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Qajar dynasty
  • 1785 to 1925
  • Early modern era

Qajar dynasty

Iranian royal dynasty of Turkic origin (1789–1925)

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The Qajar dynasty is a formerly aristocratic Iranian dynasty that gained prominence with the rise of Shahverdi Sultan in the early 16th century as heads of the Turkoman Qajar tribe of the Qizilbash confederacy. The dynasty ruled Iran from 1789 until 1925, beginning with the Unification of Iran (1779–1796) by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.

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