Thursday, September 21, 2017

Ali Khan Qashqai (Lieut. G. F. Magee, [1945] 1948)

Ali Khan, Salar Heshmat



Born 1889. Half brother of Esmail Khan Soulat ed Douleh, and full brother of the late Ahmad Khan, Sardar Ehtesham. Ilbeigi 1918. Fought with British troops against Soulat ed Douleh in 1918. The latter seized his lands in Fars and these have never been restored to him. 1929-30 took an active part in the Qashqai revolt. Surrendered and came to Tehran in 1933. June 1943 went to Shiraz to assist Government troops in operations against Qashqai in return for which he hoped to recover his lands. On failure of operations he settled in Shiraz. Receives a nominal pension irregularly paid from the Government but lives in poverty. Reputed to be the bravest member of the Qashqai family. In his declining years is very weak mentally and in conversation harps ceaselessly on the help he has given the British Government for which he complains he has had no return. Seems resigned to finishing his days in obscurity. Most unlikely that he would dare stir up trouble for Naser Khan in the tribe.



Lieut. G. F. Magee, The Tribes of Fars, Simla: Government of India Press, 1948, p. 18.

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