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The Zand Dynasty

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1) Budak Khan-e Zand. m. Begum Agha, widow of his younger brother, Muhammad Inaq Khan-e Zand (see below), by whom he had issue, three sons and two daughters:Copyright©Christopher
- a) Muhammad Iskander Khan-e Zand [Ruffiah Khan]. He d. before 1779, having had issue, a son:
  - i) Muhammad Musa Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher
- b) Muhammad Shufi Khan-e Zand. He was k. in battle at Luristan during the reign of Karim Khan, having had issue several sons who were k. or blinded by Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar.
- c) Muhammad Zaki Khan-e Zand. Governor of Isfahan. Contested the succession in 1779. He was k. at Izadkhvast, 14^th June 1779, having had issue two sons and a daughter:Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher
  - i) Akbar Khan-e Zand. He was k. at Shiraz, by Murad Shah, having had issue a son:
    - (1) Muhammad Rustam Khan-e Zand. Blinded on the orders of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar.
  - ii) Muhammad Khan-e Zand. Took refuge in Basra after the defeat of Lutf 'Ali Shah, but returned and contested the succession after the death of Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar. Captured and blinded on the orders of Fath 'Ali Shah 1798. He d. after 1808, having had issue one son and a daughter:Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher
    - (1) Muhammad Amir Khan-e Zand. Migrated to Bombay in India 1808.
    - (1) A daughter. m. August 1800, a son of Itimad ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Mehdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Hashmat Jang, the HEIC's Resident at Bushire and Envoy to Fath 'Ali Shah 1798-1803.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher
  - i) A daughter. m. H.H. Muhammad 'Ali Khan-e Zand, Regent of Persia, younger son of H.H. Muhammad Karim Khan-e Zand, Regent of Persia. She had issue - see below.
- a) H.M. the Mahd-i-'Aliya. m. (first) 'Allah Murad Qaytus Khan-e Zand Hazara. m. (second) H.H. Muhammad Sadiq Bahadur Khan-e Zand, I'timad ud-Daula, Regent of Persia (see below). She had issue by her first husband, two sons:r
  - i) H.M. 'Ali Murad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Qaytus Khan) - see below.
  - ii) Khuda Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara (s/o Qaytus Khan). Governor of Kerman 1760-1761. He had issue, five sons:
    - (1) H.H. Said Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara. Governor of Isfahan. Regent 1789. m. a daughter of Mirza Zainal-Abidin, by his wife, a daughter of Sayyid Murtaza Khalifa Sultani. He had issue, five sons and a daughter:
      - (a) Ahmad Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
      - (b) Shaikh Uvais Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
      - (c) Khanlar Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
      - (d) Ismail Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
      - (e) Muhammad 'Ali Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
      - (a) Aga Begum. H.I.M. Zillu'llah Gity Sitan Sikander Sha'n Jam Jah Faridun Far Kisra Shaukat Islam Panah Shari'at Panah Hafiz-i-Mulk-i-'Ajam Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia (b. at Damghan, 5^th September 1772; d. at Isfahan, 23^rd October 1834), eldest son of Husain Quli Khan, Jahansuz Shah, by his first wife and cousin H.M. Agha Baiji, Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Muhammad Agha Khan-e Izz ud-dinlu - see Persia (Qajar).
    - (2) Uvais Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
    - (3) Shah Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
    - (4) Yari (or Yar) Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara. He had issue, a son:
      - Khuda Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
    - (5) Jahangir Murad Khan-e Zand Hazara.Copyright©Christopher
- b) Another daughter. m. … Khan-e Zand, by whom she had issue:Copyright©Christopher
  - i) Muhammad Zahir Khan-e Zand. He was k. 1784.Copyright©Christopher
2) Muhammad Khan-e Zand 'Bikala'. m. his niece, a daughter of his brother, Muhammad Inaq Khan-e Zand. He had issue, five sons and one daughter, including:Copyright©Christopher
- a) Begum Agha. m. (first) her cousin, Muhammad Inaq Khan-e Zand, third son of Zand-i-Balge, by whom she had issue - see below. m. (second) his elder brother, Budak Khan-e Zand, eldest son of Zand-i-Balge, of Luristan, by whom he had further issue, three sons and two daughters - see above.
3) Muhammad Inaq Khan-e Zand. m. (first) Begum Agha (m. second, her brother-in-law, Budak Khan-e Zand - see above). m. (second) … He had issue, four sons and three daughters:
- a) Iskander Khan-e Zand (s/o Begum Agha). He was k. at the battle of Makyar near Isfahan, possibly s.p.
- b) H.H. Muhammad Karim Bahadur Khan-e Zand, Vakil ud-Daula. b. ca. 1707, educ. privately. Master of all of Persia except for Khorasan and the north-eastern provinces with his capital at Shiraz. Assumed the title of Vakil ud-Daula on becoming Regent of Persia for Shah Ismail III Safawi, 1751. m. (first) Khadija Begum (m. second, H.M. 'Ali Murad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia - see below), daughter of H.H. Amir Fath 'Ali Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Naib us-Sultana, Vakil ud-Daula. m. (second) a sister of Ismail Sultan Kord, of Kushan. m. (third) a lady from Isfahan. m. (fourth) an Islamic convert from Judaism. m. (fifth) a daughter of Muhammad Khan Kalhur. He d. at Shiraz, 3^rd March 1779 (bur. Qum, 1926), having had issue, six sons and three daughters:
  - i) Muhammad Hasan Khan-e Zand (s/o Khadija).Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - ii) H.H. 'Abu'l Fath Bahadur Khan-e Zand, Regent of Persia. b. 1755 (son of a sister of Ismail Sultan Kord-e Kushani), educ. privately. Installed as Joint Regent together with his youngest brother at Shiraz, 19^th June 1779. Deposed and blinded for his debauchery, 22^nd August 1779. m. (first) Sahib Sultan Khanum, daughter of Shahbaz Khan Donboli, Ilkhani. m. (second) a sister of Hidayatu'llah Khan Ghilani, Governor of Rasht. He d. at Mazandaram, 1787 (bur. Mausoleum of Shah-i-Siraj, Shiraz), having had issue a son:
    - (1) Husain 'Ali Khan-e Zand. Castrated on the orders of 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar.
  - iii) Salih Khan-e Zand. b. 1758, educ. privately. Blinded on the orders of 'Ali Murad Shah. He had issue, two sons:
    - (1) 'Abdu'llah Khan-e Zand. He d. at Hyderabad, India, 1808.
    - (2) Muhammad Mira Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher
  - iv) Muhammad Rahim Khan-e Zand. b. 1759 (s/o a lady from Isfahan), educ. privately. m. Bibi Khanum. He d.v.p. and s.p. at Shiraz, 27^th June 1777 (bur. Mausoleum of Shah Amir Hamza).Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher
