Rahimkhan Chalabianloo
{{Short description|Iranian politician}}
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Rahimkhan Chalabianloo or Rahim Khan Chalabianlu,Richard Tapper, "Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan", Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 248.Stephanie Cronin, "Tribal Politics in Iran: Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941", 2007, Routledge, p. 161. was a government official in power around the turn of the 19th century in Iran. He was from the Chalabianlu tribe and executed in 1911.{{cite journal|last=Oberling|first=Pierre|year=1964|title=The Tribes of Qaraca Dag: A Brief History|journal=Oriens|volume=17|page=64|doi=10.2307/1580019|issn=0078-6527|jstor=1580019}}{{Cite journal|last=Oberling|first=Pierre|date=1990|title=ČALABĪĀNLŪ|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/calabianlu-a-turkicized-tribe-dwelling-for-the-most-part-in-the-dehestan-of-garmaduz-in-arasbaran-q|journal=Encyclopedia Iranica|volume=IV}}
Biography
According to the official documents Rahim Khan's ancestors had been exiled to the north of Arasbaran region by advancing Russian forces during the Russo-Persian War (1826–28).{{cite web |url=http://journals.nlai.ir/ganjine/files/site1/user_files_a601ea/zrezaei-A-10-5-540-072d906.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219022248/http://journals.nlai.ir/ganjine/files/site1/user_files_a601ea/zrezaei-A-10-5-540-072d906.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-19 }} Rahim Khan was an army general during the era of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar.Mehdi Bammad, "The history of Iranian men", Zovar, Tehran, 1371, p. 506. During the brief reign of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Rahim Khan as the commander of the Royal Guards was a close confidant of the king.Mehdighili Hedayat, "The Dawn of Constitutionalism", Jam Publications, Tehran, 1363, p. 67. He was imprisoned after the revolutionary parliament accused his son of orchestrating the massacre of 200 peasants in Arasbaran.Hashem Mohit Mafi, "Preliminaries of Constitutionalism", Ferdowsi Publications, Tehran, 1363, p. 304. After he pretended to switch sides, the government sent him to fight a Kurdish rebellion in the West Azerbaijan province. He started anti-revolutionary activities as soon as he reached Ardabil and scored significant victories and completed the conquest of northeastern Azerbaijan.Colonel Hossein Baybordi, "The History of Arsbaran", Ibn Sina, Tehran 1341, p. 129. The revolutionary government in Tehran dispatched a well equipped force under the command of Yeprem Khan, which defeated Rahim Khan by the end of December 1909. He sought asylum in Russia.A. Kasrawī, "Tārīḵ-e hījdah-sāla-ye Āḏarbāyjān", Tehran, 1955.
In January 1911 Raḥīm Khan returned to Iran. He was soon lured to Tabrīz by the leaders of the provincial anjoman. There, first he was placed under police surveillance and, later, was incarcerated in the Ark. In September 1911, he was secretly executed during Moḥammad-ʿAlī Shah's unsuccessful attempt to reestablish himself in power.