The Reign of Shaykh Khazal Ibn Jabir and the Suppression of the Principality of Arabistan

Author: William Theodore Strunk

Translated by: Safaaddin Tabaraian

Date of publication: First edition, Summer 2006

Print run: 1250 copies

Number of pages: 497

Price: 42000 Rials

 

" … the rise of shaykh Khazal in Khuzestan, and the military, political and commercial importance of this district show the British authority in late Qajar period. Khazal, the youngest son of Haj Jabir, of Bani Kaab chiefs, ruled in Khuzestan for 28 years. 1921 Coup of Iran and the change of the British politics in Iran, led to the sacrifice of semi- autonomous governors of Iran in favor of powerful central government… "