Adil Shah
Adil Shah Afshar (also nobility , Persian عادل شاهافشار, Actually Ali Qoli Chan ; † May 20, 1749 ) was Shah of Persia from 1747 to 1748.
He was the eldest son of the Ebrāhim Khan and was appointed governor of Mashhad by Nader Shah in 1737 . In the same year he married Kethewan - daughter of the Georgian king Teimuras II. Three years later he married the daughter of the ruler of Bukhara , which had been conquered shortly before. He carried out several punitive expeditions for Nader Shah, for example against the Yazidis in Kurdistan in 1743 and against the Karakalpaks and Uzbeks in Khorezmia in 1745 .
After the assassination of the Nader Shah in Fathabad (Chabushan), he declared himself the new Shah in Mashhad and took the name Adil Shah ( Righteous King ). He murdered Reza Gholi Mirza and Emam Gholi Mirza, the children of Nader Shah and heir to the throne, as well as the other descendants, but spared Shah Ruch , who was only 14 years old at the time.
During his reign, many tribes rebelled. For example the Qajars , whose leader Mohammad Hossein Khan threatened the city of Astarabad . Adil Shah moved against him, but could only capture his four-year-old son Mohammed. Before releasing him, he spayed and neutered him to eliminate a potential future enemy. This child would go down in Iranian history as the Aga Mohammed Khan .
During Adil Shah's rule, the Nader Shah's generals used their military influence, rallied their troops and tried to gain power. The eastern part of the empire was taken over by the Afghan general Ahmad Shah Durrani , who thus laid the foundation for the kingdom of Afghanistan .
death
Adil Shah's rule ended after less than a year on September 29, 1748. In a coup d'état, he was deposed by his own brother Ebrāhim Shah Afshār . Ebrahim blinded him and six months later declared himself the new ruler in Tabriz . But in the east, Shah Ruch had risen to become the new ruler and defeated Ebrahim. So Adil Shah and Ebrahim were brought to Mashhad. Ebrahim died en route and Adil Shah was tortured to death.
Web links
Adil Shah . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Nadir Shah |
Shah of Persia 6. July 1747 - 1748 |
Ebrāhim Shah Afshār |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adil Shah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ali Qoli (real name); Adil Shah Afshar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Shah of Persia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century or 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1749 |