Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan

by Richard Tapper

Book Overview

Based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research, this book traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. It is a dramatic story, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy and their eventual decline. In its synthesis of anthropology and history, the book will make a major contribution to the study of the Middle East and Central Asia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521029066
• ISBN13: 9780521029063
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"