Gholam Ali-khan ( Persian: غلام علی) was the

khan Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan *Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...

(governor) of the

Erivan khanate The Erivan Khanate ( fa, خانات ایروان, translit=Xānāt-e Iravān; hy, Երեւանի խանութիւն, translit=Yerevani xanut'iwn; az, ایروان خانلیغی, translit=İrəvan xanlığı), also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd, was ...

, who came to power at the age of 15 and ruled for 8 months from 1783 to 1784. The eldest son of the past Hoseyn Ali Khan.

Biography

He was born in

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in a family of khans and belonged to the Qovanlu branch of the

Qajar tribe Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran ( fa, دولت علیّه ایران ') and also known then as the Guarded Domains of Iran ( fa, ممالک م ...

. After the death of his father, the previous khan, his coming to power in the

was unequivocally assessed by the Yerevan nobility, because they considered him not so reliable. While Gholam Ali-khan was busy with the funeral of his father one of the local nobles Usmi-bey rebelled and captured the

Erivan fortress Erivan Fortress ( hy, Երևանի բերդը; ''Yerevani berdë''; fa, قلعه ایروان, ''Ghaleh-ye Iravân''; russian: Эриванская крепость ''E'rivanskaya krepost' '') was a 16th-century fortress in Yerevan. History ...

, but he was suppressed with the help of the former supporters of the late Hoseyn Ali Khan. The eight-month reign of Gholam Ali-khan is one of the most controversial periods of the

Erivan Khanate The Erivan Khanate ( fa, خانات ایروان, translit=Xānāt-e Iravān; hy, Երեւանի խանութիւն, translit=Yerevani xanut'iwn; az, ایروان خانلیغی, translit=İrəvan xanlığı), also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd, was ...

. Taking advantage of the fact that he was very young and inexperienced Russian and Ottoman empires tried to win him over to their side. If his father took a neutral position between the two sides, then during the reign of Gholam Ali-khan the Erevan khanate approached the

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, which was worried that the

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king Heraclius II might seize the khanate. To attract Gholam Ali-khan to his side

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Abdul-Hamid I Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid I ( ota, عبد الحميد اول, ''`Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i evvel''; tr, Birinci Abdülhamid; 20 March 1725 – 7 April 1789) was the 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning over the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to ...

honored him with the post of

beylerbey ''Beylerbey'' ( ota, بكلربكی, beylerbeyi, lit=bey of beys, meaning the 'commander of commanders' or 'lord of lords') was a high rank in the western Islamic world in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the Anatolian Seljuks ...

and at the same time the Ottoman

pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, gener ...

s were ordered to provide him with comprehensive assistance in difficult times. In the summer of 1784, a conspiracy was organized against Gholam Ali-khan, and as a result of which he was killed. After the assassination, the majority of the population of

chose his brother Mohammad Khan.{{Cite book , last=Bournoutian , first=George , title=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 , publisher=Brill , year=2021 , isbn=978-9004445154 , pages=286

References

Sources

* ''Fuad Əliyev, Urfan Həsənov.'
Erivan khanate

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: "Şərq-Qərb". 2007. p. 144. ISBN 978-9952-34-166-9 18th-century births 18th-century deaths Khans of Erivan Qajar dynasty Khans Erivan Khanate People from Yerevan

Biography

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