Zaki Khan Zand زکیخان زند | |
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Shah of Iran | |
Predecessor | Karim Khan Zand |
Successor | Abol-Fath Khan Zand |
Born | Malayer |
Died | 1779 Izadkhast |
Issue | Akbar Khan Zand، Mohammad Khan Zand |
Dynasty | Zand dynasty |
Father | Bodegh Khan Zand |
Mother | Agha Beygom |
Zaki Khan Zand (died June 6, 1779) was an Iranian military commander and contender for the throne. A member of the Zand dynasty of Iran, Zaki Khan, though he never became the ruler of Iran, managed to exert power over the country during the three months between the death of his half-brother Karim Khan, on March 2, 1779, and his own brutal death.