  - v) H.H. Muhammad 'Ali Bahadur Khan-e Zand, Regent of Persia. b. 1760, educ. privately. Installed as Joint Regent together with his eldest brother at Shiraz, 19^th June 1779. Blinded by 'Akbar Khan. m. a daughter of Muhammad Zaki Khan-e Zand. He had issue, two sons and a daughter:
    - (1) A son who was k. whilst on a journey between Shiraz and Mazandaram.
    - (2) Haidar 'Ali Khan-e Zand. Residing at Baghdad in 1808.
    - (1) Khatun Jan Khanum. m. H.I.M. Zill-u'llah Gity Sitan Sikander Shahan Jam Jah Faridun Far Kisra Shaukat-i-Islam Panah Shari'at Panah Hafiz-i-Mulk-i-'Azam Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of the God protected realms of Persia (b. at Damghan, 5^th September 1772; d. at Isfahan, 23rd October 1834, and bur. Qum), eldest son of Husain Quli Khan, Jahansuz Shah, by his wife Agha Baiji, H.M. The Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Muhammad Khan-e Izz ud-Dinlu. She had issue, one son and another child who died young - see Persia (Qajar).
  - vi) Muhammad Ibrahim Khan-e Zand. b. 1768 (s/o a daughter of Muhammad Khan Kalhur), educ. privately. Castrated on the orders of 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar and thereafter lived at Nihavand. He d. there ca. 1802.
  - i) Pari Gahan Khanum. m. 1781, H.M. Zill-u'llah 'Ali Murad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia (d. at Murche-ye Khuet, 11^th February 1785), elder son of 'Allah Murad Qaytus Khan-e Zand Hazara- see below.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher
  - ii) Zeinab Khanum Kuchik. m. at Shiraz, August 1792, Haji Ibrahim Khan-e Zand, Grand Vizier, son of H.H. Muhammad Sadiq Khan-e Zand, I'timad ud-Daula, Regent of Persia - see below.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - iii) Bibi Kuchik. m. H.R.H. Shahzada Ahmad Murad Mirza, eldest son of H.M. Zill-u'llah 'Ali Murad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia - see below.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- c) H.H. Muhammad Sadiq Bahadur Khan-e Zand, I'timad ud-Daula, Regent of Persia. Governor of Fars 1757-1775. Seized the Regency of Persia, 22^nd August 1779. Surrendered Shiraz to the forces of H.M. 'Ali Murad Shah in after a siege lasting nine months, 2^nd March 1782. Blinded and imprisoned. m. (first) H.M. the Mahd-i-'Aliya, widow of 'Allah Murad Qaytus Khan-e Zand, and daughter of Budak Khan-e Zand, by his wife Begum Agha. m. (second) Shah Jahan Begum, alias Bibi Khanum (b. 1740; m. second, ca. 1783, H.M. Zill-u'llah 'Ali Murad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia - see below), daughter of Nawab Sultan Muhammad Hasan Bahadur Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Ilkhani of the Qajar tribe, and Governor-General of Mazandaran, by his first wife, Jayram Begum, alias Fatima Khanum, daughter of Iskander Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. He was k. 1782, having had issue, twelve sons:
  - i) H.M. Zill-u'llah Ja'afar Shah, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o H.M. the Mahd-i-'Aliya) - see below.
  - ii) Ibrahim Khan-e Zand. m. Khanum Kuchik, second daughter of H.H. Muhammad Karim Khan-e Zand, Regent of Persia, by his second wife, a sister of Ismail Sultan Kord-e Kushani.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - iii) General Muhammad Taqi Khan-e Zand. He was k. shortly after the capture of Shiraz in February 1781, having had issue, a daughter:Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - (1) Khanum Kuchik. m. H.I.M. Zill-u'llah Gity Sitan Sikander Shahan Jam Jah Faridun Far Kisra Shaukat-i-Islam Panah Shari'at Panah Hafiz-i-Mulk-i-'Azam Sultan Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia (b. at Damghan, 5^th September 1772; d. at Isfahan, 23rd October 1834, and bur. Qum), eldest son of Husain Quli Khan, Jahansuz Shah, by his wife Agha Baiji, H.M. The Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Muhammad Khan-e Izz ud-Dinlu - see Persia (Qajar).Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - iv) 'Ali Naqi Khan-e Zand. He was blinded and later k. shortly after the capture of Shiraz in February 1781, having had issue, a son.
  - v) Husain Khan-e Zand. He was k. during the siege of Shiraz, 1780/1781, having had issue, a son
  - vi) Tahir Khan-e Zand. He was blinded and later k. shortly after the capture of Shiraz in February 1781 (s.p.).
  - vii) Karim Khan-e Zand. He d.s.p.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©C Buyers
  - viii) Muhammad Khan-e Zand. Blinded by 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar after the capture of Kerman. He d.s.p.
  - ix) 'Abdu'llah Khan-e Zand. Blinded by 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar after the capture of Kerman. He d.s.p.
  - x) Fath 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - xi) Nasru'llah Khan-e Zand. Fled towards Herat during the siege of Kerman, and nothing further was heard of him.
  - xii) Haider 'Ali Khan-e Zand. Blinded by Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar ca. 1808.
- d) Turki Khan-e Zand (s/o Bai 'Agha).Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©CBuyers
- a) A daughter. m. her uncle, Muhammad Khan-e Zand (Bikala), third son of Zand-i-Balge, of Luristan. She had issue, five sons - see above.
- b) A daughter. m. her first cousin, Shaikh 'Ali Khan-e Zand, third son of Mehr 'Ali Khan-e Zand. She had issue - see below.Buyers
- c) A daughter. m. …Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
4) Mehdi Khan-e Zand. m. and had issue, two sons:©
- a) Nadir Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
- b) Taqi Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
5) Mehr 'Ali Khan-e Zand. m. and had issue, three sons:
- a) … 'Ali Khan-e Zand. He had issue, a son:Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - i) Sabiz 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
- b) Nazar 'Ali Khan-e Zand. Governor of Gilan 1762-1763. He had issue, a son:
  - i) Naqd 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
- c) Shaikh 'Ali Khan-e Zand. m. his first cousin, the younger daughter of his uncle, Muhammad Inaq Khan-e Zand. He had issue, six sons and at least one daughter:Copyright©CBuyerss
  - i) Kalb 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - ii) Ibrahim Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - iii) 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - iv) Abbas 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - v) Husain 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - vi) Fath 'Ali Khan-e Zand.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
  - i) Mariam Begum. m. H.I.M. Zill-u'llah Gity Sitan Sikander Shahan Jam Jah Faridun Far Kisra Shaukat-i-Islam Panah Shari'at Panah Hafiz-i-Mulk-i-'Azam Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of the God protected realms of Persia (b. at Damghan, 5^th September 1772; d. at Isfahan, 23rd October 1834, and bur. Qum), eldest son of Husain Quli Khan, Jahansuz Shah, by his wife Agha Baiji, H.M. The Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Muhammad Khan-e Izz ud-Dinlu. She had issue, - see Persia (Qajar).Copyright©

