The Zands and Iran
A compilation and anthology of
the works of scholars, historians,
diplomats on the Zands in Iran.

Ruler of Iran 1750-79

Portrait from Sir John Malcom, ca. 1810,
British Ambassador to Iran,
in
History of Persia, Volume II, First Edition, 1815,
from an engraving in the Palace.
"The happy reign of this excellent prince, as contrasted with those who preceded and followed
him, affords to the historian of Persia that kind of mixed pleasure and repose, which a traveller
enjoys, on arriving in a beautiful and fertile valley, during an arduous journey over barren and
rugged wastes"
                                                          - Sir John Malcolm, British Ambassador