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Defeat of Lotf ‘Ali Khan by Agha Mohammad Khan; the city of Shiraz in the background. Folio from the Shahanshahnameh of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba, dated 1810 In a pivotal battle near Persepolis whose outcome would determine the leadership of the nation, Lotf Ali Khan gained the upper hand over the much larger Qajar army, launching a nighttime raid ...
The Afghan chiefs of Bam invited Lotf Ali Khan to return and expel the Qajar yoke. With their help, Lotf Ali Khan returned to Kerman and captured the city on 30 March. [3] Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar quickly heard of this and marched towards Kerman on May 14. The siege lasted four months and took a toll on Kerman's population.
Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani (Persian: لطفعلی خان داغستانی) was a high-ranking Safavid military commander and official of Lezgian origin. He served as commander-in-chief ( sepahsalar ) from 1718 to 1720, and as the governor ( beglarbeg ) of Fars from 22 October 1717 to December 1720.
Finally, in 1789, Lotf Ali Khan, a grand-nephew of Karim Khan, declared himself the new king. His reign (until 1794) was spent mostly in war with the Qajar khan. His reign (until 1794) was spent mostly in war with the Qajar khan.
[7] [11] The Qajar family played a pivotal role in the Unification of Iran (1779–1796), deposing Lotf 'Ali Khan, the last Shah of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted Iranian sovereignty over large parts of the Caucasus. In 1796, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar seized Mashhad with ease, [12] putting an end to the Afsharid dynasty.
Agha Mohammad Khan was a eunuch who served at a Persian court and was enthroned as the Shah of Persia in 1789, but was not officially crowned until March 1796, having deposed, blinded & then killed Lotf Ali Khan (9th and last Shah of the Zand dynasty) in 1794, and killing Shahrokh Mirza Afshar (last Shah of the Afsharid dynasty) in 1796.
Lotf Ali Khan: c. 1769–1794 10 May 1789 20 March 1794 Zand . Shah of Iran (27) Lotf Ali Shah: c. 1769–1794 21 March 1794 30 October 1794 Zand .
Lord Protector (plural: Lords Protectors) is a title that has been used at times in British constitutional law for the head of state.; In Iceland, one Sovereign was styled Alls Íslands Verndari og Hæstráðandi til Sjós og Lands ("Protector and supreme authority of all of Iceland on land and sea") 25 June - 22 August 1809 (an intermezzo between Danish Governors styled Stiftamtmadur ...