is a black Chador with long sleeves from which hands are only exposed from wrist. Another is called Asabe or a turban like scarf, and the quality of the used cloth denotes the social rank of the woman. Pooshie is a mask-like silk cloth that covers the face. Dresses are of different types too. Nefnef is a long loose dress and Thoub is a gauzy loose dress that is worn on the Nefnef. Ne'al and Kabkab or Karkab are two kinds of footwear. Fars Khamseh Arab nomads live in eastern Fars Province (From Lar and close surrounding areas to Khorrambid and Bavanat). Arabs that live in eastern Fars Province and Hormozgan mostly belong to the tribes of Banu Tamim, Banu Kaab and Banu Hammed. Khorasan Khorasani Arabs are descended from Arab migrants from Arabia. Most Khorasani-Arabs belong to the tribes of Sheybani, Zangooyi, Mishmast, Khozaima and Azdi. According to a 2013 article in peer-reviewed journal Iran and the Caucasus, the Khorasani Arabs, numbering , are "already almost totally Persianised". Only a very few speak Arabic as their mother tongue. Khorasani-Arabs in the cities Birjand, Mashhad and Nishapur are a small ethnic group but most are Persianized. Demographics Elton Daniel in The History of Iran (Greenwood Press, 2001), states that the Arabs of Iran "are concentrated in the province of Khuzistan and number about half a million". The Historical Dictionary of Iran puts the number at 1 million. Iranian Arabs form 1-2% of Iran's population. See also List of Iranian Arabs Lakhmids Alavids Iraqis in Iran Lebanese people in Iran Moaved Shia Muslims in the Arab world Abyssinian–Persian wars Arab diaspora References External links About Spoken Arabic of Khoramshahr Arabs Arab diaspora in Asia Semitic-speaking peoples Khuzestan Province Ethnic groups in the Middle East