Tribal Pastoralists in Transition: The Baharvand of Luristan, Iran

Figure 11.1. The Tayi Valley is occupied by farmers whose fields are outlined with stones. Our group avoided the fields and walked in the streambed.

Figure 11.2. In the evening, Mohammad Ali, Panjali, and Ghasamali (left to right) socialize.

Figure 11.3. An old grist mill, recently converted into a small hut. Water from a small canal dropped down the tower and powered a wooden wheel that turned the grist stone. Taking advantage of the disused mill, a herder built a small house.

Figure 11.4. The Sedaron Valley. A small canal in the center carried water to the grist mill.

Figure 11.5. Across from Morad Khan’s camp in Sedaron were the mud-brick houses of the Mirs.

Figure 11.6. Morad Khan’s camp. His black goat-hair tent and our white canvas tent are side by side.

Figure 11.7. Relaxing in the Sedaron camp, Sekandar talks with a friend, while the woman on the left chops sugar and the woman on the right heats milk for yoghurt. A pan with bread dough, covered with a tray, is on the left.

Figure 11.8. Ghamartaj churns butter under flapping laundry in front of Morad Khan’s tent.

Figure 11.9. Small streams, lying just a few hundred feet below the snow line, flow from meltwater.

Figure 11.10. Bursting out of the snow-free ground, fritillaria provided splashes of color.