Fars Movement (Southern Uprising) · Nehzat-e Fars

Culture of origin: Qashqai · Historical

Holiday sources: Qashqai

In 1946 Prime Minister Qavam brought members of the Tudeh party into his cabinet. On 1 Shahrivar 1325 (23 August 1946) the Declaration of the Southern Resistance Movement called on the forces of the south to unite against the communists and condemned the Tudeh ministers' appointment as treason. Naser Khan Qashqai led the movement with his brothers Khosrow Khan and Mohammad-Hossein Khan, joined by the Boyer-Ahmadi, Mamasani, Khamseh, Liravi, Shabankareh and Hayat-Davudi; the Bakhtiari khans' part was cut short when their plan to attack Isfahan and Shiraz was found out and their leaders arrested. The tribes took Kazerun on 10 Mehr (2 October), after twelve days of fighting, and the Bushehr garrison on 11 Mehr (3 October). The Tudeh ministers resigned together, and General Zahedi, sent to Shiraz to negotiate, ended the movement with an agreement on the full application of the constitution, a provincial council for Fars and a general amnesty.