What is "khamseh"

The Khamseh is a tribal confederation in the province of Fars in southwestern Iran. It consists of five tribes, hence its name Khamseh, "the five". The tribes are still partly nomadic, Some are Persian speaking( Basseri), some are Arabic speaking(Arabs), and some are Qashqai Language speaking(Inalu,Baharlu and Nafar). They are sheep breeders, which they herd mounted on camels.

The history of the Khamseh confederation of tribes starts in 1861–1862 when Naser al-Din Shah Qajar created the Khamseh Tribal Confederation. He combined five existing nomadic tribes, the Arab, Nafar, Baharlu, Inalu, and the Basseri and placed them under the control of the Qavam ol-Molk family. The pattern of forcibly uniting tribes was not a new idea, as the Safavid Shahs previously created homogenous Kizilbash confederations to temper the increasing strength of the Qashqai, who were gaining so much power. The Khamseh tribes were a mixture of Persians, Turks, and Arabs.

The Khamseh are a tribal confederation in southwestern Iran.

Khamseh may also refer to:

• Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, Or. 12208), illustrated manuscript of the 12th century Persian poem by the poet Nizami Ganjavi
• Khamseh, multiple possible versions of the poem by the 12th-century poet Nizami Ganjavi
• Khamseh, a small province unrelated to the Khamseh confederation, which lies in northwestern Iran, between Kazvin and Tabriz. Its regional capital is Zanjan, Iran.
• Khamseh, two distinctive types of weaving: One by the Khamseh confederation, and the mainly Kurdish village rugs woven in the province of Khamseh around Zenjan, sometimes referred to as Khamseh Kurdi