List of monarchs of Persia

Safavid Persia

Name	Portrait	Facts	Reign	Lifespan	Consorts
Ismail I		Forced the entire country to covert to Shia	1501–23 May 1524	17 July 1487-23 May 1524	Tajlu Khanum m.1504-1524
Tahmasp I		Campaigns against Kakheti and Kartli	23 May 1524–14 May 1576	22 February 1514-14 May 1576	Sultanum Begum m.1524-1547 Sultan-Agha Khanum m.1547-1554
Ismail II		Imprisoned for 19 years	15 May 1576–24 November 1577	31 May 1537-24 November 1577	Safieh Soltan Khanum m.1555-1577
Mohammad I		Ottoman-Safavid war	24 November 1577–1595	1532-1595	Khayr al-Nisa Begum m.1565-1579
Abbas the Great			1595–19 January 1629	27 January 1571-19 January 1629	Pahrijan-Begum m.1586-1587 Olghan Pasha Khanum m.1587-1590 Yakhan Begum m.1593-1602 Marta Bagrationi m.1604-1614
Safi			19 January 1629–12 May 1642	1611-12 May 1642	Anna Khanum
Abbas II			12 May 1642–26 October 1666	30 August 1632-26 October 1666	Nakihat Khanum
Suleiman I		Known as Safi II until 1668	26 October 1666-29 July 1694	February/March 1648-29 July 1694	Unnamed Circassian woman
Hussain			29 July 1694–9 September 1727	1668-9 September 1727	Amina Begum
Tahmasp II		First monarch to abdicate	9 September 1727-16 April 1736	1704-11 February 1740	Shahpari Begum
Abbas III		Youngest monarch	16 April 1736-February 1740	January 1732-11 February 1740	Never married
Suleiman II		Pretender	July 1749-14 January 1750	June 1714-May 1763

Hotak Empire

Name	Image	Facts	Reign	Lifespan	Consorts
Mahmud		Emir of Afghanistan	23 October 1722-22 April 1725	1697-1725	Shahbanu Alamiyan Govhar Sultan Safavi
Ashraf Hotak		Known for the Battle of Murche-Khort and Battle of Khwar Pass	22 April 1725-5 October 1729	c.1700-1729	Never married

Afsharid Empire

Name	Image	Facts	Reign	Lifespan	Consorts
Nader Shah		Known for the Battle of Karnal	February 1740-20 June 1747	1693-1747	Razia Begum Safavi
Adel Shah		Nephew of Nader	20 June 1747-1 October 1748	c.1722-1749	Ketevan Bagrationi
Ebrahim Shah		Deposed Adel Shah	1 October 1748-July 1749	c.1725-June/July 1749	Never married
Shahrokh			14 January 1750-1796	March 1734-1796	Unnamed lady

Zand Empire

Name		Portrait	Facts	Reign	Lifespan	Consorts
1	Karim Khan			1751–1 March 1779	c.1705-1779	Khadijeh Begum Shakh-e Nabat
2	Mohammad II			1 March-19 June 1779	c.1760-19 June 1779
3	Abol-Fath Khan			19 June 1779-1787	c.1755-1787
4	Jafar Khan			1787–23 January 1789	?-23 January 1789
5	Sayed Morad Khan			23 January-10 May 1789	?-10 May 1789
6	Anwar Shirazi			10 May 1789-20 March 1794	1768-1801

Qajar Empire

Name		Portrait	Facts	Reign years
1	Agha Mohammad Khan			1789–17 June 1797
2	Fath-Ali Shah			17 June 1797–24 October 1834
3	Mohammad III			24 October 1834–5 September 1848
4	Naser al-Din Shah			5 September 1848–1 May 1896
5	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah			1 May 1896–3 January 1907
6	Mohammad IV			3 January 1907–5 April 1925
7	Ahmad			5 April–15 December 1925

Pahlavi Empire

Name		Portrait	Title	Reign years
1	Reza Shah	[]		15 December 1925–1941
2	Mohammad V	[]		1941– 1979