He was born in
Yerevan in a family of khans and belonged to the Qovanlu branch of the
Qajar tribe. After the death of his father, the previous khan, his coming to power in the
Erivan khanate was unequivocally assessed by the Yerevan nobility, because they considered him not so reliable. While Gholam Ali-khan was busy with the funeral of his father one of the local nobles Usmi-bey rebelled and captured the
Erivan fortress, but he was suppressed with the help of the former supporters of the late Hoseyn Ali Khan. Taking advantage of the fact that he was very young and inexperienced
Russian and
Ottoman empires tried to win him over to their side. If his father took a neutral position between the two sides, then during the reign of Gholam Ali-khan the Erevan khanate approached the
Ottoman Empire, which was worried that the
Georgian king
Heraclius II might seize the khanate. In the summer of 1784, a conspiracy was organized against Gholam Ali-khan, and as a result of which he was killed. == See also ==