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Fath (other)
Fath may refer to: People ; Given name * Abol Fath Khan (1755/56 – 1787), third Shah of the Zand dynasty, ruler of the Persian Empire in 1779 * Abu'l-Fath, 14th-century Samaritan chronicler * Abu'l-Fath an-Nasir ad-Dailami (died 1053), imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen * Abu'l-Fath Musa (died 1034), Shaddadid ruler in Armenia * Abu'l-Fath Yusuf, 12th-century Persian vizier to Arslan-Shah of Ghazna * al-Fath ibn Khaqan (ca. 817/818 – 861), Abbasid writer and official, friend and chief adviser of Caliph al-Mutawakkil * al-Fath ibn Khaqan (al-Andalus) (died 1134), Andalusian writer * Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (1272–1334), Egyptian theologian * Fath al-Qal'i, ruler of Aleppo in 1016 * Fath-Ali Khan Afshar (), Afsharid chieftain in northern Iran * Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (), Lezgian nobleman who served as vizier to the Safavid king (shah) Sultan Husayn * Fath-Ali Khan Qajar (1686–1726), Persian military commander * Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1772–1834), second Qajar Empero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abol Fath Khan
Abol-Fath Khan Zand ( ''Abol-Fatḥ Khān Zand''; 1755/17561787) was the third ''Shah'' of the Zand dynasty, ruling from March 6, 1779, until August 22, 1779. Biography After the death of Karim Khan in 1779, two factions emerged, one supporting Abol-Fath, one his younger brother Mohammad Ali Khan Zand. Both were still children, and were pawns in the game of power. Karim Khan's brother Zaki Khan managed to proclaim Mohammad Ali Khan, his own son-in-law, as shah of the Zand dynasty but soon after, he also made Abol-Fath joint ruler of Iran. Both Mohammad Ali and Abol-Fath only held nominal power during their reigns, as their uncle was the effective master of the government. As another brother of Karim Khan, Sadeq Khan Zand, had left Shiraz, then the capital, and was gathering an army in Kerman ostensibly in support of Abol-Fath Khan, Zaki Khan even had Abol-Fath imprisoned. To add to the political trouble, right after the death of Karim Khan, the Qajars (tribe), Qajar prince Agha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |