Īl-i Qashqāʼī dar tārīkh-i muʻāṣir-i Īrān

This study examines the rise and fall of the Qashqāʼī tribal confederation in the modern political history of Īrān, focusing on the province of Fārs and its turbulent relationship with central authority. Manṣūr Naṣīrī Ṭayyibī traces the confederation from its origins under the late Qājārs, through the ascendancy of Ṣawlat al-Dawlah, the upheavals of the First World War and the Qashqāʼī campaigns against British forces, the suppression and forced settlement of the Riẓā Shāh era, and the renewed prominence the tribe attained during the Second World War. Later chapters address its role in the oil nationalisation movement, the 1953 coup, the exile of its leaders, and the tribal revolts that followed. Drawing on archival holdings, private and British government papers, the contemporary press, and oral interviews, the work seeks to resolve longstanding ambiguities and offers a richly documented account of a powerful nomadic society negotiating a century of national transformation.