An analysis of the life of nomadic tribes in the late Qajar and Reza Shah periods

Nomadic life is one of the ways of human livelihood that spreads in arid and semi-arid regions. The life of nomad depends on geographical factors such as climate and topographical conditions. Nomads migrate according to the environmental conditions in order to raise livestock. Therefore, the type of migration is mandatory.

The purpose of the research: 

Investigating the life of nomadic tribes of Iran at the end of the Qajar and Reza Shah periods.

This research analyzes the life of Iranian nomads at the end of the Qajar period with a descriptive-analytical method.The scope of the research: the geographical area of Iran and in the time period of 1920 AD onwards.

In 1920, the country of Iran was completely chaotic and the central government only controlled Tehran and its suburbs. The nomadic population at that time was 1.3 to 1.4 of the total population. In 1921, Reza Shah came to power through a coup d'état, and at first took charge of the Ministry of War, organized and equipped his army, and then officially came to power in 1925. Reza Shah's plans for the nomads consisted of disarming the nomads, forcing them to resettle and changing their cultural and social structure. Reza Shah's tactic to suppress the nomads was to make peace treaties with the big nomads and then after suppressing the weak nomads, Reza Khan among the tribes the nomads created differences and finally fought with the big nomadic leaders and suppressed them.

The results showed that Reza Shah's goal for Iran at that time was a united, independent, one-language and secular Iran.