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In the great tent of the Khan of Khans, Nasser Khan Qashqai, benign monarch, meets with his tribesmen at their summer camp in the Zagros Mountains, Iran, 1946.
Qashqai tribesmen. The Valley of Beaza, southern Iran. May 1946.
"Nassar Khan at home. Carpets of Qashqai nomads [in the great tent of the Khan of Khans. Summer camp in Zagros Mountains, Iran, 1946]." The World of Allah, p. 154.
"[Qashqai tribesmen] rejoin migration, [Iran, 1946]." The World of Allah, p. 150.
"[Among the Qashqai of Iran], children learn of life with army rifles and pure blooded horses as companions, [1946]." Yankee Nomad, p. 217.

Prince Salat ed-dauleh, the leader of the Kashkai

Prince Salat ed-dauleh, the leader of the Kashkai in southwestern Persia. Enver quickly contacted this opportunist with the plan to conquer Persia for the Ottoman Empire. Now, Persia was already occupied by Russian and British police and troops. These grated on the nerves of the Persian people, whose revolution was foiled by foreign interference. Salat ed-dauleh, who was wanted by the British for instigating trouble throughout Tangistan province, was hired by Enver's special German agent Wassmuss to raise a native revolt against the British on Persian soil. This was from 1915 until 1918. Salat was only partially successful; the British did not venture into the interior of Persia because of the danger, but neither did they leave their fortified positions at Bushire and in Arabistan.
GWS, 3/04