Origins
In Persian mythology, the Bakhtiari consider themselves to be descendants of Fereydun, a legendary hero from the Persian national epic, Shahnameh.
In the Sharafnama, Sharaf Khan Bidlisi counts the Bakhtiari as among 400 Kurdish clans that migrated from Syria to Jabal and Khuzestan around the beginning of the twelfth century.
In some sources, Bakhtiari is mentioned as a Persian tribe.
According to Fars Nama of Ibn Balkhi, after former inhabitants of Bakhtiari regions were mostly perished in the wars, Buyid rulers immigrated new nomads from Isfahan area to Bakhtiari region.
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