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Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli

d. 1814 · 19th century

Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli was khan of Khoy in north-western Iran, of the Kurdish Donboli family, who succeeded his father Ahmad Khan after his murder in 1786. He resisted the rising power of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, and after the Qajars took control of the region he fled north in 1799. The Russians later installed him as khan of Shaki, where he died.

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Khanate of Khoy

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jafar-qoli-khan-donboli
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