Ismail Khan Qashqai

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Ismail Khan Qashqai (Persian: اسماعیل خان قشقایی) was a Qashqai chieftain in 18th-century Iran. He was the son of a certain Jani Agha, whom he succeeded as chief of the Qashqai tribe. He was executed in 1779 by the Zand prince Ali-Morad Khan Zand, and was succeeded as chieftain by his only son, Jani Mohammad Khan.

Sources[edit]

  • Oberling, Pierre (2003). "QAŠQĀʾI TRIBAL CONFEDERACY i. HISTORY". Encyclopaedia Iranica.