A survey of policies of Qajar government against Bakhtiary tribe

One of the most important tribes of Iran were Bakhtiari as the source of events and changes namely in contemporary history of Iran and also, the movements of Bakhtiary were emphasized. Their role in Qajar era was of great importance. The great motivation of Bakhtiary tribe and its chiefs to achieve power and their fighting against oppression and cruelty of national and local rulers of Qajar were considerable factors. To control Bakhtiary and management of affairs, some policies were taken as making the chiefs of tribes as obedient, dispute, getting tax, ransom, providing a part of military forces of government from Bakhtiary tribe and the policies taken by Qajar kings against Bakhtiary were successful. The internal structure of Bakhtiary tribe as the internal logic of tribe, distinction, separation and lack of communicative-verbal action as cultural elements of Bakhtiary.