Sardar Rafi's Governing Dynasty In Hezar Jarib And Astar Abad

Sardar Rafi’s dynasty was of local governing dynasties ruling from the beginning to the end of Qajar period in Hezar Jarib and Astar Abad. The heritage attained by the ancestors of this dynasty instead of Agha Mohammad Khan battles with Zandieh dynasty, lasted continually until the end of this period. They seized power by this way and achieved many prperties so that in Constitution period, contemporary with the realm of Mohammad Bagher Khan Sardar Rafi, he was one of the four persons who called himself a king and increased his power and influence as he made the Constitution governments worried. When Vosoogh-al-Doleh became premier in 1957, the policy of eradicating local influentials andconstituting a powerful central government was pursued; so Sardar Rafi was also affected by that loss and a large amount of his properties, states and army weapons were confiscated and, like other commanders, was imprisoned in Tehran for some time. Thereafter, he never ruled again and commanding began to decline for about 150 years in this dynasty.