An analysis of several endowments by Jani Khan Qashqai and his children

Qashqai tribe is one of the big and ancient tribes of southern Iran. Fars province is the main center of their life, but since the life of the nomads is connected with nature, according to the season they migrate to reach Yailaq and Qeshlaq. During the reign of Fath_Ali_Shah, the Qashqai tribe became a powerful tribe in Fars province that Jani_Khan and his children were the head of it. document containing six endowments letter from Jani_Khan and his children has remained. But what historical information do the endowments letters provide in the field of Qashqai and documentary studies? This article is written with the aim of introducing and analyzing six endowment letters of Jani_Khan and his children with a descriptive analytical method. The results show that some endowment documents remained from the Shahilo family. The geographical scope of theses endowments is Fars province and during the governorship of Hossein_Ali_Mirza. The endowments letters indicate that Ismail_Khan Qashqai had another son named Reza_Khan in addition to his two sons named Jani_Khan and Haji_Hassan_Khan. In the endowment letters the shares of five people of the Shahilo_family from their properties in Shiraz and sections of Fars province have been determined. Jani_Khan and his sons named Muhammad_Ali_Khan and Morteza_Gholi_Khan have dedicated their estate. Endowments made with, different motivations, are specific and general specific. By searching for the names of Shaykh al-Islam, the wording of the registration, the place of the seal, and the names of the writers and the registrars we can understand that the endownment letters of Qashqai were organized and registered in a special way in the Islamic court of Shiraz.