essay
The changing status and composition of an Iranian provincial elite
Modern Iran : the dialectics of continuity and change • Albany • Published In 1981 • Pages: 269-288, 432-434
By: Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document examines the meaning and structure of elite status in provincial Iran and discusses the changes in the status of provincial elites that occurred during the period of 1920-1979 while the Pahlavis were in power. Social histories of two groups of traditional elite from Maragheh, a SHAHRESTAN (subprovince) capital in East Azerbaijan, are presented to illustrate these changes. The first group concerns the Moqaddam notables, wo were the town's ruling and military elite for over a century, from around 1800 to 1925, while the second group deals with several of the major families of landed gentry, the ARBABS, who resided in Maragheh. Prior to the implementation of land reform in the province, the major landed families were important members of the town's elite. Since land reform in 1963, their status has been less secure, although some were still considered members of the older, established elite by the townspeople in the 1970s (pp. 269-270).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- Towns
- Provinces
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Town of Maragheh, Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary-Jo Delvecchio Good
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80019463
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians