Qajar Dynasty

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1785 – 1925 · up to 1,781 thousand km² · Asia

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 (r. 1789–1797).

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Successors: Pahlavi Dynasty

Events on its territory

• 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay
• 1844 The Báb's declaration and the birth of Bábism
• 1905–1911 Persian Constitutional Revolution
• 1908 Oil struck at Masjed Soleyman