1782 - 1785 H.M. Zill-u'llah 'Ali Murad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, son of 'Allah Murad Qaytus Khan-e Zand Hazara, by his wife, H.M. the Mahd-i-'Aliya, elder daughter of Budak Khan-e Zand. Established his capital at Isfahan in rivalry to his cousins immediately after the death of Karim Khan, and proclaimed as Shah, March 1779. Captured Shiraz from his cousin, the Regent Muhammad Sadiq Khan, and crowned, 2^nd March 1782. m. (first) ca. 1783, Shah Jahan Begum, 'Alias Bibi Khanum (b. 1740), widow of H.H. Muhammad Sadiq Bahadur Khan-e Zand, I'timad ud-Daula, Regent of Persia, and daughter of Nawab Sultan Muhammad Hasan Bahadur Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Ilkhani of the Qajar tribe, and Governor-General of Mazandaran, by his first wife, Jayram Begum, 'Alias Fatima Khanum, daughter of Iskander Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. m. (second) Khadija Begum Khanum, widow of H.H. Muhammad Karim Khan-e Zand, Regent of Persia and daughter of H.H. Amir Fath 'Ali Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Naib us-Sultana and Wakil ud-Daula. He d. at Murche-ye Khuet, 11^th February 1785, having had issue, nine sons and one daughter, including:Copyright©Christopher Buyers

