Lotf Ali Khan (Persian:لتفعلى خان زند)([[ was the last shah of Persia (resigned 1789-94) of the Zand dynasty. Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ... The Shahanshah (meaning King of Kings), usually shortened to Shah (in Persian: شاه), from the Old Persian or Indo-European word khshathra-pava (king), and popularly referred to as basileus toon basileoon by the Greeks, is the term for a Persian monarch and was used by most of the former rulers... The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Vakeel mosque, Shiraz. ...

The son of Jafar Khan, he came to the throne in 1789. He faced the resurgent Agha Muhammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty from 1792. He fought against him with his small army, then he escaped to the city of Shiraz and ordered the gates to be closed. Agha Muhammad Khan (1742 - June 17, 1797) was the chief of a Turkic tribe, the Qajars. ... Mullahs in the royal presence. ... Shiraz can refer to: Shiraz, Iran Shiraz grape/wine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Lotf Ali lost Shiraz when his chancellor, Haji Ibrahim, betrayed him and opened the city gates to his enemy. Lotf Ali failed to capture Shahr-i Babak from Agha Muhammad Khan and turned towards the city of Kerman. External links Iran Chamber Societys page on Kerman Tourist information on Kerman Photos of historic sites in Kerman Categories: Iran geography stubs | Cities in Iran ...

In 1793 he defeated the Qajars and in 1794 captured Kerman. But soon, he was besieged in Kerman for six months by Agha Mohammad Khan. When the city fell to Agha Mohammad Khan, angered by the popular support that Lotf Ali Khan had received, all the male inhabitants were killed or blinded, and a pile was made out of 20,000 detached eyeballs and poured in front of the victorious Agha Muhammad Khan. The women and children were sold into slavery, and the city was destroyed over ninety days. 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... External links Iran Chamber Societys page on Kerman Tourist information on Kerman Photos of historic sites in Kerman Categories: Iran geography stubs | Cities in Iran ...

Lotf Ali however escaped the siege but was again betrayed and captured soon after, near Bam. He was blinded personally by the hands of Agha Mohammad Khan, imprisoned in jail in Tehran and tortured to death. Bam (Persian: بم), pronounced [bæm], is a city in southern Iran, in Kerman Province, south of city of Kerman and north of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. ... Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran Tehran is a metropolis of 14 million situated at the foot of the towering Alborz range. ...

His tomb is in Emamzadeh Zeid in the Old Bazaar of Tehran. His portrait is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Sadabad Palace. Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran Tehran is a metropolis of 14 million situated at the foot of the towering Alborz range. ... The Sadabad Palace (کاخ سعدآباد) is a palace built by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran. ...