Bakhtiyar, Aqa Khan

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Interview with Bakhtiyar, Aqa Khan

Date

December 1985

Location

London, England

Interviewer

Assar (Guppy), Shusha

Language

Persian

Abstract

Reminiscences of childhood; life in the Bakhtiyari tribe; relations between the Bakhtiyaris, the central government and the oil interests in Khuzestan; on the events of 1963-64; on the Entezam brothers, Hosein Ala, Hasan Ali Mansur and Amir Abbas Hoveyda; on the Shah’s persona and his leadership style; on the economic and political conditions of the tribal populations of Iran; on the meeting between President Kennedy and General Teymur Bakhtiyar; reasons for General Bakhtiyar’s dismissal and his later activities outside Iran; on legislations in labor related issues; on the National Iranian Oil Company.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Transcripts

Aqakhan-Bakhtiyar-A-I Aqakhan-Bakhtiyar-B-II Aqakhan-Bakhtiyar-Eng

Contents

71pp. + summary + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

Majles Deputy, 1940-1944; President of the Agriculture and Mortgage Banks, 1953-1955; Minister of Labor, 1957-1958; Member of the Board of Governors of the National Iranian Oil Company, 1974-1979.