Akbar Khan Zand

Akbar Khan Zand (Persian: اکبر خان زند‎, romanized: Akbar Khān Zand) was an Iranian prince from the Zand dynasty, who played a lively and vicious role in the fratricidal power conflict that took place after the death of Karim Khan Zand in 1779.

Illustration of Akbar Khan Zand.

Sources
  • Perry, John R. (1984). "Akbar Khan Zand". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 7. pp. 713–714.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Perry, John R. (2011). "Karim Khan Zand". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XV, Fasc. 6. pp. 561–564.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Perry, John R. (2010). "Zand dynasty". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XV, Fasc. 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hambly, Gavin R.G (1991). "Agha Muhammad Khan and the establishment of the Qajar dynasty". The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 104–144. ISBN 9780521200950.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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