping-grounds are in the hilly district, known as the Bakhtiari province.
		This province extends from Chaharmahal (west of Isfahan) in the E., to near Shushter in the W., and separated from Luristan in the N. by the Dizful river (Ab i Diz), and in the S touches Behbahan and Ram Hormuz.
		The Bakhtiari number about 38,000 or 40,000 families, under 200,000 souls, while the area of the district occupied by them is about 25,000 sq.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bakhtiari (291 words)

	Bakhtiari - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bakhtiari, tribal group, numbering around 850,000, living in SW Iran, in a mountainous region (c.25,000 sq mi/64,750 sq km) in Khuzestan and Esfahan provs.
		The Bakhtiari are Shiite Muslims and are famed for their courage and independence.
		Muhammad Reza Shah was married (1951-58) to Soraya, the daughter of a Bakhtiari chieftain.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-bakhtiar.html (376 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for Bakhtiari in Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Bakhtiaris of Iran are a tribal people that live in the west central region of Iran near the Zagros mountains.
		Their basic social and economic unit is the nuclear family upon which larger units are built, from the extended family level through the tribal level.
		Loyalty to the family comes first for most Bakhtiaris, and loyalty decreases as the group level moves away from this unit.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=63004 (607 words)

	Bakhtiaris
		Bakhtiari history, stretching back to the fourteenth century, and the 200-year leadership role of Duraki khans within it tantalize the social historian of Iran.
		"Bakhtiari" itself means bearer,or friend, of luck or good fortune, it is posited that the name "Bakhtiari" became associated with these pastoral nomads from some time in the Safavid period (1501-1722).
		A more mythical piece of folk-history is the legend that the Bakhtiari are descendents of the men who were allowed to escape the fate of having their brains fed to the serpents growing from the shoulders of Zahak-e Mar-Dush, whose legend may be read in Firdausi's "Shah-Nameh" (Book of Kings).
	www.farhangsara.com /bakhtiari_history.htm (1373 words)

	Peak oil and Bakhtiari's 4 phases of transition \| EnergyBulletin.net \| Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
		Bakhtiari is a former senior energy expert who spent his long career, which started in 1971, employed by the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) of Tehran, Iran.
		Bakhtiari's statement that "OPEC died in 2004" is an interesting viewpoint, in light of his idea about the nature of T2, when OPEC production will surpass non-OPEC production.
		Dr. Bakhtiari wrote this in the context of a discussion in which he estimated total oil reserves in the Middle Eastern group of major oil-producing nations (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) as about half, or even less, than what the respective national governments claim.
	energybulletin.net /19701.html (1651 words)

	Music of Bakhtiari
		During recent times and due to expansion of communicative technology, the traditional tunes have become more unknown (unfamiliar) to the ears which are used to hear the other abstract and sometimes eclectic types of music.
		Nowadays, the examples of Bakhtiari music are for the most part influenced by a major Maqam and its related melodies.
		Mourning in its mythologic sense is still prevalent in Bakhtiari funeral music, though not in its original form but the overall structure is deducible.
	www.farhangsara.com /bakhtiari_music.htm (500 words)

	Bakhtiari
		Bakhtiari rugs are among the best known of the garden style carpets which feature flower designs in compartments.
		Bakhtiari rugs are named for the Bakhtiari tribe found in the area southwest of Isfahan.
		The Bakhtiari tribe is located in a region known for having very luxurious wool, which produces excellent carpets.
	www.carpetbuyer.com /pages/bakhtiari.htm (341 words)

	Fixing Australia: Bakhtiari family taken: Deported to danger
		Mr Bakhtiari has just been "taken" from his compound at the Baxter detention centre, and he was told when authorities collected him, that all his children are 'waiting for him at the airport'.
		Mrs Bakhtiari and her children - ranging in age from one to 16 - were taken from their house in Adelaide to immigration detention in Port Augusta on December 18.
		Ali Bakhtiari arrived in Australia in 1999 separately from the rest of his family, and sought asylum, saying he was a persecuted Hazara farmer from a small Afghan village.
	www.safecom.org.au /2004/12/bakhtiari-family-taken-deported-to.htm (9444 words)

	Province of Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari - WikIran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari (Persian: چهارمحال و بختیاری) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		The summer quarters of the latter are in the vicinity of the province of Lurestan, while the Haft Lang tribe form their jurisdiction in and around the townships of Brujen, Lordegan, Farsan, Ardal and the provincial capital.
		Bakhtiari territory at times came under the administration of the neighboring southern province of Fars and at times was also part of Khuzestan province.
	www.wikiran.org /w/index.php?title=Chahar_Mahal_and_Bakhtiari (471 words)

	bakhtiari rugs BAKHTIARI rugs bakhtiari carpets Oldcarpet Antique Oriental Rug Persian Rugs online
		Another important BAKHTIARI design consists of a decorated field with lattice designs and floral ornaments that are as distinctly executed as the well-drawn medallion carpets of Saman.
		BAKHTIARI rugs are named for the BAKHTIARI tribe, one of the most ancient and well-known Persian tribes, found in the area southwest of Isfahan.
		The center of the BAKHTIARI weaving area is now southeast of Isfahan in Shahr-Kurd, and rugs of lesser quality are known by their place of manufacture, such as Bibibaff, Saman, and Luri.
	www.oldcarpet.com /bakhtiari.htm (444 words)

