Majmu?a-yi athar-i hajji ?Abdallah Khan Qaraguzlu Amir Nizam-i Hamadani

In Persia under the Qajars (1210-1344/1796-1925) tribal leaders played an important role; at the regional level and also in matters of state. An illustrative example is ?Abdallah Khan Qaraguzlu (d. 1334/1916), a prominent member of the Turkish Qaraguzlu tribe of Hamadan. Qaraguzlu, who died of a stroke age sixty, had a colourful life. Governor of the district of Astarabad at only 26 years of age, ...