Shaykh Ali Khan Zand

Shaykh Ali Khan Zand
Karim Khan Zand amidst his close circle, sometimes attributed to Mohammad Sadeq, probably 19th century, oil on canvas. The blind person to his right is Shaykh Ali Khan.
Native name
شیخ علی خان زند
Died1779
Shiraz
Battles / warsCampaigns of Karim Khan Zand

Shaykh Ali Khan Zand (Persian: شیخ علی خان زند, romanized: Shaikh Alī Khān Zand) was a Zand nobleman, who was a close associate and prominent lieutenant of his cousin Karim Khan Zand (r. 1751–1779). However, he later clashed with the latter, who had him blinded. He afterwards lived the rest of his life as an honored representative of the court, until a civil war occurred after Karim Khan's death in 1779, where Shaykh Ali Khan was killed by his cousin, Zaki Khan Zand.

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