Religion and Daily Life in the Mountains of Iran

Until the 1960s, little was known inside or outside Iran about the tribes living in the country. The anthropological research of Erika Friedl is now renowned for presenting comprehensive data collected over a 50-year period from her time among the Boir Ahmad tribal people living in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.

In this new book, Friedl turns her attention to the subject of religion, which she had ...