On his way back to Iran, Ajudanbashi had visited France again, where he managed to re-establish the relations between the two countries, which had been practically stale since the death of the French diplomat and general Claude Mathieu de Gardane in 1818.

When Ajudanbashi returned to Iran, he learned that Palmerston's conditions had been reluctantly accepted by the prime minister Haji Mirza Aqasi, who had received the approval of Mohammad Shah.

The death of Mohammad Shah in September 1848 sparked two months of anarchy where, aided by the Ilbegi and his tribal contingents, the townspeople of Shiraz attacked the citadel and the bazaars, inflicting much damage on public and private property.

This uprising, a genuine expression of widespread discontent with Hossein Khans rule, only subsided with the appointment of his successor in December later that year.

Although the cause of this hostility has never been established, it may have been due to Ajudanbashi's close relationship with Mirza Mehdi Navvab, one of Amir Kabir's enemies and author of the Dastur al-a'qab.