Revolt of Hasan Khan Salar

Revolt of Hasan Khan Salar
Date	1846-23 March 1850
Location	Khorasan, Astarabad, and Shahrud-Bastam provinces, Qajar Iran
Result	Khorasan is reincorporated into Iran
Belligerents
Qajar Iran; Za'faranlu Kurdish tribesmen	Forces Loyal to Hasan Khan Salar; Turkmen tribesmen; Shadlu Kurdish tribesmen
	Herat (late 1848)
Commanders and leaders
Mohammad Shah Qajar; Nasir al-Din Shah; Nawab Hamza Mirza-yi Hishmah al-Daula; Sultan Murad Mirza b. Na'ib al-Saltana; Sam Khan Ilkhani b. Reza Qoli Khan Zaʿfaranlu; Muhammad Ali Khan Maku'i; Muhammad Qoli Khan; Muhammad Vali Khan Qajaq Na'ib; Lutf 'Ali Khan Bighayri (POW); Imamverdi Khan Bayat; Asadullah Khan Khozeimeh; Nawab Mu'azzam Sulayman Khan Darah Khabri; Samsan Khan; 'Abbas Qoli Khan bin Ibrahim Khan Badkubah; 'Ali Khan Qaragozlu; Hasan 'Ali Khan Sartib; Herat: Yar Mohammad Khan Alakozai; Jabbar Khan Alakozai;	Hasan Khan Salar ; Amir Aslan Khan ; Mirza Muhammad Khan ; Muhammad 'Ali Khan Qajar Develu ; Jafar Qoli Khan Shadlu ; Karimdad Khan Hazara ; Muhammad Baqir Khan Marvi †; Qara Ughlan An Baygi; Qushid Khan Sarakhsi; Uraz Khan Toqtamish Sarakhsi ; Bahadur Khan ; Abbas Qoli Khan Darragazi ;
Strength
Qajars: ≥6,000 (first phase) 8,000 (second phase) Herat: 19,000 infantry+cavalry 4 artillery pieces	37,000 (first phase) 2,000 (during the march on Mashhad) ≥10,000 (during the siege of Mashhad)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Revolt of Hasan Khan Salar (Persian: شورش حسن خان سالار) was a revolt that occurred in Khorasan from 1846 to 1850. It began as a result of the power struggle in the Qajar court. One of the factions manifested itself in Khorasan by Hasan Khan Salar. Salar's revolt sought to promote Bahman Mirza and his claim to power.^[1]^[2]

The first half of his revolt started in 1846^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] and was initially very successful, gaining the support of rebellious Turkmen tribes and the Shadlu Kurds who had long hated Qajar rule. However, Salar was defeated at Mayamey near Bistam in August 1847 and was forced to flee first to Akhal and then later to Serakhs. This ended the first part of the rebellion. However, with the death of Mohammad Shah Qajar on 4 September 1848, Salar was able to capture Mashhad with the support of the population^[7] and then extended his control over most of Khorasan. With the ascension of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar on 20 October, more attention was focused on crushing this revolt. After taking over several cities in the spring of 1849, government forces besieged Mashhad, resulting in its collapse in spring of 1850.^[7]^[1]^[4] Salar was executed shortly after.^[4]^[7]^[3]

^ ^a ^b Amanat, Abbas (2007). The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896. I. B. Tauris. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-1-84511-068-0.
^ Champagne, David C. (1981). The Afghan-Iranian conflict over Herat Province and European intervention, 1796-1863: a reinterpretation (Thesis). OCLC 11054477, 1158653514.^{[page needed]}
^ ^a ^b Algar, Hamid (1989). "AMĪR KABĪR, MĪRZĀ TAQĪ KHAN". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A partial translation of "'Ayn al-Vaqayi'" (Wellspring of Events): The third of twelve works in "Bahr al-Fava'id: Kuliyat-i Riyazi" (Unlimited Benefits: The Complete Works of Riyazi) of Muhammad Yusuf". pp. 97–148.
^ Mojtahed-Zadeh, Pirouz (1993). Evolution of Eastern Iranian boundaries: Role of the Khozeimeh Amirdom of Qaenat and Sistan (Thesis). doi:10.25501/SOAS.00029156.
^ Volodarsky, Mikhail (April 1985). "Persia's foreign policy between the two Herat crises, 1831–56". Middle Eastern Studies. 21 (2): 111–151. doi:10.1080/00263208508700620. JSTOR 4283057.
^ ^a ^b ^c Noelle-Karimi, Christine (2014). The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. pp. 227–230. ISBN 978-3-7001-7202-4.

[:0-1] Amanat, Abbas (2007). The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896. I. B. Tauris. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-1-84511-068-0.

[:12-2] Champagne, David C. (1981). The Afghan-Iranian conflict over Herat Province and European intervention, 1796-1863: a reinterpretation (Thesis). OCLC 11054477, 1158653514.^{[page needed]}

[:1-3] Algar, Hamid (1989). "AMĪR KABĪR, MĪRZĀ TAQĪ KHAN". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[:2-4] "A partial translation of "'Ayn al-Vaqayi'" (Wellspring of Events): The third of twelve works in "Bahr al-Fava'id: Kuliyat-i Riyazi" (Unlimited Benefits: The Complete Works of Riyazi) of Muhammad Yusuf". pp. 97–148.

[:5-5] Mojtahed-Zadeh, Pirouz (1993). Evolution of Eastern Iranian boundaries: Role of the Khozeimeh Amirdom of Qaenat and Sistan (Thesis). doi:10.25501/SOAS.00029156.

[6] Volodarsky, Mikhail (April 1985). "Persia's foreign policy between the two Herat crises, 1831–56". Middle Eastern Studies. 21 (2): 111–151. doi:10.1080/00263208508700620. JSTOR 4283057.

[:3-7] Noelle-Karimi, Christine (2014). The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. pp. 227–230. ISBN 978-3-7001-7202-4.

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