Moḥammad-Taqī Khan, the last and most famous of the great Khans from the Čahār Lang faction of the Baḵtīārī tribe (d. 1851 in prison). Working for the political unity of the Baḵtīārīs, Moḥammad-Taqī Khan was arrested by Farhād Mīrzā Moʿtamed-al-Dawla, governor of Isfahan, in 1841, leaving the field open for his rival Ḥosaynqolī Khan (q.v.) of the Haft Lang fraction. The year 1841 marks the end of the Čahār Lang supremacy over the Baḵtīārī tribe.
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Digard, Jean-Pierre. "BAḴTĪĀRĪ viii. Moḥammad-Taqī Khan." Encyclopaedia Iranica. https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baktiari-nesba-of-a-number-of-baktiari-chiefs/ba%e1%b8%b5tiari-viii-mo%e1%b8%a5ammad-taqi-khan/