The accuracy of records appearing in this section was not entirely verified by editors and requires further research. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like to share information. Iran: Heads of State: 1773-1979 Royal House: Zandiyyān (Clan: Zand Bagala) Wakīl al-Ra‘āyā ? ? 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 ‘Alī Khān bin Muḥammad Karīm Khān Zand 19 Jun 1779 - 22 Aug 1779 Abū al-Fatḥ Khān bin Muḥammad Karīm Khān Zand (x) 22 Aug 1779 - 14 Mar 1781 Muḥammad Ṣādiq Khān bin Īnāq Zand [1] 15 Mar 1781 - 11 Feb 1785 ‘Alī 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 Ja‘far 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 ‘Alī Khān bin Ja‘far Khān Zand Shāhanshāh-i Īrān ? Mar 1794 - 30 Oct 1794 Luṭf ‘Alī Shāh (Luṭf ‘Alī Khān bin Ja‘far Khān Zand) (x) Royal House: Qājāriyyān ??? ? ? 1788 - ? Mar 1796 ĀqāMuḥammad Khān bin Muḥammad Ḥasan Khān Qājār Shāh-i Īrān ? Mar 1796 - 17 Jun 1797 Muḥammad Shāh (Āqā Muḥammad Khān bin Muḥammad Ḥasan Khān Qājār) (x) Shāhanshāh-i Īrān [4] 29 Jul 1797 - 24 Oct 1834 Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh (Fatḥ ‘Alī Bābā Khān bin Ḥusayn Qulī Qājār) 9 Nov 1834 - 5 Sep 1848 Muḥammad Shāh (Muḥammad Mīrzā bin ‘Abbās 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 ‘Alī Shāh (Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā bin Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh Qājār) 16 Jul 1909 - 3 Oct 1925 Aḥmad Shāh (Sulṭān Aḥmad Mīrzā bin Muḥammad ‘Alī Shāh Qājār) [7] Ra’īs-i Walat-i Muwaqqat-i Dawla 31 Oct 1925 - 15 Dec 1925 Riḍā Khān Pahlawī (Riḍā Khān bin ‘Abbās ‘Alī Khān) Royal House: Pahlawī Shāhanshāh-i Īrān 15 Dec 1925 - 16 Sep 1941 Riḍā Pahlawī Shāh (Riḍā Khān Pahlawī) (x) [8] 16 Sep 1941 - 11 Feb 1979 Muḥammad Riḍā Pahlawī Shāh (from 15 Sep 1965) Āryāmihr (Muḥammad Riḍā bin Riḍā Pahlawī Shāh) [1] Shāhanshāh-i Īrān (in dissidence) Royal House: Ṣafawiyyān ? ? 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 [5] 14 Nov 1834 - 16 Dec 1834 ‘Ādil ‘Alī Shāh (‘Alī Mīrzā bin Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh Qājār Ẓill-i Sulṭān) (in Tehran, in dissidence) [6] 5 Dec 1834 - 29 Mar 1835 Ḥusayn ‘Alī Shāh (Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā bin Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh Qājār Farmān-Farmā) (in Shiraz, in dissidence) [7] 17 Jun 1911 - ? Sep 1911 Muḥammad ‘Alī Shāh (x) (in dissidence) [8] Posthumously (21 Jun 1949) granted epithet Kabīr Last updated on: 30 Jun 2014 20:00:00
