Bakhtiari Bags   

The Bakhtiari tribe live in areas in southwestern Iran, east of Luristan (home of the Luri) and north of the Fars Province (home of the Qashqa'i). Most Bakhtiari live in the Chahar Mahal district and have traditionally migrated each summer into the Zagros mountains. The 1976 film "People of the Wind"(link) chronicles a Bakhtiari migration. The nomadic Bakhtiari tribe of western Iran make their annual ~200 mile trek from the high summer pastures to low winter pastures, passing through the Zagros Mountains and a 12,000 ft. pass. The Bakhtiari confederation of tribes is large and powerful, covering much of central and southwestern Iran. Small rugs and trappings are woven by the migratory tribes, while large carpets of great magnificence are woven in the settled villages. Their name translates roughly as "the lucky ones".