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Soon after the accession of Muhammad Shah Qajar to the throne of his grandfather, Fath Ali Shah, the Imam Hasan Ali Shah was appointed governor of Kerman in 1835.
At the time, Kerman was held by the rebellious sons of Shuja al-Saltana, a pretender to the Qajar throne.
Hasan Ali Shah managed to restore order in Kerman, as well as in Bam and Narmishair, which were also held by rebellious groups.
Hasan Ali Shah sent a report of his success to Tehran, but did not receive any compensation for his achievements.
Despite the service he rendered to the Qajar government, Hasan Ali Shah was dismissed from the governorship of Kerman in 1837, less than two years after his arrival there, and was replaced by Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawla, a younger brother of Muhammad Shah Qajar.
Along with his two brothers, he made preparations to resist the government forces that were sent against him.
When it was clear that continuing the resistance was of little use, Hasan Ali Shah sent one of his brothers to Shiraz in order to speak to the governor of Fars to intervene on his behalf and arrange for safe passage out of Kerman.
With the governor having interceded, Hasan Ali Shah surrendered and emerged from the citadel of Bam only to be double-crossed.
Hasan Ali Shah and his dependents were sent to Kerman and remained as prisoners there for eight months.
He was eventually allowed to go to Tehran near the end of 1838-39 where he was able to present his case before the Shah.
He managed to gather an army in Mahallat which alarmed Muhammad Shah, who travelled to Delijan near Mahallat to determine the truth of the reports about Hasan Ali Shah.
Hasan Ali Shah was on a hunting trip at the time, but he sent a messenger to request permission of the monarch to go to Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage.
Permission was given, and Hasan Ali Shah's mother and a few relatives were sent to Najaf and other holy cities in Iraq in which the shrines of his ancestors, the Shiite Imams are found.
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