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On the death of the Shah, Rukn-ud-Dauleh, goveraor of Garrus started tn
Kurdish froopf™’ ^ defeate<1 ^ VaUeh Kha,1Um, Wh ° led »»
, ^ Vhf : n in 1^51 Muhammad Shah Gazi succeeded to the throne Valieh obtained
went toVeh " f ° r her SOn Riza «uli Kh^ ^17252
went to Tehran to bring the bride to Senna. Thus for 5 or 6 years did Riza
Guh Khan govern according to the council of Valieh, his mother.
f ., Tn th f ^Sinning of 1257 Mahmud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Baban fled to Kurdistan with 1 000
families of his followers and took refuge with Riza Guli Khan. They were well
ThTshV^ tw ° late J^Guli Khan accompanied themto Tehran
The Shah showed them great favour and sent them back to Kurdistan Riza
Guh khan accompanied Mahmud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to Baban, then returning to Senna*
prepared his own troops and started for Baban. g & ’
At that time the Vah and the notables did not agree together. Many weie
the complaints against the Vah, and Mirza Hidayitullah Vazir was the chief of
the malcontents, and was determined to bring about the Vali’s fall.
The Kurdistan army reached Merivan, and Mirza Hidayitullah sent the most
important f.ghting tribesmen direct towards Sulaimanieh to help Mahmud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had den ldTr Ab ^llah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , governor of Sulaimanieh, that h^
had denuded Riza Gull Khan s camp, and advised him to fall upon Riza Guli
Khan s weakened army Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. with a regiment, 4,000 horsemen and
4 guns reached the vicinity of Merivan on the 14th Rabi-ul-Aval 1257 Mirza
Hidayitullah had taken care that his own men should be on outpost dutv and had
instructed them if they saw the enemy to fall back quietly on the camp with
out giving warning. ^ J ^ ^ uamp wirn-
On the day in question some of the Vali’s men had gone out to the out-nost
and strenuously opposed Abdullah Pasha’s advance to give their chief time to come
The Vah sent Abdul Hamid Sultan, governor of Baneh, with 1,000 tufanq-
cA ^ or sharp-shooters of Sakuz and Baneh to help the van-guard Mir/a l/
^“‘heMdTt the AM “> to go Lwarf.'^fighTbutW
take Vo (Lift A * lm « b 7 dlnt of prayers and persuasion got the Vaii to
takctofhght. As arranged Abdul Hamid Sultan fled and the Babans slew
many people and looted the Vali’s camp. £>a°ans stew
Tehran Z toproliHate n the a Sb e b Se " na f a , nd t sen ‘ a eertain Mirza Abdul Hamid to
an to propitiate the Shah and settle the matter, but the unfortunate messen-
M rza Hedayitullah Vazir, ff 1 ’ arrival at the capital, was put to death.
1 1260 A.H. (1842— Riza Gull Khan was called to Tehran with the
notables of Kurdistan ; on arrival he was deposed
and Mirza Hidayitullah Vazir was named governor
in his stead.
In 1260 A.H. Eiza Guli Khan was again named Vali of Kurdistan. He
n£ , rA G £ li , Khan ' 1260AH f“ t , Tuba Khamim, his wife, and sister of the
lafpr Tofinrl k A m ac * vance > an( i himself followed four months
her ’AH Kb7 Kurdistan r ^ by order of the Shah Kam-
Rhai b Saa d-ud-Dauleh, Mafi, went to Senna to remove Amanullah Khan,
wHh th«r fandlies toTelandabad^' ^ Hidayitullah “ d notables
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