Word: qashqais
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...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 a dictator...
...Some day, perhaps soon, we tribesmen will tire of being tired, and then we will all turn to the Brother of Allah." To the Qashqai (pronounced gosh guy) tribesman, the Brother of Allah is his rifle. The warning was uttered by tall (6 ft. 2 in.), husky (220 Ibs.), handsome Mohamed Nasser Khan, 42, Khan of Khans, leader of southern Iran's warlike Qashqai nomads. They have always resisted attempts by a weak central government in Teheran to manage their affairs...
Last week Allah's Brother spoke. The Qashqai and neighboring Bakhtiari tribesmen fought Government forces along 140 miles of the Persian Gulf coast, attacked the port of Bushire, entered the outskirts of Shiraz. Harried Premier Ahmad Gavam sent a five-man mission to the threatened capital to talk peace terms with Nasser Khan's leaders...
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