Khamseh

{{Short description|Tribal confederation in Fars, Iran}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox ethnic group| |group=Khamseh |image=Map of Khamseh tribes' migration.svg |caption=Khamseh migration and settlements map |poptime= |popplace=Fars province, Kerman province, Hormozgan province |langs=Arabic, Persian, and Turkish |related_groups=Qizilbash |rels= Islam (Shia and Sunni) }} thumb|Khamseh "chicken" rug ca. 1880 The '''Khamseh''' ({{langx|fa|ایلات خمسه}}) is a tribal confederation in the province of Fars in southwestern Iran. It consists of five tribes, hence its name ''Khamseh'', "''the five''". The tribes are partly nomadic, Some are Persian speaking Basseri, some are Arabic speaking Arabs, and some are Azerbaijani speaking Turks (Inallu, Baharlu and Nafar).

The history of the Khamseh confederation of tribes starts in 1861–1862 when Naser al-Din Shah Qajar created the Khamseh Tribal Confederation. He combined five existing nomadic tribes, the Arab, Nafar, Baharlu, Inalu, and the Basseri and placed them under the control of the Qavam ol-Molk family. The pattern of forcibly uniting tribes was not a new idea, as the Safavid Shahs previously created homogenous Qizilbash confederations to temper the increasing strength of the Qashqai, who were gaining so much power. The Khamseh tribes were a mixture of Persians, Turks, and Arabs.

==Tribes== *Basseri (Persian) *Inallu (Azerbaijani – Turkic) *Baharlu (Azerbaijani – Turkic) *Nafar (Azerbaijani – Turkic) *Arab (Arabic)

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==Further reading== * Nomads of South Persia (1961) by Fredrik Barth about the Basseri Tribe ([https://archive.org/stream/nomadsofsouthper002252mbp#page/n0/mode/2up read book]) * Nomads of Persia (2014) by Ehsan Yousefi about the Basseri Tribe * Ali Mohammad Najafi. Khamseh Tribes happenings

Category:Persian tribes Category:Ethnic groups in Iran Category:Fars province Category:1860s establishments in Iran Category:1861 establishments in Asia Category:Turkic peoples of Asia