Dadshah

Daadshah is a 1984 Iranian Persian-language film depicting the life and experiences of Baloch rebel Dad Shah during the Balochistan insurgency.

Plot

Mir Dad Shah or Mir Daad Shah was a farmer who lived in Nillag village of Iranian Balochistan in the 1950s. He hated Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's oppressive administration which made him take up arms against the Shah. Daad Shah's wife Bibi Hatun also fought with him against his enemies. Dad Shah was supported by Iraq through local Balochi politician Mir Abdi, who went into self-exile in Iraq for his people's national struggle. Dad Shah killed tribal chief Sardar Muhammad Darani of Zahedan. Sardar Darani was the commander-in-chief of Zahedan under Reza Shah. In 1957, Daad Shah's tribal chiefs betrayed him, by calling him for negotiation where he was killed in a gun battle by Iranian Forces. Mir Abdi was persuaded by the Shah to return to Iran and given privileges to stop his struggle for Balochis. The struggle came to an end by an agreement between Iran and Iraq, where Iran stopped support for the Kurdish struggle in Iraq, while Iraq deprived the Baloch from theirs. But later Iraq gave support to Balochis secretly till the 1980s, when the Iran–Iraq War began Balochi groups were given large amount of support in financial and weapons.