Qajar Iran

Sublime State of Iran
دولت علیّه ایران
Sublime State of Iran دولت علیّه ایران
1789–1925
	Flag; (1907–1925) Imperial Coat of Arms; (1907–1925)
	Anthem: (1873–1909); Salâm-e Shâh; (Royal salute) (1909–1925); Salâmati-ye Dowlat-e 'Aliyye-ye Irân; (Salute of the Sublime State of Iran)
	Map of Sublime State of Iran in the 19th century.
Capital	Tehran
Official languages	Persian
Religion	Shia Islam
Government	Absolute monarchy (1789-1906; 1907-1909); Constitutional monarchy (1906-1907; 1909-1925)
Shah
• 1789–1797 (first)	Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
• 1909–1925 (last)	Ahmad Shah Qajar
History
• Established	1789
• Disestablished	1925
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Afsharid dynasty
	Zand dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty

The Qajar dynasty (Azerbaijani: Qacarlar) (Persian: سلسله قاجار), was a Turkic dynasty that originated from the Qajar tribe. It ruled Iran from 1789 to 1925.

They are known for the unification of Iran but were not able to create a powerful centralized state which eventually led them lose power to the British-backed Cossacks in 1925, and were succeeded by the Pahlavi dynasty. They came to power after a period of instability following the collapse of the Safavid dynasty.

Qajar Shahs of Iran

Name		Title	Reign years
1	Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar	Shah, Khan	1789–1797
2	Fath-Ali Shah Qajar	Shahanshah, Khaqan	1797–1834
3	Mohammad Shah Qajar	Shahanshah, Ghazi, Khaqan son of Khaqan	1834–1848
4	Naser al-Din Shah Qajar	Shah, Zell'ollah, Qebleh-ye 'ālam, Islampanah	1848–1896
5	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar	Shahanshah, Sultan	1896–1907
6	Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar	Shah	1907– 1909
7	Ahmad Shah Qajar	Shah	1909–1925

References

↑ Amanat 1997, p. 2: "In the 126 years between the fall of the Safavid state in 1722 and the accession of Nasir al-Din Shah, the Qajars evolved from a shepherd-warrior tribe with strongholds in northern Iran into a Persian dynasty with all the trappings of a Perso-Islamic monarchy."
↑ Anderson, Betty S. (2016). A history of the modern Middle East: rulers, rebels, and rogues. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8324-8.
↑ Anderson, Betty S. (2016). A History of the Modern Middle East: Rulers, Rebels, and Rogues. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 155–198. ISBN 9780804798754.

Sources

Amanat, Abbas (1997). Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896. University of California Press. pp. 2. ISBN 978-0-520-08321-9. In the 126 years between the fall of the Safavid state in 1722 and the accession of Nasir al-Din Shah, the Qajars evolved from a shepherd-warrior tribe with strongholds in northern Iran into a Persian dynasty with all the trappings of a Perso-Islamic monarchy.
Yarshater, Ehsan (2004). "IRAN ii. IRANIAN HISTORY (2) Islamic period". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XIII, Fasc. 3. pp. 238–241. The Qajar were a Turkmen tribe who first settled during the Mongol period in the vicinity of Armenia and were among the seven Qezelbāš tribes that supported the Safavids.

Notes

↑ Qajars evolved from a shepherd-warrior tribe with strongholds in northern Iran into a Persian dynasty with all the trappings of a Perso-Islamic monarchy.

[1] Amanat 1997, p. 2: "In the 126 years between the fall of the Safavid state in 1722 and the accession of Nasir al-Din Shah, the Qajars evolved from a shepherd-warrior tribe with strongholds in northern Iran into a Persian dynasty with all the trappings of a Perso-Islamic monarchy."

[3] Anderson, Betty S. (2016). A history of the modern Middle East: rulers, rebels, and rogues. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8324-8.

[4] Anderson, Betty S. (2016). A History of the Modern Middle East: Rulers, Rebels, and Rogues. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 155–198. ISBN 9780804798754.

[2] Qajars evolved from a shepherd-warrior tribe with strongholds in northern Iran into a Persian dynasty with all the trappings of a Perso-Islamic monarchy.