Abū al-Fatḥ Bahādur Khān Zand (1169–1201/1755–1787), the second son of Karīm Khān Zand who ruled for a brief time during the eventful period after his father's death.

Abū al-Fatḥ was born in Shīrāz in 1169/1755, and his mother was the sister of Ismāʿīl Kurd Qūchānī (Ghaffarī, 67, 383). His paternal uncle, Ṣādiq Khān (d. 1196/1782), the only brother of Karīm Khān Zand, was his guardian for some time (Francklin, 323–324). In 1181/1767, when he was only twelve years old, on his father's orders, he married the sister of Hidāy…