Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari

Sardar Asaad Bakhtiari (1856–1917) (Luri/Persian: سردار اسعد بختیاری), 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.

National Commander

Sardar Asaad Bakhtiari
Born1856
Iran
Died1917
Iran
NationalityIranian

Life

In 1909, Bakhtiari tribal forces under his command with the help of modern arms from the German Empire successfully captured Tehran as part of the revolutionary campaign to force the central government to establish democratic reforms. One of his descendants is living in Graz, Austria.

In the early 20th century, William Knox D'Arcy, 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.[1]

Commemorative poster (3 x 4 m2) pertaining to the conquest of Tehran by the Bakhtiari Constitutional Revolutionaries in July 1909. The two men on horse are Sardar Asad and Sepahsālār (Mohammad Vali Khan, Sepahsālār-e A'zam-e Tankāboni, Minister of Defence in the first Cabinet following dethroning of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar in 1909, and subsequently Prime Minister of Iran from 6 October 1909 until July 1910).

See also

References
  1. Vassiliou, M. S (2009). Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.


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