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

Published London : Croom Helm ; New York : St. Martin's Press, [1983] ©1983

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Description 463 pages : 7 maps ; 23 cm Contents 1. Introduction / by Richard Tapper -- 2. State, tribe and empire in Afghan inter-polity relations / by Rob Hager -- 3. Khan and khel: dialectics of Pakhtun tribalism / by Jon W. Anderson -- 4. Tribes and states in the Khyber, 1838-42 / by Malcolm Yapp -- 5. Tribes and states in Waziristan / by Akbar S. Ahmed -- 6. Political organisation of Pashtun nomads and the state / by Bernt Glatzer -- 7. Abd Al-Rahman's north-west frontier: the Pashtun colonisation of Afghan Turkistan / by Nancy Tapper -- 8. Why tribes have chiefs: a case form Baluchistan / by Philip Carl Salzman -- 9. Iran and the Qashqai Tribal Confederacy / by Lois Beck -- 10. Tribes, confederation and the state: an historical overview of the Bakhtiari and Iran / by Gene Garthwaite -- 11. On the Bakhtiari: comments on 'tribes, confederation and the state' / by Jean-Pierre Digard -- 12. The enemy within: limitations on leadership in the Bakhtiari / by David Brooks -- 13. Kurdish tribes and the state of Iran: the case of Simko's Revolt / by Martin van Bruinessen -- 14. Nomads and commissars in the Mughan Steppe: the Shahsevan tribes in the great game / by Richard Tapper -- 15. The tribal society and its enemies / by Ernest Gellner -- 16. Tribe and state: some concluding remarks / by Andrew Strathern Analysis Afghanistan Political events Role of tribal societies 1800-1980 Conference proceedings Iran Political events Role of tribal societies 1800-1980 Conference proceedings Notes Based on papers from a conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, July 1979 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Tribes -- Afghanistan -- Congresses. Tribes -- Iran -- Congresses. SUBJECT Afghanistan -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001521 Afghanistan -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001524 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533 Iran -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067895 Iran -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067909 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533 Afghanistan -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114099 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533 Iran -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115493 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533 Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Tapper, Richard (Richard Lionel) LC no. 83003112 ISBN 0312162324 (U.S.) 0709924402 (U.K.)

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