Petition to and farman by Karim Khan Zand
| Date | Jumada II 1192 / 27.6.1778 - 25.7.1778 |
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| Content | Tax collector (zabit) 'Ali 'Askar Pas-Kuhi asks Karim Khan Zand to order Abdal Khan Bakhtiyari to assist in collecting outstanding taxes from a tafriqah (dispersed) group of Bakhtiyari. Karim Khan Zand issues a farman inscribed on the same document, granting the petitioners wish, additionally ordering the resettlement of the dispersed group to its original territory. | |
| Type | 'arzah-dasht | |
| Category | Imperial and Royal Decrees | |
| Script | shikastah-nasta'liq | |
| 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, 112-17 | |
| Keywords | Zands | tribe | tafriqah | taxes | Bakhtiyari | |
| Individuals | Karim Khan Zand | Abdal Khan | |
| Places | Fars | Pusht Kuh | |
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