Loṭf-ʿAlī Khan Šojāʿ-al-Solṭān, then Amīr-e Mofaḵḵam, Baḵtīārī chief (1862-1946), fourth son of Emāmqolī Khan, known as Ḥājī Īlḵānī. As chief of the personal guard of Moḥammad-ʿAlī Shah Qājār, he was opposed to the march of the Baḵtīārīs on Tehran in July, 1909, and was one of the few Baḵtīārī chiefs not to participate in it. He was īlḵānī of the Baḵtīārī tribe 1930-33.
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Digard, Jean-Pierre. "BAḴTĪĀRĪ vi. Loṭf-ʿAlī Khan Šojāʿ-al-Solṭān." Encyclopaedia Iranica. https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baktiari-nesba-of-a-number-of-baktiari-chiefs/ba%e1%b8%b5tiari/
