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BAKHTIARI
They dwell in the
high grounds of Zard Kuh
mountain (Zagros range to the west of Esfahan ) extending to the
south of Esfahan, and around Shahr-e Kurd, with winter quarters in
Khuzestan, particularly the kinder plains around Dezful, Susa, and
Ramhormoz. They are divided into two main groups, the Haft Langand
the Chahar Lang, subdivided in turn into several tribes and
sub-tribes or tayefeh.
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Most
Bakhtiaris speak Persian or a Luri
dialect, although part of the population, concentrated in the
towns and villages in the south of Khuzestan province, speak
Arabic. Their clothing, with trousers extraordinarily wide, round
hat and short tunic, is reminiscent of the Arsasid (Parthian)
period, 200 BC-280 AD.
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