First war with Jafar Khan Zand Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
portrait of jafar khan zand
meanwhile, ali-morad khan had raised group of zand troops, sent mazandaran under command of cousin rustam khan zand, defeated agha mohammad khan. ali-morad khan died on 11 february 1785. when agha mohammad khan heard of death, went tehran try capture it. when reached city, inhabitants closed gates, , told him open gate king of iran, according them jafar khan zand, had succeeded ali-morad khan. agha mohammad khan had defeat jafar khan recognized king of iran. thereafter marched towards isfahan. jafar khan sent men stop advance towards city, withdrew @ qum without putting resistance. jafar khan sent larger zand army towards agha mohammad khan, defeated army near kashan, , jafar khan fled shiraz. agha mohammad arrived @ isfahan, discovered left of zand treasure , jafar khan s harem. qajar troops looted city.
during summer of 1785, agha mohammad khan made city headquarters expeditions in persian iraq, in managed bring bakhtiari chieftains under suzerainty. left tehran, appointing former zand commander govern. when arrived @ tehran, town submitted him. @ same time, men captured hamadan , forced many kurdish , turkic chieftains submit qajar rule. on 12 march 1786, agha mohammad khan made tehran capital. city had population of 15,000-30,000 people. appears during period, agha mohammad khan saw himself king of iran, although avoided using title shah .
some time later, while agha mohammad khan in northern iran, jafar khan marched towards isfahan , re-captured it. sent troops towards kashan , qum, while marched towards hamadan. was, however, defeated local tribal chieftains, among them khosrow khan , mohammad hosayn khan qaragozlu. jafar khan withdrew isfahan. when agha mohammad khan heard zand invasion of isfahan , surroundings, moved towards city, made jafar khan retreat shiraz once again. agha mohammad khan appointed jafar qoli khan city s governor. however, governor of zanjan shortly revolted afterward, forced agha mohammad khan go north, suppressed latter s revolt , pardoned him.
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