Karim Khan Zand and Taqi Khan Yazdi

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

mohammad reza rhmari ¹ (استاد یار گروه تاریخ دانشگاه یزد)

Received: 2015-12-27 Accepted : 2015-12-27 Published : 2009-12-22

Keywords: Yazd, Isfahan, Karim Khan Zand, Taqi Khan Yazdi, Kirman,

Abstract :

After the killing of Nadir shah (1160/1747), Karim Khan Zand trying to consolidate his authority in western Iran and its centre Isfahan engaged in 15 years severe wars with patents like Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar and the Afghan Azad Khan. Meanwhile two border provinces in that region, Yazd and Kirman, did not accept Khan Zand's authority: Kirman rebelled against him and in Yazd, the Bafqi Khan, known Taqi Khan Yazdi declared independence. Rebellion of the two provinces, especially Yazd, threatened Karim Khan's actual capital: Isfahan, also his authority all over his domain. After conquering Yazd, the Zand Khan in accordance with his main strategy: preventing the threat to Isfahan and consolidating his authority over the domain, reinstated Taqi Khan as governor of Yazd. Till now there isn't any independent research in this respect, and in this article, the writer , by profithing from the new studies and especially the main sources, tries to investigate the importance of Isfahan and western Iran in those days, the influence of Yazd on Wakil's control over that city and territory and especially Taqi Khan's role in this process. Let it not remain unsaid that besides strategic factors, economic considerations were influential in this respect too.