In 1825, Fath Ali Shah, King of Iran, marched on Isfahan with his troops to bring an unruly tribesman to justice. The Shah had received complaints about a Lur tribesman named Hashim Khan, who had been involved in raiding people’s homes, extorting money, using torture, killing people including one sayyid or descendant from the family of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), sexually assaulting women. Despite these outrages, the governor of Isfahan was either unwilling or unable to act against him. Hence the Shah came to dispense justice in person by killing 200 of Khan’s supporters and detaining Khan. While being questioned by the Shah, Khan cursed him and said ‘the world does not remain without a sovereign, when one leaves another […]
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