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Iran: Heads of State: 1501-1773

Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān
Shāhanshāh-i Īrān [1]
Jul/Aug 1501 - 23 May 1524 Shāh Ismā‘īl I (Abū al-Muẓaffar Ismā‘īl bin Shaykh Sulṭān Ḥaydar bin Shaykh Junayd Ṣafawī)
23 May 1524 - 14 May 1576 Shāh Ṭahmāsb I (Abū al-Fatḥ Ṭahmāsb Mīrzā bin Shāh Ismā‘īl Ṣafawī)
14 May 1576 - 23 May 1576 Shāh Ḥaydar (Ḥaydar ‘Alī Mīrzā bin Shāh Ṭahmāsb Ṣafawī)
23 Mat 1576 - 24 Nov 1577 Shāh Ismā‘īl II (Ismā‘īl Mīrzā bin Shāh Ṭahmāsb Ṣafawī)
11 Feb 1578 - 1 Oct 1588 Sulṭān Muḥammad Shāh (Sulṭān Muḥammad Khudā-Banda Iskandar Mīrzā bin Shāh Ṭahmāsb Ṣafawī) [2]
1 Oct 1588 - 19 Jan 1629 Shāh ‘Abbās I Buzurg (‘Abbās Mīrzā bin Sulṭān Muḥammad Shāh Ṣafawī) (x)
28 Jan 1629 - 12 May 1642 Shāh Ṣafī I (Sām Mīrzā bin Muḥammad Bāqir Ṣafī Mīrzā Ṣafawī)
12 May 1642 - 25 Sep 1666 Shāh ‘Abbās II (Sulṭān Muḥammad Mīrzā bin Shāh Ṣafī Ṣafawī)
1 Nov 1666 - 29 Jul 1694 Shāh Ṣafī II (Ṣafī Mīrzā bin Shāh ‘Abbās Ṣafawī) [3]
6 Aug 1694 - 23 Oct 1722 Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn I (Sulṭān Ḥusayn Mīrzā bin Shāh Sulaymān Ṣafawī)
Royal House: Hūtak (Ghilzī)
23 Oct 1722 - 25 Apr 1725 Maḥmūd Shāh Ghilzāy (Maḥmūd bin Mīr Ways Hūtakī) [4]
26 Apr 1725 - 13 Nov 1729 Ashraf Shāh Ghilzāy (Ashraf bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Hūtakī) [4]
Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān
9 Dec 1729 - 2 Sep 1732 Shāh Ṭahmāsb II (Ṭahmāsb Mīrzā bin Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn Ṣafawī) (x)
2 Sep 1732 - 8 Mar 1736 Shāh ‘Abbās III (‘Abbās Mīrzā bin Shāh Ṭahmāsb Ṣafawī)
Royal House: Afshāriyyān (Qirqlū)
8 Mar 1736 - 20 Jun 1747 Nādir Shāh (Nadhr Qulī Beg bin Imām Qulī Beg; later Ṭahmāsb Qulī Khān)
6 Jul 1747 - 29 Sep 1748 ‘Ādil Shāh (‘Alī Qulī Khān bin Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Khān) [5]
8 Dec 1748 - ? May 1749 Ibrāhīm Shāh (Muḥammad ‘Alī Beg bin Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Khān)
? May 1749 - 30 Dec 1749 Ismā‘īl Shāhrukh Shāh (Ismā‘īl bin Riḍā Qulī Mīrzā) (x)
Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān-Mar‘ashī
13 Jan 1750 - 20 Mar 1750 Shāh Sulaymān II (Mīr Sayyid Muḥammad bin Mīrzā Muḥammad Dā’ūd al-Ḥusaynī Mar‘ashī)
Royal House: Afshāriyyān (Qirqlū)
? Jun 1750 - ? Jun 1750 Ismā‘īl Shāhrukh Shāh (Ismā‘īl bin Riḍā Qulī Mīrzā) (x)
Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān
29 Jun 1750 - ? ? 1773 Shāh Ismā‘īl III (Mīrzā Abū Turāb bin Mīrzā Sayyid Murtaḍā Ṣafawī) [6][7]

[1] In occasional official use: Pādshāh-i kull-i Mamālik-i Īrān
[2] ? Apr 1581 - ? May 1581 Shāh ‘Abbās I (‘Abbās Mīrzā bin Sulṭān Muḥammad Shāh Ṣafawī) (in dissidence)
[3] From 20 Mar 1668 Shāh Sulṭān Sulaymān I Ṣafī
[4] Shāhanshāh-i Īrān (in dissidence)
 
Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān
  10 Nov 1722 - 8 Nov 1726 Shāh Ṭahmāsb II (Ṭahmāsb Mīrzā bin Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn Ṣafawī)
 
Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān-Mar‘ashī
  8 Nov 1726 - ? Jul 1728 Shāh Aḥmad (Sayyid Aḥmad bin Abī al-Qāsim al-Ḥusaynī Mar‘ashī)
 
Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān
  ? Jul 1728 - 9 Dec 1729 Shāh Ṭahmāsb II (Ṭahmāsb Mīrzā bin Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn Ṣafawī) (x)
[5] 1 Oct 1748 - ? May 1749 Ismā‘ıl Shārukh Shāh (Ismā‘īl bin Riḍā Qulī Mīrzā) (in dissidence)
[6] ? ? 1753 - ? Jun 1753 Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn II (Sulṭān Muḥammad Ḥusayn bin Ṭahmāsb) (in dissidence)
[7] 9 May 1755 - 14 May 1796 Ismā‘īl Shāhrukh Shāh (Ismā‘īl bin Riḍā Qulī Mīrzā) (in dissidence, in Khorasan) (x)
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