Nazar Ali Khan of Amraei and the Riot of Salar al-Dowleh

Salar al-Dowleh’s riot was one of the events that greatly affected the political-social situation of Iran following the constitutional revolution. Salar al-Dowleh, son of Mozaffar al-Din Shah, who for many years governed the western provinces of the country, campaigned several times for various pretexts against the newly constitutional government. He was supported by the Khans and tribes of the west of the country in these campaigns, among which, Nazar Ali Khani, the ruler of Ṫarhān, played a major role in comparison with other the Khans of the Pishkuh Lorestan. Accompanying the Khans of the western provinces of the country, including Nazar Ali Khan, with the Salar al-Dowleh to oppose the constitution, is one of the controversial issues of constitutional history. By a descriptive-analytical method, this paper intends to use the available resources, memories and documents from these events, to examine the role of Nazar Ali Khan in in the riot of Salar al-Dowleh and to answer these questions: Which aims and motives of Nazar Ali Khan in collaboration with Salar al-Dowleh have been? Why, in spite of the weakness of the central government and the plurality and power of the nomadic forces, the riots finally failed? Why did Nazar Ali Khan withdraw from Salar al-Dowleh and not accompany him in the third attack?