Conquest of Mazandaran and Gilan Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar



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agha mohammad khan took him group of loyal followers , left tehran. meanwhile, in shiraz, people fighting among themselves. in tehran, agha mohammad khan met main chieftains of develu clan, whom made peace with. visited shrine of shah abd al-azim, father s skull kept. travelled mazandaran province, first task set suzerainty among qoyunlu brothers. resulted in clash brothers reza qoli , morteza qoli, whom defeated on 2 april, conquering mazandaran. meanwhile, morteza qoli fled astarabad, fortified himself. agha mohammad khan not storm city, since starting war morteza qoli mean frail alliance develu fall apart—morteza qoli s mother develu. @ same time, zand prince ali-morad khan zand sent army of zand , afghan troops under azad khan afghan s son mahmud khan mazandaran, agha mohammad khan s brother jafar qoli khan managed repel. agha mohammad khan, hossein qoli khan s sons fath-ali qoli , hosayn qoli, in firm position in babol, capital of mazandaran.


some time later, reza qoli invaded babol army of men lahijan, captured agha mohammad khan. when morteza qoli learned of this, advanced on place army of turkmens , released agha mohammad khan. 3 brothers tried settle problems; agha mohammad khan , reza qoli succeeded, while morteza qoli discontented , fled ali-morad khan in isfahan, , sadeq khan zand in shiraz. died @ last in khorasan. former supporters went agha mohammad khan , began serving him. @ time, agha mohammad khan had once again become involved in conflict brother reza qoli, whom defeated in several battles, , thereafter established peace him once more: morteza qoli allowed de facto ruler of astarabad , several districts in mazandaran.


peace did not last long. ali-morad khan shortly invaded mazandaran, led agha mohammad khan march babol army of mazandaranis , qajars , attack ali-morad khan, whom managed repel province. agha mohammad khan seized qumis, semnan, damghan, shahrud , bastam. furthermore, made hedayat-allah khan, ruler of gilan, vassal. thereafter granted land in semnan brother ali qoli reward in conquest of cities.








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