Farman by Karim Khan Zand
| Date | Safar 1187 / 24.4.1773 - 22.5.1773 |
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| Content | In response to an earlier petition by Abdal Khan Bakhtiyari, Karim Khan Zand grants the petitioner a salary of 20 tomans and 20 kharvar of grain with a draft (barat) drawn on the districts of Cahar Mahall and Faridan. In turn he demands Abdal Khan to exercise better control over members of the Bakhtiyari and to prevent them from robbery. | |
| Type | farman | |
| Category | Imperial and Royal Decrees | |
| Script | shikastah | |
| Publication | Garthwaite, Gene. Khans and shahs: A documentary analysis of the Bakhtiyari in Iran. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1983 [documents in appendices on microfiche] Appendix II, 101-06 | |
| Keywords | Zands | banditry | salary | tribe | Bakhtiyari | |
| Individuals | Karim Khan Zand | Abdal Khan | |
| Places | Fars | Chahar Mahall | Faridan | |
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