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Iran: Heads of State: 1773-1979Royal House: Zandiyyān (Clan: Zand Bagala) |
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| Wakīl al-Raʿāyā | Trustee of the People | |
| ? ? 1773 - 1 Mar 1779 | Muḥammad Karīm Khān bin Īnāq Zand |
| 6 Mar 1779 - ? ? 1779 | Abū al-Fatḥ Khān bin Muḥammad Karīm Khān Zand |
| 6 Mar 1779 - 19 Jun 1779 | Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān bin Muḥammad Karīm Khān Zand |
| 19 Jun 1779 - 22 Aug 1779 | Abū al-Fatḥ Khān bin Muḥammad Karīm Khān Zand |
| 22 Aug 1779 - 14 Mar 1781 | Muḥammad Ṣādiq Khān bin Īnāq Zand [1] |
| 15 Mar 1781 - 11 Feb 1785 | ʿAlī Murād Khān bin Qayṭas Khān Zand [1][2] |
| 12 Feb 1785 - 17 Feb 1785 | Bāqir Khān Khurāsakānī [1][3] |
| 18 Feb 1785 - 23 Jan 1789 | Jaʿfar Khān bin Muḥammad Ṣādiq Khān Zand [1] |
| 23 Jan 1789 - 10 May 1789 | Ṣayd Murād Khān bin Khudā Murād Khān Zand [2] |
| 10 May 1789 - ? Mar 1794 | Luṭf ʿAlī Khān bin Jaʿfar Khān Zand |
| Shāhanshāh-i Īrān | Emperor of Iran (literally: King-of-Kings of Iran) | |
| ? Mar 1794 - 30 Oct 1794 | Luṭf ʿAlī Shāh (Luṭf ʿAlī Khān bin Jaʿfar Khān Zand) |
Royal House: Qājāriyyān |
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| ? ? 1788 - ? Mar 1796 | Āqā Muḥammad Khān bin Muḥammad Ḥasan Khān Qājār |
| Shāh-i Īrān | King of Iran | |
| ? Mar 1796 - 17 Jun 1797 | Muḥammad Shāh (Āqā Muḥammad Khān bin Muḥammad Ḥasan Khān Qājār) |
| Shāhanshāh-i Īrān | Emperor of Iran (literally: King-of-Kings of Iran) [4] | |
| 29 Jul 1797 - 24 Oct 1834 | Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (Fatḥ ʿAlī Bābā Khān bin Ḥusayn Qulī Qājār) |
| 9 Nov 1834 - 5 Sep 1848 | Muḥammad Shāh (Muḥammad Mīrzā bin ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār) [5][6] |
| 13 Sep 1848 - 1 May 1896 | Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh (Nāṣir al=Dīn Mīrzā bin Muḥammad Shāh Qājār) |
| ? May 1896 - 8 Jan 1907 | Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh (Muẓaffar al-Dīn Mīrzā bin Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh Qājār) |
| 8 Jan 1907 - 16 Jul 1909 | Muḥammad ʿAlī Shāh (Muḥammad ʿAlī Mīrzā bin Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh Qājār) |
| 16 Jul 1909 - 3 Oct 1925 | Aḥmad Shāh (Sulṭān Aḥmad Mīrzā bin Muḥammad ʿAlī Shāh Qājār) [7] |
| Raʾīs-i Walat-i Muwaqqat-i Dawla | Head of the Provisional Government of Iran | |
| 31 Oct 1925 - 15 Dec 1925 | Riḍā Khān Pahlawī (Riḍā Khān bin ʿAbbās ʿAlī Khān) |
Royal House: Pahlawī |
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| Shāhanshāh-i Īrān | Emperor of Iran (literally: King-of-Kings of Iran) | |
| 15 Dec 1925 - 16 Sep 1941 | Riḍā Pahlawī Shāh (Riḍā Khān Pahlawī) [8] |
| 16 Sep 1941 - 11 Feb 1979 | Muḥammad Riḍā Pahlawī Shāh (from 15 Sep 1965) Āryāmihr (Muḥammad Riḍā bin Riḍā Pahlawī Shāh) |
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| [1] | Shāhanshāh-i Īrān (in dissidence) |
Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān |
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| ? ? 1780 - ? ? 1786 Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad Shāh | |
| [2] | Clan: Zand Hazāra |
| [3] | Usurper |
| [4] | In occasional official use: Pādshāh-i kull-i Mamālik-i Īrān (Great King of All the Realms of Iran). |
| [5] | 14 Nov 1834 - 16 Dec 1834 ʿĀdil ʿAlī Shāh (ʿAlī Mīrzā bin Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh Qājār Ẓill-i Sulṭān) (in Tehran, in dissidence) |
| [6] | 5 Dec 1834 - 29 Mar 1835 Ḥusayn ʿAlī Shāh (Ḥusayn ʿAlī Mīrzā bin Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh Qājār Farmān-Farmā) (in Shiraz, in dissidence) |
| [7] | 17 Jun 1911 - ? Sep 1911 Muḥammad ʿAlī Shāh (in dissidence) |
| [8] | Posthumously (21 Jun 1949) granted epithet Kabīr |
Last update: 08 May 2025