	Barbara's Interview with Dr. Ali Samsam Bakhtiari \| Participate.net
		As Dr. Bakhtiari said in the interview: "Not many people are aware of 'peak oil'," The fact that he is the senior expert at the Iranian National Oil Company (NIOC) gives the interview a bit more credibility.
		Bakhtiari seems like a bright guy who knows a lot about the oil industry, and he just doesn't happen to be an American.
		Bakhtiari is the enemy in my eyes, he is part of a regime that doesn't believe in the holocaust and feels all Jews should die along with the infidels in the West.
	www.participate.net /node/757 (3283 words)

	Bakhtiaris
		The annual Bakhtiari migration in April from their Garmsir, or winter quarters in Khuszistan, to their Sardsir, or summer pastures in the Chahar Mahal region of the plateau south/west of Esfahan, takes from four to six weeks.
		It is an epic of human courage and endurance in which men, women and children of all ages, with their animals and household goods, travel by five different migrations routes across some of the wildest and most difficult mountain country in Persia in their search for grass.
		No on seems to know precisely how many Bakhtiaris there are in Persia (Iran); one estimate, which may be on the high side, is of 450,000, perhaps half being migratory and pastoral, the rest agricultural and settled.
	www.farhangsara.com /bakhtiari.htm (519 words)

	BAKHTIARI,Oldcarpet.com, Antique Oriental Rug, Persian Rugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		BAKHTIARI rugs usually area among the best known are the Garden carpets with their flower and tendri-filled compartment designs.
		The old Bakhtiari are high price but the newer one are fairly lower price you can pay as low as $3.96 Price Per Square Feet(PSF) for a nice BAKHTIARI rug.
		The Center of BAKHTIARI weaving area is found south-east of Isfahan in Shahr-Kurd.
	www.oldcarpet.com /fr/bakhtiari.htm (435 words)

	Jozan: Bakhtiari - travelling in Iran 1998 by Lars Nygaard
		In a fantastic film taken about 1910, called "Grass", migrating Bakhtiaris are shown when crossing high altitude mountains chopping steps in the firm ice of a glacier with axes, thus making it possible for men and animals to cross the peak.
		A tent with Bakhtiari women and children stood near by and Mashkaram asked them if they knew the route to our tent.
		We were greeted by two elderly and one younger gentleman, one being the Bakhtiari Chief and his son.
	www.jozan.net /2004/TheBactiaries.htm (1149 words)

	Bakhtiari Rugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bakhtiari rugs are perhaps one of the finest of the Persian tribal rugs.
		Bakhtiari rugs are hand woven by the semi-nomadic Bakhtiari tribes people residing in Central Iran.
		The garden design of the Bakhtiari rug is a favorite of many Persian rug enthusiasts because it is a very humble and muted artistic expression that isn't too overwhelming.
	www.better-rugs.com /region.asp?Name=Bakhtiari (569 words)

	Bakhtiari \| Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
		The wives of khans or chieftains have been known to act as judges, and women sometimes head a migrating group of other women and children in the summer, after the men depart with the animals to mountainous pastures.
		Although their origins are obscure, the Bakhtiari are believed to have migrated from Syria in the tenth century CE.
		Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944), who was elected shah in 1925, forced many Bakhtiari into settlements in the 1920s and 1930s during his attempts to modernize the country, but the Bakhtiari regained their prominence following his abdication in 1941.
	www.bookrags.com /research/bakhtiari-ema-01 (355 words)

	Welcome to Bakhtiari.com
		The Bakhtiari tribe, which numbers more than 800,000, inhabits an area of approximately 67,000 sq km (25,000 sq mi) that straddles the central Zagros Mountains in Iran.
		The Bakhtiari speak a dialect of Persian called Luri and are Shiite Muslims.
		The confederacy was most effective in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the Bakhtiari played an important role on the national level in Iran's constitutional movement.
	www.bakhtiari.com /html/bakhtiari.htm (278 words)

	Princess Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari
		The Bakhtiaris were ordered to surrender their Arms to the representatives of the Government and the Khans were forced to sell or relinquish their shares in the oil companies.
		Bakhtiaris were also rounded up for conscription duties away from their territory.
		The strange bed-fellowship of the British and the Bakhtiaris was especially troubling to Reza Shah as he had become a great admirer of the Germans and had closed his eyes to the activities of the German agents in the country.
	www.bakhtiarifamily.com /soraya.php (5607 words)

