Friday, September 22, 2017

Zaki Khan Darashurlu-Qashqai (Lieut. G. F. Magee, [1945] 1948)

Zaki Khan



Born 1904. Assisted Hossein Khan, his brother, until 1935. From 1933-34 was joint kalantar of Qashqai Amaleh with Jehangir Khan Kashkuli. 1934-35 was imprisoned in Shiraz by Brigadier Zend. In 1937 was kalantar of Darrehshuri. From 1938 until 1941 remained in summer quarters. Very courteous, amiable and entertaining person but A.I.O.C. consider him unreliable. Took part in the Semirom battle of 1943. Interested in the land dispute with Naser Khan. (See Ziad Khan). One of his two wives is the daughter of Massih Khan Farsimadan.



Lieut. G. F. Magee, The Tribes of Fars, Simla: Government of India Press, 1948, p. 28.

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