Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar
Qajar chieftain (1715–1759)
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Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar (Persian: محمدحسنخان قاجار), also spelled Muhammad Hassan (1715–1759), chief of the Qoyunlu branch of the Qajar tribe of Turkomans in the Caspian coastlands around Astarabad,[1] was the son of Fath-Ali Khan Qajar and the father of Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar and Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, who founded the Qajar dynasty of Iran.
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| Born | 1715 |
| Died | 1759 (aged 43–44) |
| Spouse | Jeeran Khanum |
| Children | Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar Morteza Qoli Khan Qajar |
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Career
Mohammad Hasan Khan was driven from Astarabad in the early 1740s, but after Nader Shah's death in 1747, he appears to have joined Shahrokh Shah and was appointed beglerbeg of Astarabad and leader of all the nomadic groups in the province by Soleyman II; after the latter was deposed, Mohammad Hasan became virtually independent and extended his power to Mazandaran and Gilan.
Death
After the khan of Tabriz, Azad Khan Afghan, attacked Mohammad Hasan Khan unsuccessfully, the latter counterattacked and ousted Azad Khan from Azerbaijan in 1757, taking Tabriz without a fight (being welcomed by its inhabitants, according to one account).[2] After an expedition to ensure the obedience of the khanates of the Caucasus, Mohammad Hasan Khan turned to face Karim Khan Zand; after some successes, penetrating as far south as Shiraz, Karim Khan's most dangerous rival was defeated and killed in Mazandaran in early 1759.[3]