Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. The Qashq?'i Economy -- II. Political Organization of the Qashq?'i Tribal Confederacy -- III. Origin of the Qashq?'is -- IV. Stormy Beginnings -- V. Flight to Kerm?n -- VI. The Last Years of Mohammed ‘Ali Kh?n -- VII. The Challenge of a Strong, Stable Central Government -- VIII. The Rise of D?r?b Kh?n and his Branch of the Qashq?’i Ruling Family -- IX. Confrontation with Great Britain -- X. 1911–1914: Years of Ebb and Flow -- XI. World War I -- XII. The Days of the Wooden Door: the Reign of Re?? Sh?h Pahlavi -- XIII. World War II -- XIV. The 1946 Rebellion -- XV. Years of Peace and Prosperity (1946–1953) -- XVI. Eclipse of the Qashq?’i Ruling Family -- XVII. The Qashq?’i Tribes Without the Four Brothers -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Illustrations and Maps -- Bibliography of Works Which Mention the Qashq?’is -- Index of Names of Persons, Tribes and Places -- Backmatter