Siege of Kerman | |||||||
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![]() Capture and Sack of Kerman by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. | |||||||
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The siege of Kerman (1794) was the capture of the city of Kerman by the Qajar forces led by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar against Zand forces led by Lotf Ali Khan (the last Shah of the Zand dynasty) which resulted in a decisive Qajar victory.[1] After the siege, Tens of thousands were killed, blinded or taken into slavery and it took the city decades to recover.[2]
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