Zand dynasty

E229260

Iranian dynasty ruling house

The Zand dynasty was an 18th-century Iranian ruling house founded by Karim Khan Zand that controlled much of Iran between the fall of the Safavids and the rise of the Qajar dynasty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zand dynasty canonical	11
Zand rulers	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian dynasty ⓘ ruling house ⓘ
administrativeLanguage	Persian ⓘ
capital	Shiraz, Iran ⓘ surface form: Shiraz
commonName	Zand Iran ⓘ
conflict	conflicts with Afghans ⓘ wars with Qajar tribe ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
culturalContinuityWith	Safavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Safavid Iran
currency	toman ⓘ
diplomaticRelationsWith	Great Britain ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
endTime	1794 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ Early modern period ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Lurs ⓘ surface form: Lur
fallCause	defeat by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ⓘ
founder	Karim Khan Zand ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion	Persia ⓘ
historicalRole	transitional dynasty between Safavids and Qajars ⓘ
knownFor	patronage of arts and architecture ⓘ rebuilding of Shiraz ⓘ relative internal stability ⓘ
language	Persian ⓘ
legislativeSystem	Islamic law ⓘ
namedAfter	Zand tribe ⓘ
notableRuler	Abol-Fath Khan Zand ⓘ Ali-Morad Khan Zand ⓘ Karim Khan Zand ⓘ Lotf Ali Khan Zand ⓘ
predecessor	Afsharid Empire ⓘ surface form: Afsharid dynasty Safavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Safavid dynasty
region	southwestern Iran ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Iran
religion	Twelver Shia ⓘ surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
startTime	1751 ⓘ
successor	Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty
territoryIncludes	Fars ⓘ Isfahan ⓘ Khuzestan ⓘ Kurdistan ⓘ Luristan ⓘ parts of Azerbaijan ⓘ parts of Iraq ⓘ
titleOfRuler	Vakil al-Raaya ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Safavid Empire → followedBy → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Qajar Iran → predecessor → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Afsharid Empire → followedBy → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Tomb of Hafez → periodOfSignificantReconstruction → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar → precededBy → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Arg of Karim Khan → builtDuring → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Arg of Karim Khan → governingDynasty → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Arg of Karim Khan → usedBy → Zand dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zand rulers

Dowlat Abad Garden → builtDuring → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Persian monarchy → hasPart → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Iranian dynasties → hasPart → Zand dynasty ⓘ

Shah of Iran → dynastyAssociated → Zand dynasty ⓘ