The data concerning Afghanistan and Iran refer to the period prior to the Saur and Islamic revolutions, respectively. It is not known whether such communities still exist in these two countries. Each existing community is primarily endogamous, and subsists traditionally on a variety of commercial and/or service activities. Formerly, all or a majority of their members were itinerant, and this largely holds true today. Migration generally takes place within the political boundaries of each state.

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counties and their cultures, nomadic, peripatetics of afghanistan, iran, and turkey, peripatetics, move from place to place, historical change from nomadic life to farming, nomadic peoples (2000 to 1200 bc)

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