A member of the
Kurdish Kabudvand tribe, Hasan-Ali was born in 1820 in Garrus (present-day
Bijar). For a long time, his family had occupied positions within the government. His father Mohammad-Sadeq Khan was the governor of Garrus. His mother was a former
concubine given to his father by
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar as a reward. His father and grandfather were part of the court of Crown Prince
Abbas Mirza in
Tabriz, which was influenced by the literary network of
Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam. This influence may have been the reason behind Hasan-Ali's education. His studies, which included Arabic and Persian literature, history, calligraphy, and possibly theology, were unusually extensive for a man of his origin. As part of the Garrus regiment, Hasan Ali participated in the
Herat campaign of 1837/38 and was later assigned to the Tabriz garrison and to pacify the
Kermanshah region in 1841/42. He was then summoned to the capital and chose to leave Bijar for the
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine near
Tehran following the suspicious death of his father. He was charged with
patricide but the accession of
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar to the throne opened new opportunities for Hasan Ali who was reinstated as commander of the Garrus regiment. He went on to become an important figure in quelling riots against the central government including the Salar revolt between 1847 and 1851. He died in January 1900. He was buried in the
Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine in
Mahan. ==See also==