Word: mohamad
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...roam over two-thirds of Persia's barren land, gave him his latest excuse to string out the elections. They look with suspicion on the central Government and army (present strength, about 100,000), which has been trying to disarm them as a prelude to election. Oxford-educated Mohamad Houssein Qashqai, one of the four Qashqai brothers who rule most of the southern tribesmen, thinks the army exists only to suppress tribesmen, fears ambitious officers may attempt a coup d'état. He said recently: "Since the days of Reza Shah,* every private thinks he can become...