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This was the fourth and last governorship of Kurdistan of Riza Guli Khan.
He retired to Tehran and accompanied to Gurgan Muhammad Khan Sipahsalar
as inspector of his troops. He was an honest and courageous man of generous
disposition and did not attempt to amass money.
Amanullah Khan II, known Amanullah Khan reached Senna on the 14th
as G:,uiam Shah Khan, Rabi-us-Sani, 1265.
1265—1267 A.H. (1849—
1860 A.D.).
Three years later he married Aftab-us-Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Husain
Guli Khan, his uncle, and possessing many great qualities.
Amanullah Khan n ised a ] e manent regiment of 1,0(0 men ami ap] o’nted
the necessary officers. He named his younger brother, Khan Ahmad Khan,
Sarhang or colonel.
In 1267when the Shah went to Isfahan Amanullah Khan proceeded thither
with this regiment which was warmly commended by the Shah. Towards the end
of 1268 Hasan Sultan Avromani and the Shakieh tribe of Avroman rebelled. The
Vali started to punish them and sent Najaf Guli Khan, son of his uncle, the late
Muhammad Hasan Khan, together with Abul Gassem Yavar by the Juvanrud
and Pava road, to seize Muhammad Said Sultan, brother of Hasan Sultan. His
own brother Khan Ahmad Khan Sarhang went ahead by the Darbend road.
The Vali defeated the rebels in the plains of Haushbadrani with trifling loss on
either side.
The same night Hasan Sultan with the rest of his men fled to Shahr-i-zor
in Turkish territory. The Vali had all the property and houses of the rebel chiefs
destroyed. Muhammad Sa’id Sultan was also defeated and Avroman occupied.
Two days later came the news of the Babi rebellion and of the death of the Shah.
Many of the frontier chiefs, therefore, joined the Avromanis and made a night
attack upon Naj if Guli Khan.
Najaf Guli Khan after a long fight retired on Javanrud to await help from
the Vali Ghulam Shah Khan. On the other hand Muhammad Sa’id Sultan fled
to Turkey fearing the arrival of .the Vali, who subsequently subjugated Avroman
and opened negotiations for the return of the rebellious tribes ; these offered 3,000
iumins for that purpose to which the Vali agreed.
A special messenger brought news of the safety of the Shah which was greeted
a salute of 120 guns. In the spring of 1268 A.H. the Jaffs, who are on the
Turko-Persian frontier, invaded Kurdistan and caused great destruction as far as
the vicinity of Senna.
The Vali was ordered to punish them and was allowed to raise 6,000 foot and
horsemen, and received as reinforcements the Garrus regiment. He reached
the Turiz Khatum district of the Jaffs and sent forward troops to attack the Jaffs,
numbering 10,000 families, who fled leaving over 30,000 sheep behind them.
The expedition lasted but 2 months and 20 days.
In 1273 A.H. a certain Mirza Abdul Samad of Hamadan, a follower of Haji
Muhammad Kerim Khan Kirmani of the Shaikhi sect, came to Kurdistan to try
and induce the Vali to accept their tenets.
In opposition to the advice of the Mullas of Kurdistan, who are Sunnis, the
Vali declared himself a Shaikhi. This was the cause of disorders, and on the
16th Rabi-ul-Aval, 1273, many of the notables assembled at the cemetery outside
the town, and sent word to the Vali that if Mirza Abdul Samad did not leave the