Sadiq Khan Zand

Sadiq Khan Zand
'Vakil e-Ra'aayaa وكيل الرّعايا (Representative of the People)
Sadiq Khan Zand
Shah of Iran
Reign	1779–1781
Predecessor	Abol Fath Khan
Successor	Ali Murad Khan
Born	?
Died	1782 Zand Palace, Shiraz
Dynasty	Zand dynasty
Father	Inaq Khan
Mother	Bay Agha
Religion	Shia Islam

Sadiq Khan Zand (Persian: صادق‌خان زند‎‎, d. 1781), also known as Muhammad Sadiq was the fifth Shah of the Zand dynasty, who ruled Persia from August 22, 1779 until March 14, 1781.

Biography

Karim Khan's death in March 1779 was followed by a power struggle. His sons Muhammad Ali Khan and Abol Fath Khan were declared co-rulers, but their rule was only nominal; real power was in the hands of their uncle Zaki Khan. After Zaki Khan's murder by the people of Isfahan, there was widespread rebellion. Ali Murad Khan, the commander of the royal army, who was sent to undermine a Qajar attack in the north, betrayed Abol Fath and left the capital defenseless. Karim Khan's brother Muhammad Sadiq, supported by the Nizari imam Abū-l-Ḥasan ʻAlī, collected an army in Kerman and invaded Shiraz, where he faced little resistance.^[1] On August 22, 1779, Abol Fath died from a heart attack and he became the ruler of Persia.

His cause of death is not known, but Ali Murad succeeded him.

Court of Sadigh Khan Zand

References

1. Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge University Press, 1990: ISBN 0-521-42974-9), p. 500.

Sources

• Perry, John R. (2011). "KARIM KHAN ZAND". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XV, Fasc. 6. pp. 561–564.
• Perry, J. R. (1984). "ĀḠĀ MOḤAMMAD KHAN QĀJĀR ". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 6. pp. 602–605. External link in |article= (help)
• Hambly, Gavin R.G (1991). The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–1072. ISBN 9780521200950.