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KASHKAI CHIEFS OF FAES—
The Kashkais have sprung from the great Turkish Khalaj tribe
which settled in Asia Minor during the middle ages. At the end
of the fourteenth century, when Timur removed the Khalaj from
Asia Minor to Central and Eastern Persia, a great number of them
ran away and settled in Ears, and from this " running away " (in
Turkish kachmak) the part of the Khalaj which settled in Ears
was called Kashkai, i.e., fugitives. They now number about
25,000 families, subdivided into 66 tirah (branches), each with a
kalantar or kedkhoda. The chief of the tribe is the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , and
his deputy is the Ilbeggi; the former generally resides in Shiraz
as hostage for the good behaviour of the tribe, while the latter is
with the tribe.
The last Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. was Darab Khan (b. 1829), son of Mustafa
Kuli Khan, Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of the Shahilu branch. His ancestor Ismail
Khan (son of Jani Aka, son of Namdar Aka, son of Muhammad
Aka, son of Safar Ali Aka, son of Jani Aka, son of Kazi Aka, son
of Amir Kazi, who flourished in the beginning of the sixteenth
century) and his brother Hassan Khan were much trusted by
Kerrim Khan Zend, and were chiefs of the tribe, but Kerrim
Khan's successors blinded Ismail Khan and cut Hassan Khan's
hands off. After the death of Ismail Khan, his son, Jani Khan
became Ilbeggi, and in 1819 was made Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. . He died in 1824
and was succeeded as Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. by his second son, Muhammad Ali
Khan (b. 1793), who died in 1851. Muhammad Ali Khan had
married a daughter of Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). Eirma Husain Ali Mirza in 1826,
and left three sons by other wives, viz., (a) Jahangir Khan
(b. 1815), Ilbeggi, who married a sister of Muhammad Shah and
was commander (Sertip) of the Kashkai Infantry Regiment until
1849, when he was appointed governor of Darab. In 1851, on his
father's death, he became Ilbeggi and was appointed governor of
Kazerun. He died in 1871. His son Muhammad Hassan Khan
was Serhang of the Kashkai Infantry, and some time governor of
Abadeh, and lately governor of Bonat.
The second son was Lutf Ali Khan, who was Sertip of the
Kashkai regiment from 1851 until his death in 1856, and left a
son— Eajji Muhammad Sadik Khan, now living in Abadeh.
His third son, Hajji Nasr Ullah Khan (b. 1840), was Sertip of
Kashkai regiment from 1856 to 1878, when he became Ilbeggi
and governor of Kamfiruz and Chahar-dangeh. He died some
years ago and left a son, Sultan Ibrahim Khan Sarhang (b. 1870).
The eldest son of Jani Khan Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. was Hajji Husain Kuli
Khan, who, of a quiet disposition, was thought to be incapable of
succeeding his father as Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , and settled in Kamfiruz, where
three of his grandsons—Abbas Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, and Bakir
Khan—are now living. The third son of Jani Khan Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. was
Murteza Kuli Khan Ilbeggi; he died in 1833 of a wound which he
received in an engagement with government troops sent out to seize
him. He left two sons, Ali Kuli Khan and Kobad Khan. Ali
Kuli Khan was born in 1815, appointed Ilbeggi in 1871, and died
not long ago. He left four sons : Allah Kuli Khan, KuhandU
Khan, Aman Ullah Khan, and Hahbib Ullah Khan, who are now
living. Kobad Khan died some years ago. He left one son. Imam
. Kuli Khan, now living.
The fourth son of Jani Khan Ilbeggi was Mustafa Kuli Khan
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , who was killed at the siege of Kerman in 1831. He left two
sons: one Sohrab Khan, who was executed in 1874, and left a son,
Bahadur Khan, now living; the other, Darab Khan (b. 1829), the
late Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , who died a short time ago, had three sons, all now living :
Abdullah Khan, present Ilbeggi, Ahmad Khan, and Ismail Khan,
The fifth son of Jani Khan Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. was Muhammad Kuli Khan
(b. 1809), who became Ilbeggi in 1835 and Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. in 1851, and died
1867. He had one son. Sultan Mohammad Khan, who became
Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. in 1867, resigned in 1871, and has, several times since then,
held the governorships of Eerrashband and Firuzabad.