1) H.R.H. Shahzada Ahmad Murad Mirza. m. Bibi Kuchik, third daughter of H.H. Muhammad Karim Khan-e Zand, Regent of Persia, by his second wife, a sister of Ismail Sultan Kord-e Kushani.
2) H.R.H. Shahzada Shaikh Uvais Mirza. b. 1769, educ. privately. Blinded on the orders of Ja'afar Shah, 1785.
3) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Hassan Mirza [Khanlar Khan]. A noted poet under the pen name of 'Farukh'. He d. at Kerman, 1823.
4) H.R.H. Shahzada Ismail Khan. He had issue a son:
- a) Shahzada Ibrahim Khan.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
5) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad 'Ali Khan.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©CBuyers
6) H.R.H. Shahzada Khanad Khan (s/o Shah Jahan Begum).Copyright©Christopher Buyers
7) H.R.H. Shahzada Khanlar Khan. He had issue, a daughter:
- a) H.H. Shahzadi Asfa Khanum. m. H.I.H. Shahzada Malik Iraj Mirza (b. 6^th August 1807), son of H.I.M. Zill-u'llah Gity Sitan Sikander Shahan Jam Jah Faridun Far Kisra Shaukat-i-Islam Panah Shari'at Panah Hafiz-i-Mulk-i-'Azam Sultan Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his wife, Shah Pari Khanum. She had issue, one son - see Persia (Qajar).
1) H.R.H. Shahzadi Gauhar Taj Khanum. m. General H.H. Haji Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar [Kuchuk] (b. 1777; d. 1803), Governor-General of Fars and Governor of Qashan, second son of Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar, Jahansuz Shah, Governor of Damghan and Gurchan. She had issue - see Persia (Qajar).

1785 - 1789 H.M. Zill-u'llah Ja'afar Shah, Shahanshah of Persia. Governor of Isfahan 1780-1785. Succeeded on the death of his maternal half-brother, 11^th February 1785. He was k. by Qajar forces at Shiraz, 23^rd January 1789, having had issue four sons:Buyers

1) H.M. Zill-u'llah Lutf 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia - see below.
2) H.R.H. Shahzada Khushru Khan. Nominated as Regent by his brother, 1791.
3) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Abbas Quli Khan.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
4) H.R.H. Shahzada Najaf 'Ali Khan.Copyright©Christopher BuyersCopyright©Christopher Buyers
1) H.R.H. Shahzadi Maryam Khanum. m. H.I.M. Zill-u'llah Gity Sitan Sikander Shahan Jam Jah Faridun Far Kisra Shaukat-i-Islam Panah Shari'at Panah Hafiz-i-Mulk-i-'Azam Sultan Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia (b. at Damghan, 5^th September 1772; d. at Isfahan, 23rd October 1834, and bur. Qum), eldest son of Husain Quli Khan, Jahansuz Shah, by his wife Agha Baiji, H.M. The Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Muhammad Khan-e Izz ud-Dinlu - see Persia (Qajar).

1789 - 1794 H.M. Zill-u'llah Lutf 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia. b. 1766, educ. privately. Granted the title of Jahanbani by his father, 1787. Succeeded on the death of his father, 23^rd January 1789. Crowned 7^th May 1789. Captured after a prolonged siege at Kerman by the forces of 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar, 24^th October 1794. Blinded and subjected to cruel indignities of every kind, his wives and harem were distributed amongst the common soldiers and the city raised to the ground. m. among other wives, Mariam Khanum. He was k. at Tehran whilst in captivity, 1794, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:

2) H.R.H. Shahzada Mirza Fathu'llah Khan Bahadur (s/o Mariam Khanum). Castrated on the orders of 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar, later served under Crown Prince 'Abbas Mirza.
1) H.R.H. Shahzadi … Khanum. m. to a man of obscure birth by order of 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar.
2) H.R.H. Shahzadi … Khanum. m. to a man of obscure birth by order of 'Agha Muhammad Shah Qajar.

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