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Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (Persian: آقامحمدخان قاجار, romanized: Âqâ Mohammad Xân-e Qâjâr; 14 March 1742 – 17 June 1797), also known by his regnal name of Agha Mohammad Shah (آقا محمد شاه, Âghâ Mohammad Šâh), was the founder of the Qajar dynasty of Iran, ruling from 1789 to 1797 as Shah.
Āghā Moḥammad Khān (born 1742, Gorgān, Iran—died 1797, near Shusha) was the founder and first ruler of the Qājār dynasty of Iran. Following the disintegration of the Ṣafavid empire in 1722, Qājār tribal chieftains became prominent in Iranian affairs.
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Jul 28, 2011 · ĀḠĀ MOḤAMMAD KHAN QĀJĀR (r. 1203-12/1789-97), founder of the Qajar dynasty (q.v.). He was born about 1155/1742, the eldest son of the chief of the Qavānlū (Qoyunlū) clan of the Qajars of Astarābād, Moḥammad-Ḥasan Khan, whose father, Fatḥ-ʿAlī Khan, had been executed by Ṭahmāsb II (perhaps at the instigation of ...
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (Persian: آغا محمد خان قاجار, romanized: Âqâ Mohammad Xân-e Qâjâr; 14 March 1742 – 17 June 1797), also known by his regnal name of Agha Mohammad Shah (آقا محمد شاه), played a significant role in Iranian history as the founder of the Qajar dynasty.
Agha Mohammad Khan was a Persian ruler who founded the Qajar dynasty in 1796. He was a ruthless and ambitious leader who fought against the Zands and the Russians, and was assassinated in 1797.
The Qajar dynasty (Persian: دودمان قاجار, romanized: Dudemâne Ǧâjâr; 1789–1925) was an Iranian dynasty founded by Mohammad Khan (r. 1789–1797 ) of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman [2] Qajar tribe .
Aqa Mohammad Khan (Shah) was the son of Mohammad Hassan Khan, and grand-son of Fath Ali Khan Qajar. Both his father and grand-father were already local rulers, his father even tried unsuccesfully for several years to wrest power from the Zands to establish paramountcy over Iran.
