The Nafar
(a) History. ― This tribe is of Turkish
origin.
During
the reigns of Nadir Shah and Karim Zand the chief of the Nafar tribe (and of
the Baharlu) was Haji Hussain Khan, Nafar. He was succeeded by his son Mohammad
Taghi Khan, who was in turn succeeded by his son Ali Akbar Khan. The latter, in
1837, was appointed Master of Ceremonies to Faraidun Mirza, Governor of Fars,
and died in 1853, shortly after having been deposed from the chieftainship of
the Baharlu by Mullah Ahmad.
He
was succeeded as chief of the Nafar tribe by his son Mohammad Hassan Khan, who,
some years later, took to writing poetry and retired into private life, when
the tribe was given to the Beglarbegi of Fars (i.e., the Qawam-ul-Mulk).
(b)
Strength. ― This tribe is now very
weak, numbering not more than 2―300 tents with perhaps 100―150 tufangchis.
The
chief Kalantars are Yadullah Khan and Illius Khan, both of whom were imprisoned
by the Qawam in March 1918 for robbery.
The
Nafar tribe has now sunk into insignificance.
(c)
Habitat. ― Sedentary living in the
Gerash district.
Captain A. J. Christian, A Report on the Tribes of
Fars. — Simla, 1919, p. 19.
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