Abū l-Fatḥ Khān Zand - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Perry, John R.
Leiden
Brill
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Abū l-Fatḥ Khān Zand (1169-1201/1755 or 1756-87), the eldest surviving son of Karīm Khān Zand (r. c.1164-93/1751-79), briefly succeeded his father as nominal ruler of Iran for seventy days in 1193/1779. His father had been the leader of his tribal contingent in the army of Nādir Shāh Afshār (r. 1148-60/1736-47) and founded the Zand dynasty (Table 1) soon after Nādir's assassination. Abū l-Fatḥ's mother was a sister of Ismāʿīl Sulṭān Kurd-i Qūchān (a leader