{"id":14006,"date":"2016-08-05T11:24:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T11:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/?p=14006"},"modified":"2016-08-05T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T11:24:34","slug":"chaharmahal-and-bakhtiari-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/chaharmahal-and-bakhtiari-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- onsite-txt --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9334026102155055\" data-ad-slot=\"2911505360\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\nChaharmahal o Bakhtiyari (<strong>\u0686\u0647\u0627\u0631\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0644 \u0648 \u0628\u062e\u062a\u06cc\u0627\u0631\u06cc<\/strong>) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran (32\u00b019\u203239\u2033N 50\u00b051\u203217\u2033E\ufeff \/ \ufeff32.3275\u00b0N 50.8546\u00b0E). It lies in the southwestern part of the country. Its capital is Shahrekord (<strong> \u0634\u0647\u0631\u06a9\u0631\u062f<\/strong>). It has an area of 16,332 square kilometers and a population of 842,000 (2005 estimate).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2886 aligncenter\" title=\"Chaharmahale Bakhtiari Map, Iran\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chaharmahal-Bakhtiyari-Iran-Map.jpg\" alt=\"Chaharmahale Bakhtiari Map, Iran\" width=\"200\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The history of the province is tied to that of the Bakhtiari tribe (\u0627\u06cc\u0644 \u0628\u062e\u062a\u06cc\u0627\u0631\u06cc). The Bakhtiari tribe can be divided into two sub-tribes, <em>Haft Lang<\/em> and <em>Chahar Lang<\/em> with various territorial affiliations and they are the main speakers of Lurish language (\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0631\u06cc). As the name of the province dictates with the combining grammatical feature of &#8220;-o-&#8221; which is Persian for &#8220;and&#8221;; the other group of peoples in this ancient province are the Chahar Mahali&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2890\" title=\"Nomadic Life\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Nomadic-Life.jpg\" alt=\"Nomadic Life\" width=\"450\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These peoples and the Lur&#8217;s live side by side and share almost similar customs. Very slight differences exist between them but most are almost unnoticeable. However there is often quite a bit of intermixing of the peoples through marriage. The cities of Broujen, Ben, Naafch and Saman fall in the Chahar Mahali area of the province and are generally not inhabited by Lurs. The Bakhtiari territories at times have also come under Isfahan and Khuzestan province.<\/p>\n<p>The people of this province have a history of having a simple living and being a capable people who are determined and effective warriors and fighters whenever circumstances made it necessary. They have gained such a reputation as being excellent, if not the best, horsemen in Iran. The people of this province, while having the more common Pahlevani wrestling\/combat style (\u06a9\u0634\u062a\u06cc \u067e\u0647\u0644\u0648\u0627\u0646\u06cc)of the deep rooted traditional Zurkhane (\u0632\u0648\u0631\u062e\u0627\u0646\u0647), which exists everywhere in all provinces, also have their own style of wrestling\/unarmed combat as well (as do other provinces). The style is called Jangi (Jang means War and hence Jangi &#8220;war&#8217;ish&#8221; or &#8220;war like&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The province has various unique traditions and rituals relative to the &#8216;tribal&#8217; lifestyles. Special forms of music, dance, and clothing are noteworthy.<br \/>\nMain language(s): <em>Persian (Farsi)<\/em>, <em>Bakhtiari Lurish<\/em> and <em>Qashqai (\u0642\u0634\u0642\u0627\u06cc\u06cc)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- onsite3 --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 728px; height: 90px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9334026102155055\" data-ad-slot=\"7341704967\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaharmahal o Bakhtiyari (\u0686\u0647\u0627\u0631\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0644 \u0648 \u0628\u062e\u062a\u06cc\u0627\u0631\u06cc) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran (32\u00b019\u203239\u2033N 50\u00b051\u203217\u2033E\ufeff \/ \ufeff32.3275\u00b0N 50.8546\u00b0E). It lies in the southwestern part of the country. Its capital is Shahrekord ( \u0634\u0647\u0631\u06a9\u0631\u062f). It has an area of 16,332 square kilometers and a population of 842,000 (2005 estimate). 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