Word: nasser
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Dates: during 1946-1946
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...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...
...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...
With or without British backing, Nasser Khan's expert cavalrymen (more than 10,000 strong) and their 150,000 fellow tribesmen might easily win concessions from Teheran. Most likely outcome: local autonomy for conservatives in the south, like that given last spring to leftists in the north...