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Mohammad Khan Baloch
Mohammad Khan Baloch ( Balochi:) was a baloch military commander and statesman during Safavid dynasty and Afsharid Persia. He joined the Mahmud Hotak that toppled the safavid dynasty, leading to the establishment of the Hotak dynasty and he was sent to the Ottoman embassy on behalf of them. After returning to Iran and the fall of the Afghans, he was one of the commanders of Nader Shah's army, and de facto governor of many areas and gained control over the southern states of Iran. Biography Safavid dynasty Tahmasp gathered troops from the provinces and districts and went to Hamedan with his army (about 70,000 people) and entrusted the heart of the army to Mohammad Khan Baloch. Mohammad Khan Baloch was made the governor of Kohgiluyeh by Shah Tahmasb. Many of the Safavi faction joined Mohammad Khan Baloch against Nader Shah. Afsharid dynasty Mohammad Khan Baloch became military commander in Afsharid Iran, who functioned as governor under Nader Shah. he recruited troops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiraz
Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra, Fars, Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants. A census in 2021 showed an increase in the city's population to 1,995,500 people. Shiraz is located in Southern Iran, southwestern Iran on the () seasonal river. Founded in the early Islamic period, the city has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years. The earliest reference to the city, as ''Tiraziš'', is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BCE. The modern city was founded by the Sasanian dynasty and restored by the Umayyad Caliphate in 693 CE and grew prominent under the successive Iranian peoples, Iranian Saffarid dynasty, Saffarid and Buyid dynasty, Buyid dynastie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebellion Of Sheikh Ahmad Madani
The Rebellion of Sheikh Ahmad Madani ''()'' was a revolt in the Garmsirat region of Iran from January 1730 as the Hotaks were being pushed out of Iran up until May 1734 when Sheikh Ahmad Madani was captured. However, remnants of the rebellion continued to fight until the middle of June 1734 before it was finally crushed. It began as a result of the Restoration of the Safavids in late 1729. The Hotaks were expelled from Iran and many fled to the Garmsirat instead of taking the long route back to Kerman. The coastal Arab chieftains used this opportunity to seize independence and gave shelter to the Afghans. Outrageous taxes were also a factor in the rebellion. Many Arabs joined Sheikh Ahmad Madani and Iranian forces sent against Madani were unable to defeat him as they lacked sufficient naval forces to encircle the rebels. Dutch East India Company letters reported he was collecting revenue in the areas between Lar and Shiraz. In the Autumn of 1730 Mohammad 'Ali Khan was able to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Khan Baluch's Rebellion
In the aftermath of Nader's crippling defeat and expulsion from Ottoman Baghdad, the commander who was put in charge of the 12,000 soldiers to maintain the siege of the city, Mohammad Khan Baloch, fled from Mesopotamia and returned to southern Persia, where, taking advantage of Nader's shattered prestige due to his ignominious defeat at the hands of Topal Pasha at the Battle of Samarra, Mohammad Khan raised the banner of rebellion in the south of the country. He also allied with Sheikh Ahmad Madani's revolt. Nader Guli sent the Shirazian vali to Megasets to suppress the uprising. Upon his arrival, he himself rebelled against Nader Guli and even collected troops for a campaign on Isfahan. Mohammad Khan Baloch went to the Bender area to recruit soldiers, and interrupted a number of residents who did not want to join him. Mohammad Khan Baloch took those who agreed to serve with him into his army and went to Shiraz, where he began to prepare for the campaign on Isfahan. Letter fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baghdad
Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the Arab world, most populous cities in the Middle East and Arab world and forms 22% of the Demographics of Iraq, country's population. Spanning an area of approximately , Baghdad is the capital of its Baghdad Governorate, governorate and serves as Iraq's political, economic, and cultural hub. Founded in 762 AD by Al-Mansur, Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and became its most notable development project. The city evolved into a cultural and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". For much of the Abbasid era, duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topal Osman Pasha
Topal Osman Pasha (1663–1733) was an Ottoman military officer and administrator. A capable man, he rose to the rank of ''beylerbey'' by the age of 24 and served as general against the Venetians and the Habsburg monarchy and as governor in several provinces. His career eventually brought his appointment to the position of Grand Vizier in 1731–32. After his dismissal, he was sent to a provincial governorship, but was soon recalled to lead the Ottoman troops in the Ottoman–Persian War of 1730–35. He succeeded in defeating Nader Shah and saving Baghdad in 1732, but clashed with Nader for a second time the next year and was decisively beaten in the Battle of Kirkuk (1733), in which he lost his life. Life Osman was born ca. 1663 in the Morea (Peloponnese) peninsula to TurkishYaşaroğlu, Kamil "Osman Paşa (Topal)" (1999) ''Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi'', İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık A.Ş. C.2 s.414 (in Turkish) parents. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Floor
