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Aziz Khan Mokri, military commander in Qajar Iran

Azizkhan Mokri

Aziz Khan Mokri (Romanized as Aziz Khan Mukri),[lower-alpha 1] also known as Aziz Khan Sardar, was an ethnic Kurdish statesman who served for over 50 years as the head of the Iranian army during the reign of the Qajar shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. The son of Mohammad Sultan Mokri he was born in 1207 (Hijri calendar) 1792 (Gregorian). His only daughter, Fatema, married the nobility Ahmad Agha Ilkhani. Nasr al-Din Shah also gave the Ilkhanizadeh's the surname Mohtadi as a sign of nobility.

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  1. Also spelled "Mukri"

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