Kizil Bash

Kizil-Bash, i.e. "Red Heads,"a term applied to certain Turkoman tribes in Asia Minor and Persia, who form a sect or brotherhood like that of the Beyyadiyahs of Oman; are a fine race, very fair, speaking both Persian and Turki. The name appears to have been originally given by Shah Ismail to the Nikalu, and six other valiant Turki tribes, to whom he owed his successes. Some were settled by Nadir Shah in Cabul, where they are still known as Gholam-i-Shah, the "king's servants."