Willem Marius Floor (born 1942) is a Dutch historian, writer, and Iranologist. He was born in 1942 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. After finishing high school, he attended the University of Utrecht where he studied economics, non-Western sociology, and Islamic studies. He also studied Arabic and eventually became interested in Persian. He received his PhD from the University of Leiden in 1971. The title of his PhD dissertation was "The Guilds In Qajar Persia." Ever since, he has been engaged in Iranian studies. Throughout this time, he has published extensively on the socio-economic history of Iran. As an independent scholar, Willem Floor has published numerous works of history as well as translations. Dr. Floor is also a winner of Farabi International Prize for Humanitarian Studies. Professional Background He started his professional career in 1968 at the Ministry of Development in the Netherlands. Between 1983 and 2002. Dr. Floor was employed by the World Bank as an energy specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larestan County
Larestan County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Lar. History Early history In the medieval ages, Laristan was ruled by the local Miladian dynasty, until it was removed by a Safavid invasion in 1602 led by Allahverdi Khan. In the thirteenth century, Larestan briefly became a center of trade and commerce in southern Persia. Larestan was nearly always an obscure region, never becoming involved in the politics and conflicts of mainstream Persia. The historical region of Larestan consists of several counties in Fars province (Larestan County, Khonj County, Gerash County and Lamerd County) and Bastak County in Hormozgan province. Administrative changes In November 2008, Beyram, Evaz, and Gerash Districts were separated from the county in the establishment of Gerash County. However, Beyram and Evaz Districts were returned to Larestan County six months later. The village of Latifi was elevated to the status of a city, and the village of Emad Deh be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi
Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi (), also known by his title of Monshi-ol-Mamalek (), was the chief secretary, historian, biographer, advisor, strategist, friend and confidant of King Nader Shah (). He who wrote and accepted the different decisions and files related to the Empire. Biography Even though Mirza Mehdi rose to become an eminent figure in 18th century Iran, not much is known about his life. A native of Astarabad (present-day Gorgan), he was the son of a certain Mohammad-Nasir, and he presumably spent his young life in Isfahan during the late Safavid period, where he practised to become a civil servant. During the reign of the last Safavid king, Soltan Hoseyn (r. 1696–1722), the Afghans attacked Iran. When military chief Nader Shah expelled the Afghans, Mirza Mehdi Khan supported him in the Safavid court. During his long service to Nader, he first functioned as "head of the royal correspondance" (''Monshi-ol-Mamalek''), until Nader's coronation at the Mughan plain in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi
Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi (, 12 December 1924 – 25 March 2014; born in Pariz) was an Iranian historian, translator, poet, essayist and author of non-fiction books. His numerous publications (over 50 books) are mostly popular reads on topics such as the history of Iran and the history of his hometown Pariz in Kerman province.Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi at Goodreads References {{DEFAULTSORT:Parizi, Bastani 1924 births 2014 deaths 20th-centu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afsharid Iran
The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran or the Afsharid Empire, was an Iranian empire established by the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern province of Khorasan Province, Khorasan, establishing the Afsharid dynasty that would rule over Iran during the mid-eighteenth century. The dynasty's founder, Nader Shah, was a successful military commander who deposed the last member of the Safavid dynasty in 1736, and proclaimed himself Shah. During Nader Shah's reign, Iran reached its greatest extent since the Sasanian Empire. At its height it controlled modern-day Iran, Armenia, Georgia (country), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bahrain, Qatar, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and parts of Iraq, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the Persian Gulf and the North Caucasus (Dagestan). After his death, most of his empire was divided between the Zands, Durranis, Kingdom of Kartli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
