Due to the close resemblance to the names Bakhtiyari and Bakhtari ( Bactrian), some historians have suggested that the Bakhtiyaris are descended from the Greeks who ruled over Bactria.
A third theory suggests that the Bakhtiyaris were descended from the Mardi, a nomadic warrior tribe that lived around the Caspian coast of northern Iran. Ī second theory suggests that the Bakhtiyaris were originally from Fars, but were settled to the north of Isfahan and Khuzestan after the legendary king Kay Khosrow conquered Media. In scholarship, it has been suggested Bakhtiyaris are descended from the Uxian tribe, who clashed with the Macedonian king Alexander the Great ( r. 336–323 BC) in Khuzestan 330 BC. Due to their luck of escaping danger throughout their history, they called themselves bakhtiyar ("fortunate"). They took shelter in Zardkuh and Kuhrang, where they named themselves Lur ("nomadic"). According to folklore, the Lurs are descended from a group of youngsters who survived and fled from the demon Zahhak, a demonic figure who is mentioned in Zoroastrian mythology, as well as the Shahnameh. Numerical estimates of their total population vary widely.Īlthough there have been several suggested theories for the origin of the Bakhtiyaris, historians and researchers generally agree that they are Lurs. Ī small percentage of Bakhtiari are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer quarters ( sardsīr or yaylāq) and winter quarters ( garmsīr or qishlāq). Bakhtiari tribes have an especially large population concentration in the cities of Masjed Soleyman, Izeh, Shahr-e Kord, and Andika, and the surrounding villages. īakhtiaris primarily inhabit Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and eastern Khuzestan, Lorestan, Bushehr, and Isfahan provinces. They speak the Bakhtiari dialect of the Luri language. On viewing this you can judge for yourself whether risking a copyright battle with the BBC et al was/is worth it.The Bakhtiari (also spelled Bakhtiyari Persian: بختیاری) are a Lur tribe from Iran. I struggled to find this show on the web, and the copies on Youtube when I last viewed them were awful. The title is also a clever allusion to Charles Darwin's second book on evolution, The Descent of Man. Unfortunately it never quite received the same attention as Cosmos and Carl Sagan - a show which, incidentally, was produced by the guy (Adrian Malone) seven years later.
Not many people know about this incredible series, lesser still of the wonderful host.
THE ASCENT OF MAN SERIES
This series received serious acclaim for its accessibility to the layman (in large-part due to Bronowski's skillful, elegant, incisive storytelling ability) and the wide-range and quality of the location shoots. The series is based on a namesake book by Bronowski in which he tells the fascinating and quite unbelievable story of the development of civilisation as we today know it - that is, the story of The Ascent of Man. (5 / 13)įirst aired in 1973, The Ascent of Man is a 13-part documentary series written and presented by the brilliant Dr Jacob Bronowski, and produced by the BBC. Music Of The Spheres The language of numbers and mathematics.
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