Friday, August 25, 2017

The Nafar Turks of the Fars Province (Captain A. J. Christian, 1919)

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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