Sardar Asaad Bakhtiari (1856–1917) (
Luri/
Persian: ), also known as Haj Ali-Gholi Khan, Sardar Asaad II (born Ali-Gholi Khan) was an Iranian revolutionary and a chieftain of the
Bakhtiari ''Haft Lang'' tribe. The third son of Hossein Gholi Khan, he was one of the primary figures of the
Persian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution ( fa, مشروطیت, Mashrūtiyyat, or ''Enghelāb-e Mashrūteh''), also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911. The revolution led to the establishment of a par ...
.
Life
In 1909, Bakhtiari tribal forces under his command with the help of modern arms from the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
successfully captured
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
as part of the revolutionary campaign to force the central government to establish
democratic reforms. One of his descendants is living in
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popula ...
, Austria.
In the early 20th century,
William Knox D'Arcy
William Knox D'Arcy (11 October 18491 May 1917) was a British businessman who was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran). The D’Arcy Concession was signed in 1901 and allowed D'Arcy to explore, o ...
, by contract with Bakhtiari, obtained permission to explore for oil for the first time in the Middle East, an event which changed the history of the entire region.
See also
*
Sepahsalar-e Tonekaboni, similar figure
References
External links
*
Bakhtiaris and the Constitution — Photographs'
* Genealogy of th
''Haft Lang'' branch of the ''Bakhtiaris''* Lily Sardarian Bakhtiari,
Bakhtiaris and the Constitutional Revolution (A Summary)'
1856 births
1917 deaths
19th-century Iranian politicians
People of the Persian Constitutional Revolution
Bakhtiari people
20th-century Iranian politicians
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