Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 7
3. Acknowledgements 9
4. Introduction 11
5. I. The Qashqā'i Economy 15
6. II. Political Organization of the Qashqā'i Tribal Confederacy 21
7. III. Origin of the Qashqā'is 27
8. IV. Stormy Beginnings 35
9. V. Flight to Kermān 47
10. VI. The Last Years of Mohammed ‘Ali Khān 55
11. VII. The Challenge of a Strong, Stable Central Government 63
12. VIII. The Rise of Dārāb Khān and his Branch of the Qashqā’i Ruling Family 73
13. IX. Confrontation with Great Britain 83
14. X. 1911–1914: Years of Ebb and Flow 113
15. XI. World War I 127
16. XII. The Days of the Wooden Door: the Reign of Reẓā Shāh Pahlavi 149
17. XIII. World War II 169
18. XIV. The 1946 Rebellion 183
19. XV. Years of Peace and Prosperity (1946–1953) 191
20. XVI. Eclipse of the Qashqā’i Ruling Family 197
21. XVII. The Qashqā’i Tribes Without the Four Brothers 203
22. Conclusion 217
23. Appendices 223
24. Illustrations and Maps 241
25. Bibliography of Works Which Mention the Qashqā’is 257
26. Index of Names of Persons, Tribes and Places 265
27. Backmatter 278