The Rule of Economic Factors in tribes and nomadic settlement of Western Iran (1921-1941)

The purpose of this article is presentation a new analytics from Nomads Settlement policy in the Pahlavi period in western Iran. The main issue of the article is explanation of economic factors of settlement policy and also refers to its consequences. Data were collected from the archive of documents and library resources based on targeted sampling and analyzed by grounded theory method. Findings show changing macroeconomic policies of the state from axial distribution to axial production had important effects on the social identity of the tribes. This change was means lack of government support from peasant workforce focused in rural and nomadic areas. Along with the changing economic policies government demand declined sharply for buy services of paramilitary forces. Most important executive strategies of the government for nomadic identity change was to impose severe restrictions for nomination on the one hand and providing free farming facilities on the other hand. The most important consequences of tribal settlement program in western Iran as follow: The collapse of tribal system, transforming nomadic identity, organizational looting, the prevalence of wage labor and upgrading the social class of nomads.