Hasan Ali Khan Garrusi (1820–1900), also known as Amīr(-e) Neẓām Garrūsī or Sālār-e Laškar, was an Iranian

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, and literary figure of the

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period. He was born in

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to a

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family from the Kabudvand tribe in 1820.

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Born in 1820 to a Kurdish family, his mother was a former

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given to his father by the governor of Garrus Mohammad-Sadeq Khan as a favor. His father and grandfather were attached to the court of the crown prince of

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. As part of his education, Hassan Ali Khan was taught

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and

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composition, history, calligraphy and perhaps theology. As part of the Garrus regiment, Hasan Ali participated in the

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of 1837/38 and was later assigned to the Tabriz garrison and to pacify the

Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

region in 1841/42. He was then summoned to the capital and chose to leave Bijar for the

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near

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following the suspicious death of his father. He was charged with

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but the accession of

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

to the throne opened new opportunities for Hasan Ali who was reinstated as commander of the Garrus regiment. He went on to become an important figure in quelling riots against the central government including the Salar revolt between 1847 and 1851. He died on 5

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, January 1900. He was buried in the shrine of Shah Nimatullah Wali in Mahan.

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