The Kurd Plate, Demographic Movements and Security Dilemma

The Kurd Plate is part of the Poshtkuh rule territory (In Ilam province) which shares its borders with Khuzestan province in the south, Lurestan province in the east, Mahaki plate (the northern part of the Poshtkuh territory)in the north and Iraq in the west. Due to the dominance of the Kurds, it is named Kurd plate. By forced migration of people in order to bring security, Reza Shah once tried to break the connection of the Kurds in northern plate with the Kurd plate. On the other hand, substituting Arab clans in the southern parts of the plate caused ethnic diversity and divergence which in turn led to security dilemma. Adopting an descriptive-analytic approach and using the original remained resource, this article focuses on the role and status of Kurd nomad in the region in the last years of Poshtkuh rule (Reza Shah period). a is adopted.