Farajollah Khan Shahsevan
Farajollah Khan Shahsevan was a 19th-century military officer of Qajar Iran, who took part in the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.[1] Farajollah belonged to the Shahsevan tribe, as well as the ruling dynasty of the Ardabil Khanate.[2] Although the family's privilege to govern Ardabil was abolished in 1808 by the Qajars, Farajollah Khan and his family continued to support and collaborate with them.[3][4]
On September 28, 1809, Farajollah Khan led a force of 11,000 soldiers towards the town Lankaran, which was captured and razed. The Russian ships were unable to help, due the town being encircled by woods.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Tapper 1997, p. 153.
- ^ Tapper 1997, p. 125.
- ^ Tapper 1997, p. 127.
- ^ Tapper 2010.
- ^ Bournoutian 2021, p. 181.
Sources[edit]
- Bournoutian, George (2021). From the Kur to the Aras: A Military History of Russia's Move into the South Caucasus and the First Russo-Iranian War, 1801–1813. Brill. ISBN 978-9004445154.
- Tapper, Richard (1997). Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52158-336-7.
- Tapper, Richard (2010). "Shahsevan". Encyclopaedia Iranica.