Shahrokh Mirza, better known by his dynastic title of Shahrokh Shah was the Afsharid king of the western part of Khorasan from 1750 to 1796, with a two-month interruption.
13 Facts About Shahrokh Shah
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In 1747, as Nader Shah became increasingly paranoid, he had Shahrokh sent to the fortress of Kalat.
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Shahrokh Shah's death led to a power vacuum, which resulted in his vast empire being divided by various sovereigns.
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The eastern parts of his domain were seized by Uzbek and Afghan sovereigns; a former Uzbek commander of Nader Shahrokh Shah named Muhammad Rahim Khan Manghit, deposed Abu al-Fayz Khan and became the new ruler of Bukhara; Ahmad Khan, the leader of the Abdali tribe and formerly part of the Afghan cadre of Nader Shahrokh Shah's army, fled to the city of Naderabad in Kandahar.
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Shahrokh Shah was instead sent back to Kalat, where he was imprisoned.
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Contrary to Nader Shah, Shahrokh represented himself as an ardent champion of Twelver Shi'ism in his coins, seals, and documents.
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Ebrahim Shahrokh Shah fled to the fortress of Qal'a-yi Qalapur, but was captured and given to Musa Khan Afshar Taromi, who had him blinded.
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Shahrokh Shah was then sent to Mashhad, but died en route.
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However, Shahrokh only served as a figurehead, with the real power in the hands of Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkic tribal leaders.
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The leading figure behind this coup was the Jalayir wife of Shahrokh, who had convinced the conspirators that Shahrokh had not been blinded.
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Shortly afterwards, Agha Mohammad Shahrokh Shah sent a force of 8,000 soldiers under Suleiman Khan Qajar, followed by Mirza Mahdi, to conquer Mashhad and affirm its citizens of the Shahrokh Shah's generosity.
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Shahrokh Shah's pilgrimage continued for 23 days, where he seemed to be unaware of the politics of the country.
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Shahrokh Shah then forced Shahrokh to give any riches that originally belonged to Nader Shah.