Khosrow Khan Qashqai executed · Khosrow Khan-e Qashqa'i

Culture of origin: Qashqai · Historical

Holiday sources: Iran · Qashqai

Khosrow Khan Qashqai (c. 1921–1982), a leader of the Qashqai and a Mosaddegh ally, lived in exile from 1954 to 1979. In 1980 the new parliament rejected his election from Eqlid, won with 70% of the vote; he was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards, escaped, and led Qashqai, Boyer-Ahmadi and Basseri tribesmen against them until 1982. Captured after a sham amnesty, he was condemned by an Islamic Revolutionary Court and shot in Firuzabad on 9 Mehr 1361 (1 October 1982).