''Daadshah'' ( fa, دادشاه, translit=Dādšāh) is a 1983 Iranian Persian-language film depicting the life and experiences of
Baloch rebel
Dad Shah in the
Balochistan insurgency.
Plot
Mir Dad Shah or Mir Daad Shah was a farmer who lived in Nillag village of
Iranian Balochistan in the 1950s. He hated
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi an oppressive administration which made him to pick up arms against shah. Daad Shah's wife Bibi Hatun also fought with him against his enemies. Dad Shah was support by
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
through local
Balochi politician Mir Abdi, who went into self-exile in Iraq for his people national struggle. Dad Shah killed tribal chief Sardar Muhammad Darani of
Zahedan
Zahedan ( Balochi and fa, , ' ) is a city and capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 587,730.
The city was the site of a deadly crackdown in October 2022, with dozens citizens killed by pro- ...
. Sardar Darani was the commander-in-chief of Zahedan area during Reza Shah. In 1957, Daad Shah's tribal chiefs who betrayed him, by called him for negotiation and where he was killed in a gun battle by Iranian Forces. Mir Abdi persuaded by the Shah to return to
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
and gave privileges to stop his struggle for Baloch people. The struggle came to an end by an agreement between Iran and Iraq, where Iran stopped support for the
Kurdish struggle in Iraq, while Iraq deprived the Baloch from theirs. But later Iraq gave support to Balochi secretly till the 1980s, when
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations S ...
began Balochi groups given large amount of support in financial and weapons.
The most comprehensive research about Dadsh movement wrote by Dr. Azim shahbakhsh in Persian which called “Pazhuhesh-i dar tārikh-i mo'āser-i Baluchistān: mājerā-i Dadshah," (1372, Shiraz, Iran, Navid) A survey in Balochistan contemporary history, Dadeshah adventure, 1993, Shiraz, Iran, Navid publisher.
External links
*http://www.barahoot.com/balouchestan/shakhsiyatha/Daadshah/Majara.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070929195216/http://shopping.ketab.com/addprod.asp?id=20360&cat=3&cast=jafar+valli&pgs=1
*http://www.sarbaaz.com/daad_shaah.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231146/http://irancinema.ir/films/?ac=to&co=70&se=
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231201/http://irancinema.ir/films/review/?co=70&se=
Iranian drama films
Persian-language films
Balochi-language films
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