In various parts of Iran live the remnants of several tribal groups called "Shahsevan," numbering perhaps 300,000 people. Most are now settled villagers or town dwellers who preserve little of their former tribal organization or pastoral nomadic culture, but some 50,000 Shahsevan still live a nomadic or seminomadic life in the province of East Azerbaijan, close to the former Soviet frontier.

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culture, iran

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counties and their cultures, shahsevan, remnants of several tribal groups called "shahsevan," numbering perhaps 300,000 people, various parts of iran, azerbaijan

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