Second war with Jafar Khan Zand and enthronement Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar



painting of agha mohammad khan men


some time later local ruler named amir mohammad khan, local ruler named taqi khan (the ruler of yazd), had defeated jafar khan , seized many riches, invaded qajar territory, , marched towards isfahan. jafar qoli khan, still governor of isfahan, left city before taqi khan reach , defeated latter. agha mohammad khan went southwards once again. met jafar qoli khan @ isfahan in 1788, , after time, made taqi khan accept qajar suzerainty, , thereafter punished qashqai tribes, fled mountains. agha mohammad approached shiraz, hoped bait jafar khan out of city, fortified, making hard besiege. unfortunately agha mohammad khan, jafar khan remained in city. agha mohammad khan returned isfahan, appointed brother ali qoli governor, succeeding jafar qoli khan. left tehran.


with agha mohammad khan once again in north, jafar khan began raising army prepare attack against isfahan , surroundings. when ali qoli found out sent group of tribesmen qumishah, city south of isfahan. however, jafar khan managed defeat them. ali qoli thereafter retreated kashan. agha mohammad khan, learning of this, rapidly marched towards isfahan, made jafar khan withdraw shiraz once again. agha mohammad khan returned tehran rather attacking shiraz again. jafar khan murdered on 23 january 1789, started four-month civil war between several zand princes fought succession throne. in may jafar khan s son lotf ali khan emerged victor in civil war.


it during period agha mohammad khan enthroned (however still not crowned) , named nephew baba khan (who later known fath-ali shah qajar) heir. 1789 marked start of reign.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Types Raffinate

Biography Michał Vituška

Caf.C3.A9 Types of restaurant