Zaʿfarānlū Kurd

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settlement of Qūchān

  • Qūchān, Iran
    In Qūchān

    …descended from a tribe of Zaʿfarānlū Kurds resettled there by Shāh ʿAbbās I in the 17th century. In return for frontier military service, the resettled Kurds enjoyed a wide-ranging autonomy under a hereditary tribal leader and were exempt from all tribute. Many of the area’s inhabitants are still nomads and…

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