Akbar Khan Zand information

Akbar Khan Zand (Persian: اکبر خان زند, romanized: Akbar Khān Zand) was an Iranian prince from the Zand dynasty, who played a lively and vicious role...

Zaki Khan Zand (died June 6, 1779) was an Iranian military commander and contender for the throne. A member of the Zand Dynasty of Iran, Zaki Khan, though...

The Zand dynasty (Persian: دودمان زندیان, romanized: Dudemāne Zandiyān) was an Iranian dynasty, founded by Karim Khan Zand (r. 1751–1779) that initially...

Mohammad Khan Zand, one of Zaki Khan's sons, who had planned a revolt since 1782, when his youngest brother Akbar Khan was killed by Jafar Khan. Akbar Khan gathered...

Shiraz, Iran. It was built as part of a complex during the Zand dynasty. It is named after Karim Khan, and served as his living quarters. It is rectangular...

green and red. Flag of the Zand Dynasty Another Flag of the Zand Dynasty The "Ya Karim" flag, which was a pun on Karim Khan Zand's name, and Al-Karim (the...

Vizier and Kalantar of Fars in Zand government. His decision to betray Lotf Ali Khan Zand influenced the ending of the Zand dynasty and elevating Qajars...

Akbar succeeded to the throne under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped consolidate the Mughal Empire in India. Through warfare and diplomacy, Akbar was...

territories in Western Armenia and Mesopotamia. Finally, Karim Khan founded the Zand dynasty and became ruler of Iran by 1760. Erekle II and Teimuraz...

in Mazandaran, and held local power during the late Safavid, Afshari, and Zand dynasties. From the beginning of the Qajar period, the family entered politics...

Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan (1797–1869), also known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet. He was popularly known by the pen names Ghalib and Asad. His honorific...

I of Persia – ruler of the Safavid dynasty (1588–1629) Karim Khan – founder of the Zand dynasty Ali ibn Ridwan – Egyptian Muslim physician, astrologer...

the reign of Akbar, revolts brow out in the Malandari Pass under Yousafzai leader Kalu Khan. The siege took more than two months. The Akbar than sent one...

memorial was constructed in the gardens in 1773, during the reign of Karim Khan Zand. Situated on the north bank of the seasonal Rudkhaneye Khoshk river in...

Sharif Haj Ghorban Soleimani Ali Tajvidi Dariush Talai Hossein Tehrani Ali Zand Vakili Alinaghi Vaziri Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri Mortezâ Varzi Parviz Yahaghi...

16th century. Shiraz soon returned to prosperity under the rule of Karim Khan Zand, who made it his capital in 1762. Employing more than 12,000 workers,...

his service under the Qajars, Hajji Ebrahim Shirazi had served under the Zand dynasty (1751–1794), in whose court Mirza Abolhassan had received his early...

coup d'état, beginning on 14 January 1921 when 42-year-old soldier Reza Khan was promoted by British General Edmund Ironside to lead the British-run Persian...

seems to have continued uninterrupted. There are portraits of Karim Khan of the Zand Dynasty of Iran and Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar that depict them smoking the...

 1748) and Shahrokh Shah (r. 1748–1750, 1750–1796), as well as the Zand ruler Karim Khan (r. 1751–1779) and one of his beglarbegis, each invested Molla Ali...

Shiraz soon returned to prosperity under the enlightened rule of Karim Khan Zand who made it his capital in 1762. Employing more than 12,000 workers he...

sparked civil war, after which Karim Khan Zand came to power in 1750. Compared to preceding dynasties, the Zands' geopolitical reach was limited. Many...

Khan found out and sent Mirwais to Isfahan. While there, he saw the weakness of the Safavid court and complained about the brutality of Gurgin Khan....