Adil Shah
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Adil or Adel Shah Afshar or Ali Qoli (Modern Persian: عادل شاه افشار) was Shah of Persia from 1747 until 1748.
Subsequent to the assassination of Nader Shah in Fathabad (Khabushan), his nephew Ali Qoli declared himself Adil Shah ("righteous king"), and shah of Persia. He executed Reza Qoli Mirza and Emam Qoli Mirza, the children and heirs to the throne of Nader, as well as all his other descendants, save Shahrukh, who was only 14 at the time.
As a result of numerous revolts by tribal chiefs aspiring to control of the country, Mohammad Hasan Khan, the head of the Qajar tribe, was murdered by the order of Adil Shah, and his five-year-old son Mohammad was castrated.[1] He later became an enormous part of Iranian history as the founder of the Qajar dynasty, Agha Mohammad Khan.
During Adel Shah's reign, Nader's generals, exploiting their military influence, collected their forces and attempted to rise to power. The province of Afghanistan was taken by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an Afghan chief.
Adil Shah's reign came to an end on September 29 of 1748 after he had been in power for less than a year when he was deposed by his own brother Ebrahim in a coup d'état. Ebrahim blinded him, slew him, and succeeded him as Shah.
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Tapper, Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan (Cambridge University Press, 1997: ISBN 0-521-58336-5), p. 118.
| Preceded by Nader Shah Afshar |
King of Persia 1747–1748 |
Succeeded by Ebrahim Shah Afshar |
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