Jafar Khan

Jafar Khan
Portrait of Jafar Khan Zand
Shah of Iran
ReignFebruary 18, 1785 – January 23, 1789
PredecessorAli-Morad Khan Zand
SuccessorSayed Morad Khan
Died23 January 1789
Zand Palace, Shiraz
IssueLotf Ali Khan
DynastyZand dynasty
FatherSadeq Khan Zand
ReligionShia Islam

Jafar Khan Zand, (Persian: جعفر خان زند) was the seventh shah (king) of the Zand dynasty of Iran from 1785 to 1789. He was the son of Sadiq Khan Zand, who was removed from the throne in Shiraz by Ali Murad Khan, who had previously taken Isfahan for himself.


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