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Iran: Rulers: 1796-1925

Royal House: Qājāriyyān
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) [1]
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) [2][3]
13 Sep 1848 - 1 May 1896 Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh (Nāṣir al-Dīn Mīrzā bin Muḥammad Shāh Qājār)
1 May 1896 - 8 Jan 1907 Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh (Muẓaffar al-Dīn Mīrzā bin Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh Qājār) [4]
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) [5]

[1] In occasional official use: Pādshāh-i kull-i Mamālik-i Īrān (Great King of All the Realms of Iran).
[2] 14 Nov 1834 - 16 Dec 1834 ʿĀdil ʿAlī Shāh (ʿAlī Mīrzā bin Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh Qājār Ẓill-i Sulṭān) (in Tehran, in dissidence)
[3] 5 Dec 1834 - 29 Mar 1835 Ḥusayn ʿAlī Shāh (Ḥusayn ʿAlī Mīrzā bin Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh Qājār Farmān-Farmā) (in Shiraz, in dissidence)
[4] Proclaimed in Tabriz on 1 May 1896; enthronement took place in Tehran on 8 Jun 1896.
[5] 17 Jun 1911 - ? Sep 1911 Muḥammad ʿAlī Shāh  (in dissidence)