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Show 33 Tribesmen: ' The tribes be divided into three different groups based can language--Parsi, Turkish although some tribesmen and Arabic. resided in the were Villages These tribes were and small towns warlike people and considered brave as on their primarily nomadic, farmers. The (Vreeland, 1957). The nomadic tribesmen could be further divided into two groups--one . group consisted of not herdsmen, and the other of thieves. always mutually exclusive. their nomadic ways; often those people along their The during way. These groups were type of climate played their travels Blood feuds they were a a large role in looted and stole from never-ending occurrence among the tribes. The majority of tribal chiefs pot under·the control of the central were government, particularly during periods were weak. The tribal chiefs acted did not pay taxes. government those was independently, king strong or simply taking when it was and so when the central to their benefit to pay. recollected their money by back their money government did not take orders and 'I'hose chiefs who did pay taxes did "tax-payers" usually lector and in which the killing In general, the tax col- (Momeni, 1966:47). Community Dwellers The a. Upper Class. The Royal The, Upper Class' Family' and Court; . atives of the king and his "The -most powerful group . court. consists of three groups: These' 't_.' was p,wople, although they usually the rel- has no |
