The conflict of tribe and state in Iran and Afghanistan / / edited by Richard Tapper

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828410403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abington, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-83384-6; 1-280-67014-2; 9786613647078; 1-136-83385-4; 0-203-83208-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions: Iran ; ; 32
• Altri autori (Persone): TapperRichard
• Disciplina: 305.8/00955; 305.800955; 305.80095509047
• Soggetti: Tribes - Iran; Tribes - Afghanistan; Iran Social life and customs Congresses; Iran Politics and government Congresses; Afghanistan Social life and customs Congresses; Afghanistan Politics and government Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on papers from a conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, July 1979.; Reprint. Originally published: London : Croom Helm, 1983, and New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Tribe and state in Iran and Afghanistan; Copyright; Contents; List of maps; List of abbreviations used in notes; Preface; A note on transliteration and usage; The contributors; 1. Introduction; The Scope of the Volume; Iran and Afghanistan from 1700 to 1800; The Population of Afghanistan and Iran around 1800; Iran from 1800 to 1980; Afghanistan from 1800 to 1980 .; The 'Tribal Problem' and the 'Problem of Tribe'; Notes; 2. State, tribe and empire in Afghan inter-polity relations; A Model of State, Tribe and Empire as Types of Legal ; Order; Tribal and Imperial Orders in Afghanistan.; Systems of Inter-Polity RelationsMultiple Polities and Structural Change in Afghanistan; Notes; 3. Khan and Khel: dialectics of pakhtun tribalism; In troducti on; The Problem of Pakhtun Tribalism; The Terms of Pakhtun Tribalism in Ghilzai Country; Dialectics of Khel; Khan as Patron: the Dual Logic of -leadership; 'Tying the Knot of the Tribe'; From Ground to Figure: Qoum into Gund, Atrap into Shahr; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Tribes and states in the Khyber, 1838-42; Introduction; British Images of 'Tribe'; The Khyber between Afghan and Sikh States; The British in Kabul: Mackeson Appointed to the KhyberMackeson's Policies for Controlling the Tribes; Orakzai and Afridi .. ,; The Shinwari; The British Lose Control of the Khyber; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Tribes and states in waziristan; Introduction: Buffer Zones and the Great Game; Culture and Society in the Tribal Areas..; waziristan and the Wazir Tribes; The wazir Tribes between Afghanistan and British India; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Political organisation of pashtun nomads and the state; Afghan Nomads and Tribes; Nomads of Western Afghanistan; The Role of Kinship and Descent; Political Organisation and LeadershipNomads and the state; Notes; 7. Abo al-rahman's North-West frontier: the pashtun colonisation of afghan turkistan; Amir Abd al-Rahman's North-West Frontier ..; The First Attempt to Colonise the North- West Frontier; Abd al-Rahman's 'Waste-lands' Policy; The Second Attempt; The Establishment of the Nomads in the North-West; The Hazara Revolt and Consequences of its Suppression; Early Leaders of the North-Western Nomads.; Conclusion; Notes; 8. Why tribes have chiefs: A case from Baluchistan; Heuristics; The Yarahmadzai Political Structure, 1850- 1935; Explaining the Yarahmadzai ChiefshipConclusion; Notes; 9. Iran and the Qashqai tribal confederacy; Introduction; Background; The Ruling Fami ly; The Setting; Pressures from Outside; Internal Tribal Dynamics; Notes; 10. Tribes, confederation and the state: An historical overview of the Bakhtiari and Iran; Introduction; 'Tribe'; 'Confederation'; 'State'; Historical Survey; Notes; 11. On the Bakhtiari: Comments on 'tribes, confederation and the state'; Notes; 12. The Enemy Within: Limitations on leadership in the Bakhtiari; Nomads, Tribes and the State; Modern Variation on a Traditional Theme; Nomadic Responses to State Policies
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1978 and 1979 revolutions in Afghanistan and Iran marked a shift in the balance of power in South West Asia and the world. Then, as now, the world is once more aware that tribalism is no anachronism in a struggle for political and cultural self-determination. This books provides historical and anthropological perspectives necessary to the eventual understanding of the events surrounding the revolutions.