Ali Khan Ashar was the second khan of the Zanjan Khanate from 1780 to 1782. Anvar Changhiz Oglu, Aydın Avşar, Avşarlar, Bakı, "Şuşa", 2008,...

Fath-Ali Khan Afshar (Persian: فتحعلی خان افشار), was a chieftain from the Afshar tribe of Urmia, and one of the four contenders for supremacy in Iran...

Afghanistan. Afshar means "obedient". According to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Afshar, the eponymous founder of the tribe, was a son of Yildiz Khan, the third...

parts of Iran from 1748 to 1749. Born Mohammad-Ali c. 1725, he was the second son of Ebrahim Khan Afshar, the younger brother of the first Afsharid ruler...

Mehdi Khan Afshar was then overthrown by Azad Khan Afghan, and Fath 'Ali Khan became his deputy. In the aftermath of Nader Shah's death, the khans of Urmia...

Zulfiqar Khan Afshar was the first khan of the Zanjan Khanate from 1747 to 1780. Anvar Changhiz Oglu, Aydın Avşar, Avşarlar, Bakı, "Şuşa", 2008,...

the spring of 1762, Karim Khan Zand invaded Azerbaijan to force Fath-Ali Khan Afshar and his Urmia Khanate to submit. Ali Khan Shaqaqi submitted and supplied...

Qanj Ali Khan Afshar castle (Persian: قلعه غنجعلیخان افشار) is a historical castle located in Baft County in Kerman Province, The longevity of this fortress...

Fath-Ali Khan: Fath-Ali Khan Afshar (1700—1763), khan of the Urmia Khanate (1747—1748). Fath-Ali Khan Qajar (1686—1726), chieftain of Astarabad (1720—1726)...

Abdullah Khan Afshar was the third khan of the Zanjan Khanate from 1782 to 1797. Anvar Changhiz Oglu, Aydın Avşar, Avşarlar, Bakı, "Şuşa", 2008,...

cavalry drawn from the ranks of the Afshar clan.[citation needed] Meanwhile, Sa'adat Khan delayed his advance to allow Khan Dowran's men to come up. However...

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834). A member of the Afshar clan of Zanjan (which he briefly governed), he was a son of Farajallah Khan Afshar. In 1806...

the Afshar chief Fath-Ali Khan, attacked Karim at Qomesa and occupied Shiraz, driving him to Kazerun. The Zands eventually defeated Fath-Ali Khan and...

previously captured territory due to a series of mutinies by Fath-Ali Khan Afshar and Shahbaz Khan Donbali, along with other high-ranking Qajar officers. The...

Tabriz Amir-Aslan Khan sent Mir-Mehdi Khan, one of the Afshar generals with his troops to Yerevan to crush the uprising. However, Mehdi Khan himself came to...

Reza Qoli and Jalayer amassed an army to suppress the rebellion of Ali Mardan Khan Afshar, one of the fellow tribesman of Nader, who ruled the cities of Andkhoy...

Nader Shah Afshar (Persian: نادر شاه افشار; 6 August 1698 – 20 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful...

1794. Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar was famously the eunuch Monarch, being castrated as a toddler upon his capture by Adel Shah Afshar, and hence was childless...

Panah Ali Khan Javanshir (Persian: پناه‌علی‌ خان جوانشیر; Azerbaijani: پناهعلی خان; 1693 – 1759 or 1763) was the founder and first ruler of the Karabakh...

chieftain Fath-Ali Khan Afshar besieged Shusha. Panah Ali Khan made him lift the siege by giving Ibrahim Khalil Khan as hostage. By 1762, Karim Khan had established...

province. Azad Khan Afghan, a Pashtun warlord got Azerbaijan. Tabriz became the capital of Najaf Qoli Khan's kingdom with Fath-Ali Khan Afshar as his deputy...

was the son of Fath Ali Khan and the father of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, who founded the Qajar dynasty of Iran. Mohammad Hasan Khan was driven from Astarabad...

Khorasan. When Agha Muhammad Khan died in 1797 and Fath Ali Shah (his nephew) sat on the throne of Persia, Nadir Mirza Afshar was appointed as Governor of...

Ebrahim declared independence and joined forces with his cousin Amir Aslan Khan Afshar, the governor of Azerbaijan. Adel Shah eventually marched against his...

Ebrahim Afshar, who had established his rule in western Iran and now declared himself shah. Not much is known about the life of Ali-qoli Khan before his...

Retrieved 28 July 2013. Encyclopedia Iranica, "Abu’l-Fath Khan Zand" Rulers of Iran Iranology - History of Iran, Part XIII: Afshar and Zand Dynasties [1]...

suppress the rebellion of Fath-Ali Khan Afshar in Azerbaijan, the Fars army was defeated by the army of Fath-Ali Khan Afshar in Qareh Chaman near Tabriz...

decade, Nader destroyed the Tatar and Turkmen power around Merv. Kalb 'Ali Khan Afshar, the governor of Merv from 1738 onwards, revived the irrigation system...

formed an alliance with Fath-Ali Khan Afshar against Karim Khan Zand, later betraying him to the latter. After Karim Khan's death he forged alliance with...

Arg-e-Bam was conquered by the founder of the Qajar dynasty, Agha Mohammad Khan, who used the citadel as a strategic point to fend off Afghan and Baluchi...