Chemistry:Qajar coffee
From HandWiki
Short description: Type of poison in the form of 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
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
- ↑ "معنی قهوه قجری | فرهنگ فارسی معین". https://www.vajehyab.com/moein/%D9%82%D9%87%D9%88%D9%87+%D9%82%D8%AC%D8%B1%DB%8C.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "از فلک تا قهوه قجری". https://rasekhoon.net/article/show/722422/%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%81%D9%84%DA%A9-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D9%82%D9%87%D9%88%D9%87-%D9%82%D8%AC%D8%B1%DB%8C.
- ↑ Dost Ali Moayeri, Nasserite bureaucrats, p. 78
- ↑ Khazeni, Arash (2009) (in en). Tribes and Empire on the Margins of Nineteenth-Century Iran. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98995-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HMHcfc-WMB4C&dq=haft+lang&pg=PA50.
 |  |
