Amaleh عمله

The Amaleh are the chief tribe of the Qashqai confederacy of Fars. The name means workers or retainers: they began as the warriors and workmen of the ilkhani, the paramount chief, recruited from all the Qashqai tribes, so they are not a kinship group. All the Qashqai paramount chiefs came from the Amaleh's Shahilu clan. Iranica records as many as 6,000 families in 1956.

Also Amala · Amaleh Qashqai

See also Qashqai, Darrehshuri, Khamseh, Fars

Last reviewed November 2026