By F. Koohi-Kamali
The Political improvement of the Kurds in Iran examines the hyperlinks among the structural adjustments within the Kurdish economic climate, and its political calls for, specifically Kurdish nationalism in Iran. Farideh Koohi-Kamali argues that the transition of the nomadic, tribal society of Kurdistan to an agrarian, village society was once the start of a method, wherein Kurds see themselves as a neighborhood with a homogeneous ethnic identification. She interrogates the political routine of the Kurds in Iran to argue that the several stages of financial improvement of Kurdish society performed an outstanding position in choosing the methods Kurds expressed their political calls for for independence. the numerous contribution of this publication is within the research of infrequent information, the place the writer examines a couple of monetary and demographic elements which contributed to: the distingeration of the nomadic, tribal society of Kurdistan (change); the harmony and team spirit inside of Kurdistan (continuity); and people signs of inequality among Kurdistan and Iran because the ultimate precondition of the advance of a unified nationalist consciousness/identity among the Kurds.
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The northern and southern boundaries of Iranian Kurdistan are more problematic, for different sources have different views on how far Kurdistan stretches. The main discrepancy appears between the government sources and claims by Kurdish sources. The latter consider a larger geographic area as Kurdish than the former. However, Urmiyeh, Naqadeh, and Mahabad, with their considerable number of Kurds, can be considered the most northern towns of Kurdistan. By the same criterion Kurdistan’s southern limits are Qasr-i Shirin and Kermanshah (Bakhtaran).
As far as the Iranian government is concerned, only the central one is officially referred to as the province of Kurdistan. Nevertheless, the other two provinces, namely Western Azerbaijan and Kermanshah (Bakhtaran), also have large Kurdish populations. The province of Kurdistan is entirely populated by Kurds. In Kermanshah (Bakhtaran), the population is mainly Kurd, with some 32 Political Development of the Kurds in Iran Lurs living in the southern part of the province. Kurds in Western Azerbaijan live mostly in the western towns of the province.
Since conflict of interest in such a society is relatively limited, tribal chiefs are more likely to be considered as natural leaders rather than exploiters to whom lower members of the community turn for leadership at a time of crisis. One such crisis was the implementation of harsh policies towards Kurdish tribes carried out under Reza Shah leading to the revolt of Isma’il Simko. This revolt drew its strength from the cohesiveness and relative homogeneity characteristic of a tribal, face-to-face society.