The British and the Bakhtiaris 1896-1925

 

A Research on the Relationship of the British and the Bakhtiari Khans from the early days of Mozaffaraddin Shah’s reign to the fall of the Qajars

 

Author: Khodabakhsh Qorbanpur Dashtaki

Date of Publication: First print, summer 2010

Print run: 1200 Copies

Number of pages: 437

Price: 650000 Rials

 

From the text of the book:

“… in a meeting between Sheikh Khazal and Sardar Asad, the Bakhtiari Khan managed to get the support of the Sheikh and borrow some money to carry out his operation. Then Qavamossaltaneh, who had come from Europe, , joined Sardar Asad  to prepare the grounds for the reconciliation between the Bakhtiari tribe and the Qashqais, and provided a letter of oath to be signed by Solatoddowleh Esmail Khan, the commander of Ilkhani Qashqais and the Bakhtiari leaders... ”