A Study of the First Pahlavi Anti-Nomadic Policies towards the Qashqai Tribe of Persia and Its Consequences

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student in History of Islamic Iran, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Fullprofessor,Department of History,TehranHistory,Tehran,Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of History, Islamic Azad UniversityScience and Research Branch, , Tehran, Iran

Abstract

From the very beginning, the Pahlavi government, with the idea of centralism and control of tribes and nomads, implemented anti-nomadic policies, including the nomadic stepping stone. This policy failed for various reasons. The problem of the present research is the question of what were the anti-nomadic policies of the first Pahlavi towards the Qashqai tribe of Persia and what were the consequences?

The research method in this article will be historical (inductive) and the method of collecting information is documents and libraries that will be used to describe and analyze the material. The findings of this study indicate that the first Pahlavi government in a series of military, political, economic and cultural anti-nomadic measures along with nomadic settlement tried to control and exercise direct control over tribes and nomads, but for reasons such as lack of cultural and social infrastructure It is necessary to resort to force, the climatic differences of the regions as well as the cultural differences due to differences in religion, customs and traditions, as well as the problem of language and communication between tribes and nomads and indigenous peoples of the regions Also, the difference between earning a living by nomadic lifestyle and smallholder agriculture failed in its policies; If after the events of September 1931, the tribes sold their property, forgave their cattle, even destroyed the facilities that had been built for their welfare, and returned to their areas and nomadic life.

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