Qajar coffee
Qajar coffee (Persian: قهوه قجری, romanized: Qahve-ye Qajari) was a type of poisoned coffee used in the court of Qajar Iran to kill the enemies of the government.[1][2]
This method of removing opponents became popular especially after the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. Notably, his son Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan was notorious in using cyanide, arsenic acid or strychnine poisoned coffee to remove those who opposed him.[2]
Victims
[edit]These people are said to have died by consuming Qajar coffee:
- Agha Reza Khan Eghbal os-Saltaneh
- Mirza Agha Khan Nuri, grand vizier
- Mansur Nezam, constitutionalist and tribal leader
- Abolfath Khan
- Mirza Mohammad Khan Sepahsalar, grand vizier[3]
- Hossein Gholi Khan Ilkhani[4]
- Mirza Habibollah Khan Moshir ol-Molk, politician
- Mirza Ali Khan, Treasurer
- Mirza Mohammad Khan Amin od-Dowleh
- Mirza Mohammad Hasan Sheikh ol-Eslam, cleric
References
[edit]- ^ "معنی قهوه قجری | فرهنگ فارسی معین". www.vajehyab.com. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ a b "از فلک تا قهوه قجری". rasekhoon.net. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ Dost Ali Moayeri, Nasserite bureaucrats, p. 78
- ^ Khazeni, Arash (2009). Tribes and Empire on the Margins of Nineteenth-Century Iran. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98995-2.