Bārgīrī

Bārgīrī is a New Persian term seemingly of transparent meaning: 'the taking up of loads'. As such, it is listed by Steingass, with various special meanings 'Conviction, criminal charge; taking-in of a ship's cargo', none of which covers its full, or perhaps most important, semantic range. Moreover, the word is of note both for its relation to the nomadic life-style, and its interest to Orientalist scholarship. It seems worth collecting the references to provide a wider setting.Leyla Azami (sister of the Iranian folklorist, Cheragh Ali Azami), recently discussed the word in connexion with the transhumant life of the Sangsarī tribe in the south-eastern Elburz. Here it is defined as tahiya-i muqaddamāt-i safar 'the preparation of the preliminaries for a journey', events which take place 'in the third decade of the month of Urdibihisht'-the second month of the Iranian calendar, April-May, when the pastoralists assemble, preparing for their move to high ground with the advent of spring

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