The Mokri tribe is a
Kurdish tribe residing in
West Azerbaijan Province,
Iran
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. They are notable for having produced many distinguished figures, such as
Aziz Khan Mokri, who served as commander-in-chief of the army from 1853 to 1857.
Abbas I of Persia
Abbas I ( fa, ; 27 January 157119 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (), was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history and the Safavid dynasty. He was the third son ...
married a Mokri noblewoman in 1610 CE; she was known to be popular among the Mokri. Mokri princes made up the ruling class of the emirate of
Mukriyan. Mokri women traditionally mixed with men and did not veil, it was also standard for Mokris to greet guests with
cheek kisses even between opposite genders. However, despite their free association with men, women had to, historically, abide to the Mokri
patriarchal
Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are primarily held by men. It is used, both as a technical anthropological term for families or clans controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males a ...
code to "retain their honor."
See also
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Mukriyan
References
Sources
* {{cite encyclopedia , title = Mokri tribe , last = Oberling , first = Pierre , url = https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mokri , encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition , pages = , location = New York , year = 2000
Kurdish tribes
West Azerbaijan Province