Rise of the Qajar dynasty

Name: Rise of the Qajar dynasty
Start: 1789
Location: Tehran

1789 · Tehran · Middle East · Politics

Agha Mohammad Khan unites Iran with Tehran as capital

Agha Mohammad Khan, chief of the Turkic Qajar tribe, who had made Tehran his capital in 1786, crushed the last of the Zands, united Iran by 1794 and was crowned shah in 1796. The Qajars ruled Iran until 1925.

State: Qajar Dynasty

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