Bakhtiari (Iranian people)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011085
- info:lc/authorities/sh85011085
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85011085#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Bakhtiari
- Bakhtiyārī (Iranian people)
- Baxtīarīs (Iranian people)
Broader Terms
- Ethnology--Iran
Narrower Terms
- Bāmadī (Iranian people)
Earlier Established Forms
- Bakhtiari
- Bakhtiyārī (Iranian people)
Sources
- found: Enc. Islam (Bakhtiyārī, the chief tribe of Luristan)
- found: Poetry of the Baxtīarīs, 1995: p. 9 (the tribal confederation known as Baxtīarī; one of Bakhtiyārī (Iranian people); the two biggest tribal confederations in Iran, occupies the central part of a mountainous tract in Southern Iran)
- found: Bakhtiari.com web site, Mar. 8, 2006 home page (Bakhtiari) who are we? (the Bakhtiari; Bakhtiari people; Bakhtiyari)
- found: Ethnologue via WWW, Mar. 8, 2006 (Bakhtiari, a language of Iran)
- found: Iran: a country study via LC Federal Research Div. web site, Mar. 8, 2006 (in central and southern Zagros live the Bakhtiaris and the Lurs; the Bakhtiaris have been considered both a political and tribal entity)
LC Classification
- DS269.B3
Change Notes
- 2006-05-01: new
- 2006-06-21: revised

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