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Aga Muhammad Khan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Aga Muhammad Khan or Agha Muhammad Khan , 1742-97, shah of Persia, founder of the Qajar dynasty. He was emasculated by family enemies at the age of five. He was vigorous and able, but his cruelty is proverbial. In 1794, he captured and killed the last ruler of the Zand dynasty (see Iran ) and ended his campaign with a wholesale massacre in Kerman. He became shah in 1796. Aga Muhammad resisted a Russian invasion and himself invaded (1795) Georgia. Hated by his subjects, he was finally assassinated. His nephew Fath Ali Shah succeeded him. Author not available, AGA MUHAMMAD... Read more

Aga Khan
Encyclopedia of World Biography ... along the coast of the Indian Ocean. Aga Khan I used these trading links to knit ... their income to him. This became the Aga Khan's source of immense wealth. His son Aga Khan II, Ali Shah, died in 1885 after only 4 years in office. Aga Khan III Aga Khan ... Read more

Agha Muhammad Khan
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Agha Muhammad Khan see Aga Muhammad Khan . Author not available, AGHA MUHAMMAD KHAN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008 Read more

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