{
  "g": "h,empire,asia",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Zand Dynasty",
  "now": "iran",
  "years": "1751–1794",
  "id": "zand",
  "index": "c/iran:1751",
  "title": "Flag of the Zand Dynasty",
  "ratio": "1:2",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Field of Karim Khan's banner."
    },
    {
      "color": "green",
      "hex": "#239f40",
      "note": "Border — Islamic green."
    },
    {
      "color": "gold",
      "hex": "#ffcc00",
      "note": "Shir-o-Khorshid emblem."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Zand dynasty (1751–1794) was a short-lived Iranian ruling house founded by **Karim Khan Zand**, a Lur tribal leader remembered as one of Iran's fairest rulers\n - **Construction:** a white triangular banner with a green border and the **Shir-o-Khorshid** (lion and sun) emblem in gold at the hoist — reviving the Safavid heraldic tradition\n - Karim Khan refused the title of Shah, preferring **Vakil e-Ra'aya** (\"Deputy of the People\")",
  "flag": "empires/zand.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Zand Dynasty",
    "officialName": "Zand Iran",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Karim Khan chose Shiraz as his capital and adorned it with monumental architecture, most notably the **Arg-e Karim Khan**\n - The Lur-speaking Zands' grip on Iran fractured after Karim Khan's death; the Qajars absorbed their domains by 1794\n - Zand-era Shiraz saw a golden age of Persian poetry, music, and carpet weaving",
  "_name": "Zand Dynasty",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "zand"
}