Adil Shah

Adil Shah Afshar Ali Qoli actually (Persian عادل شاه افشار, † May 20, 1749 ) was Shah of Persia in the period 1747-1748.

He was the eldest son of Ebrahim Khan and was appointed governor of Mashhad by Nadir Shah in 1737. In the same year he married Kethewan - daughter of the Georgian king Teimuraz II Three years later he married the daughter of the ruler of Bukhara, which were captured shortly before is. . He led several Strafexpiditionen for Nadir Shah, so in 1743 against the Yezidis in Kurdistan and 1745 against the Karakalpaks and Uzbeks in Khorezm.

After the assassination of Nadir Shah in Fathabad ( Khabushan ), he declared himself in Mashhad as the new Shah and took the name Adil Shah ( righteous king) on. He murdered Reza Gholi Mirza and Emam Gholi Mirza, the children Nadir Shah and heir apparent, as are the other descendants, but spared Shah Ruch, who was at that time only 14 years old.

During his reign, many tribes rebelled. For example, the Qajar Mohammad Hossein Khan whose leader, the city Astarabad threatened. Adil Shah marched against him, but could capture only its four year-old son Mohammed. Before he released him, he castrated him to turn off a potential future opponents. This child should be remembered as Aga Muhammad Khan in Iranian history.

While Adil Shah's reign, the Nadir Shah's generals used their military influence, rallied their troops and tried to come to power. The eastern part of the empire was taken over by the Afghan general Ahmad Shah Durrani, who thus laid the foundation for the Kingdom of Afghanistan.

Death

Adil Shah's rule ended after less than a year on 29 September 1748., He was deposed by his own brother Ebrahim Shah Afshar through a coup. Ebrahim had him blinded and appointed six months later in Tabriz as the new ruler. But in the east Shah Ruch had risen to new rulers and defeated Ebrahim. So Adil Shah Ebrahim and were brought to Mashhad. Ebrahim died on the way and Adil Shah was tortured to death.