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Qajar capture of Shiraz
The Qajar capture of Shiraz was the taking of the Zand capital by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar in 1791. According to the site it completed the formal dissolution of the Zand Empire. Agha Mohammad Khan was later crowned Shah of Iran, founding the Qajar dynasty.
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