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lands which were ‘ tuyul ’ for the ‘fauj ’ of Savad Kuh in accor
dance with the decree of the 2nd Majlis in 1909 and gradually
appropriated more ‘ khaliseh ’ in the adjacent districts of Shir-
gah and Allabad.
His initiative and self reliance have made him the most
powerful of the potentates of Mazandaran, viz., Amir Mu’aiyid
and Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jalll (No. 44) and Amir Mukarram (No. 43), the big
hereditary landowner of Western Mazandaran who has been
a tool in his hands. Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jalil, the wealthy landowner of
Eastern Mazandaran, has twice (in 1911 and 1918) been provoked
into armed opposition to him, but the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. is a capitalist
profiteer and no soldier and his numerically superior following
of oppressed peasantry or hirelings, mostly natives of the
‘ qishlaq, are no match in spirit or physique for the Savad
Kuhis, the most virile of the Mazandaranis, who are loyal to
Amir Mu’aiyid. The minor personalities of Savad Kuh
are all connections of his, and give him their united support.
^ with the aid of Amir Mukarram he defeated Amir
A’zam in Larljan at the head of a governmental force sent
against them from Tehran. In 1911 he assisted the ex-Shah in
his attempt to return to Tehran via Mazandaran, but not to the
extent of making any sacrifices on his behalf, and obtained
many rifles during the flight of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Muhi’s governmental
force after their defeat at Astarabad.
In 191b he organized an Ittihad-i Tabaristan, set up a
provisional Government by the chiefs of Mazandaran, and
negotiated with Salar Fatih (No. 61) of Kujur and with the
Jangalis. He quarrelled, however, with Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jalil, who
was loth to be mulcted and drawn into doubtful political
ventures which might jeopardize his huge landed estates, and
the chiefs of Mazandaran were divided into two armed camps.
Amir Mu’aiyid collected about 500 men and controlled the West
of Mazandaran as far East as Sari. In addition to the Savad-
kuhis he was supported by Hujabr-ud-Dauleh (No. 45) with 100
sowars of the Abdul Maliki tribe and had the sympathy of the
Kurd-u-Turk leaders with the exception of Isma’il Khan Isfan-
dini (No. 46).
With the other Mazandaran Chiefs he left the province in
1919 and went to Tehran, whence he was banished to Kirman-
shah and the Government properties in Shirgah and Aliabad
were _ taken away from him. Mushir-ud-Dauleh’s Cabinet
permitted him to come from Kirmansbah to Tehran and he has
recently (November 1920) quitted Tehran and gone to Savad
Kuh without permission.