Effect of Reza Shah's Modernization Policies on Nomadic Tribes of Lorestan

Over the course of twenty years of the reign of Reza Shah in Iran some measures were taken to modernize society that among the tribes, especially tribes of Lorestan province, nomadic tribes suffered the most changes. Reza Shah, regardless of the foundations of economic, cultural, military and governing traditional nomadic society, decided to deal with these traditions. He first suppressed tribal revolts then disarmed them by force and forced to settle the nomads and imposed on them urban culture and traditions. Implementation of this policy is to disregard the requirements of tribal and nomadic life and lack of progress plan and in the operation field incorrect understanding of untrained performers who often took bribes and they were violent, led them to a serious failure tribal government policy of Pahlavi among nomadic Lor tribes. This paper examines how the political and military goals of his policies on traditional nomadic society of Lorestan were performed and identification and assessment of the consequences of these policies on the nomadic tribal communities of Lorestan, has been studied.