Aga Muhammed Khan

Aga Muhammed Shah
Šāhanšāh-e Irān
Porträtt från cirka 1820
Regeringstid1789 – 17 juni 1797
Kröningmars 1796
FöreträdareLotf Ali Khan
EfterträdareFath-Ali Qajar
GemålMaryam Khanom
PersonnamnAga Muhammed Khan Qajar
ÄttQajar
FarMuhammed Qajar
MorJeeran Khanum
Född14 mars 1742
Astarabad, Iran
ReligionTolv-shiitisk islam
Död17 juni 1797 (55 år)
Sjusja, Iran
BegravdAlis moské, Najaf, Irak
Khans tugra användes som monogram

Vapnet på Khans flagga under Qajar

Aga Muhammed Khan Qajar (persiska: آغا محمد خان قاجار; även känd under regentnamnet Muhammed Khan Shah), född 14 mars 1742 i Astarabad, död 17 juni 1797 i Sjusja, var en persisk kung av Qajardynastin.

Biografi

Efter en svår ungdom, då Khan upprepade gånger tillfångatogs och även kastrerades, ledde han den turkmenska Qajarstammen till seger över Zanddynastin. Med skicklighet och hänsynslöshet utmanövrerade Aga Muhammed på 1780-talet de sinsemellan stridande Zandprinsarna och etablerade sin dynasti på Persiens tron. År 1785 gjorde han för första gången Teheran till landets huvudstad. Efter ett framgångsrikt krigståg till Georgien år 1795–1796 lät Aga Muhammed Khan slutligen kröna sig till shah men mördades redan året därpå och efterträddes av sin brorson Fath-Ali Shah.

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Christies description:

FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT OF AGA MUHAMMAD KHAN QAJAR QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1820 Oil on canvas, Aga Muhammad Khan kneels on a rug, hand on hip, wearing a red embroidered robe with jewelled sleeves, tall pearl and emerald embellished hat, floral sash with dangling pearl tassle and dagger tucked in, with studded belt and sword of state in front of him and draped curtain behind, a few areas where the paint has chipped, areas of repainting, unframed.

There existed, in the early Qajar period, a tradition of 'historical' portraiture, important as dynastic legitimacy continued to be an issue of consequence. The numerous depictions of the Qajar royal family were perhaps intended to reinforce the length of the pedigree and the importance of the dynasty. Charles Texier counted some 60 in different palaces (Vol. II, 1853, pp.128-9, referenced in Julian Raby, Qajar Portrai ts, London, 1999, p.49). The tradition was well established by the time Fath 'Ali Shah acceded to the throne, and it must certainly have played a role in the projection of his monarchical pretensions (Raby, op. cit., p.49). Aga Muhammad Khan (1742-97), as the man credited with the establishment of the Qajar dynasty, is unusual as subject matter but logical when considered within this framework of portraiture as a mechanism for portraying political legitimacy.

The facial style of Aga Muhammad Khan in this work is interesting. There seemed to be a tendency towards depicting faces either with a distinct youthful innocence or old and wizened. In two of a series of historical portraits by Mehr 'Ali published in Raby's Qajar Portraits (Nos. 115-6, pp.50-1), the features of Afrasiyab, the King of Turan and Chingiz Khan are painted in the latter style, riddled with wrinkles and with soft features and downcast expression, reminiscent of the present example.