	Bakhtiari addresses the Australian Senate Committee \| EnergyBulletin.net \| Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
		Bakhtiari also touches on Australian water shortages, Peak Gas, shale oil, tar sands and other non-conventional oils, free public transport in Perth, airlines, shipping, and his four stage model of oil depletion.
		In fairness, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (public media) did run a radio interview with Bakhtiari the day before, as well as producting the afore mentioned Peak Oil documentary.
		A few articles were run regarding Bakhtiari's comments on Antartica being at risk from exploration, however no news media picked up on the broader significance of his comments before the Senate.
	www.energybulletin.net /18506.html (2508 words)

	Bakhtiaris
		The tribal leaders or khans, especially those of the Bakhtiari tribes, were involved in national politics and were considered part of the prerevolutionary elite.
		At the height of Bakhtiari influence, roughly from 1870 to 1930, the term Bakhtiari came to be associated not just with the nomadic tribes that provided the military prowess of the confederation but also with the villagers and even town dwellers who were under Bakhtiari jurisdiction.
		The Chahar Lang are located in the northwest of the Bakhtiari country and until the middle of the nineteenth century retained the leadership of all the Bakhtiari tribes.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iran/bakhtiaris.htm (421 words)

	Release Bakhtiari children, lawyers tell court - National - www.theage.com.au
		The five Bakhtiari children should be released from detention while their father continued legal action to remain in Australia, the Federal Court was told today.
		However, Mr Bakhtiari, who is being held at the Baxter detention centre, was pursuing legal action indefinitely.
		Mr Bakhtiari later made headlines after media inquiries revealed the family came from Pakistan and not Afghanistan as he claimed on his visa application.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/05/26/1085461813957.html (378 words)

	PM - Oil demand will soon outstrip supply: industry planner
		Dr Ali Samsam Bakhtiari is a senior planning expert with the National Iranian Oil Company and he's in Australia to warn that the world's demand for oil is now close to outstripping supply.
		SAMSAM BAKHTIARI: You would still be left with a sizeable amount of production but cutting Yukos, cutting one, one point seven million out of the 81 million that you are relying on now would be a serious dent in the supply side.
		MARK COLVIN: Doctor Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, Vice President of the National Iranian Oil Company, speaking to me on the line from Perth where he is speaking at the Sustainable Transport Coalition's conference on living with less oil.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1172404.htm (1045 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:bqi
		Southwestern Iran: western Chahar-Mahal va Bakhtiari, eastern Khuzestan, eastern Lorestan, and western Esfahan.
		Bakhtiari is on a dialect continuum between Northern Luri and Southern Luri.
		Farsi dialects in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province are mutually intelligible with Bakhtiari.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=bqi (129 words)

	Guide to Bakhtiari Village Rugs
		The Bakhtiari weaving area `begins South of Borugerd east and south of the Zagros Mountains, and west of the Isfahan plain.
		Bakhtiari rugs and carpets have symmetrical knots may be single or doubled wefted.
		Bakhtiari migrate mainly from Bakhtiari and Esfahan provinces (summer) to Khuzestan (winter).
	www.spongobongo.com /0her9897.htm (693 words)

	Antique Bakhtiari Rugs from Persia by the Nazmiyal Collection
		Antique Bakhtiari carpets, produced in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, are one of the few types that can encompass nomadic tribal as well as urban Persian design.
		Many Bakhtiaris are in fact tribal pieces that rely upon a repertoire of abstract geometric and animal motives.
		But Bakhtiari weavers are also acclaimed for their ability to produce sophisticated medallion allover, and garden designs of classical Persian inspiration, although with an added vitality and boldness.
	www.nazmiyalantiquerugs.com /all-Bakhtiari-rugs.html (119 words)

	PM - Bakhtiari children to remain in home detention
		The Federal Court refused a bid to have the five Bakhtiari children immediately released from the conditions of their home detention until a decision can be made on their deportation.
		And today, Federal Court Justice Bruce Lander said he was satisfied the Bakhtiaris are likely to be deported in the foreseeable future, and that the nature of the children's current detention had not changed since the High Court made its ruling.
		TANYA NOLAN: It could be another year before their father, Ali Bakhtiari, exhausts his legal avenues and in the short term, Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone says the children's living conditions won't change.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1124098.htm (704 words)

	The Ancient Bakhtiari Region in Iran
		: The high mountains of the Bakhtiari country were largely left out of the archeological equation despite their proximity to the heartland of the Mesopotamian and Elamite civilization.
		Both groups appear to be intrusions within the Bakhtiari region and may represent serial attempts at outposts on a major route connecting the Central Iranian Plateau and Khuzestan.
		Clearly the central Bakhtiari highlands were not under the direct control of Mesopotamian communities.
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Bakhtiari_Region.html (311 words)

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