Mojtaba Ashraf; Eskandar Kiani Shavandi
Volume 6, . , March 2018, , Pages 109-122
Abstract
In the long period of time, Iran society was consist of a set of Eilat and settled and urban communities. Although power was in the hands of Eilat but it was the Iranian culture and civilization which dominant Gulf Arab Fars are one of the Confederate tribes of the Khamse that played an important role ...
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In the long period of time, Iran society was consist of a set of Eilat and settled and urban communities. Although power was in the hands of Eilat but it was the Iranian culture and civilization which dominant Gulf Arab Fars are one of the Confederate tribes of the Khamse that played an important role in the transfer of power in southern Iran, especially from the Qajar period. Continuity of residence in the Iranian Plateau led the tribe to know as a part of the Iranian tribes. The Khamse influenced by the interaction with other tribes living in the Iranian plateau and urban communities were set up ancient Iranian customs, and despite ethnic differences, they identify themselves as a part of the Iranian national identity. This research tries to investigate the components of Iranian identity formed in the Arab Fars tribes. This study seeks to answer these question that; What is the relation of the Arab Khamseh tribes with Iranian identity and culture? how this identity and culture in the tribe is formed and what are its components? The study indicate that in terms of living location, these people were in the heart of Iranian civilization and because of proximity to tribal and ethnic groups, they found Iranian identity and temperament, in which cultural characteristics, traditions, and elements of Iranian identity could be seen among this tribe. The methodology of this paper is analytical - descriptive based on Library resources, empirical study, and oral interviews
