"إضافات وتصحيحات لمسرد الشخصيات الهامة في بلاد فارس (المجلد IV)" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٢] (٣١٢/٢٩٠)

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SHAIKH MUHAMMAD CHAHKUTAHI SALAK
ASHJA’A. Born about 1889. Also knoWt as and
uses cognomen of SHAHIDZADEH, son of the
‘ martyr Shaikh Husain Chahkutahi of whom he is
the eldest son. The family descent is as follows :
r
Haji Rashid.
i .
Haji Husain.
I
Haji Salih Khan.
Shaikh AH Dumukh.
Shaikh Ahmad
Shaikh Muhammad.
Shaikh Ahmad.
Shaikh
Ahmad.
1
Shaikh
Salih Khan.
Shaikh
Husain
Shaikh-ul-
Wazir.
Shaikh Nasir
Khan
(Zabit of
Chahkutah
till 1885.)
Shaikh.
Ahmad.
Shaikh i Shaikh
Muhammad All killed
Killed in 1910 by
1911 by Shaikh
Shaikh Husain.
Husain.
Shaikh Shaikh
Husain kill- Abdul-
ed 192o in lah.
fight with
S. P. R.
I
f
I
1
4
Shaikh
Shaikh
Shaikh
Shaikh
Muhammad
Abdul
Katir m.
Abdur
Salar
Husain
sifter of
Miral
Ashjaa.
killed 1915
in fight with
Indian
troops.
Mirza A.
L. I.
Kazeruni.
Rasul
Shaikh
Mhd.
Husain,
{
Shaikh
Khazal
killed in
1920.
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From 1906 resident as his father’s Deputy at Ahmadi,
the nearest stage to Bushire on the Shiraz road, where
he was responsible for the co]leetion of the very large
sums levied annually from caravans and travellers m
illegal '‘rahdari and ‘alari’ during the years 1908-15
and 1916-18. From 1906 to the outbreak of war in
1914 was with his brothers and father, on friendly
terms with the Besidency in Bushire and members of
the staff, with whom visits frequently exchanged.
Shaikh Husain often sought the good offices of the
Besidency in his difficulties with the Governors of the
Ports. During those years the Chahkutahi Shaikhs
were constantly engaged in their long-standing blood
feud with the neighbouring Angali District, and on
bad terms with Zair Khidhar of Tangistan : they were
also engaged in smuggling arms and tea through the
Tangistan ports. The late Shaikh Hussain whose race