ʿAŠĀYER, tribes. 1. Definitions. 2. Historical background. 3. Population figures. 4. Territorial distribution: (a) Lor and Lak tribes; (b) Kurdish…

CENSUS (Pers. sar-šomārī). No census for the purpose of ascertaining the population and acquiring statistical data was taken in Persia until the…

CENSUS i. In Iran In medieval Persian the etymologically related nouns šomār and šomāra, āmār and hamār, āmāra and amāra,…