Soleyman III
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Soleyman II, was the ruler of Persia from 1749 until 1750. His real name was Mir Sayyed Mohammad Marashi and he was in charge of Holy Shrines in Qom
and Mashhad
. His mother was the daughter of Safavid shah Suleiman I
, and so in 1750 he was enthroned by Alam Khan Arab Khozaima and some Kurdish
and Jalayirid chiefs thus taking the throne name of Soleyman II.
Shahrokh
was blinded but was restored to the throne after only a few months, as Soleyman II was removed and blinded.
Qom
Qom is a city in Iran. It lies by road southwest of Tehran and is the capital of Qom Province. At the 2006 census, its population was 957,496, in 241,827 families. It is situated on the banks of the Qom River....
and Mashhad
Mashhad
Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...
. His mother was the daughter of Safavid shah Suleiman I
Suleiman I of Persia
Suleiman I was a Safavid shah of Persia who reigned between 1666 and 1694. He was the elder son of the previous shah Abbas II and a Circassian slave, Nakihat Khanum....
, and so in 1750 he was enthroned by Alam Khan Arab Khozaima and some Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
and Jalayirid chiefs thus taking the throne name of Soleyman II.
Shahrokh
Shah Rukh of Persia
Shahrukh Shah Afshar, also spelled Shahrokh was a king of the Afsharid dynasty and a contemporary of the Zand kings. He reigned until 1796....
was blinded but was restored to the throne after only a few months, as Soleyman II was removed and blinded.