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Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (Persian: محمدعلی شاه قاجار ; 21 June 1872 – 5 April 1925) was the sixth shah of the Qajar dynasty and remained the Shah of Iran from 8 January 1907 until being deposed on 16 July 1909.
Mohammad Shah (Persian: محمدشاه قاجار; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848, inheriting the throne from his grandfather, Fath-Ali Shah.
MOḤAMMAD SHAH QĀJĀR, (b. Tabriz, 6 Ḏu’l-qaʿda 1222/5 January 1808; d. Tehran, 6 Šawwāl 1264/5 September 1848), the third ruler of the Qajar dynasty after his grandfather Fatḥ-ʿAli Shah. Early life. Moḥammad Mirzā (till his accession in 1834) was the eldest of ʿAbbās Mirzā's twenty five sons.
This is one of a handful of portraits of Muhammad 'Ali Shah Qajar, the sixth ruler of the Qajar dynasty who ruled for only two years (1907–1909). He attempted to abolish the Persian Constitution of 1906, claiming that it went against Islamic law.
Qajar chief Agha Muhammad Shah defeated Zand prince Lotif Ali Khan, thus beginning the Qajar ascent. Russian advent in Georgia, an erstwhile Iranian domain, ensued a series of conflicts between the two sides that spanned the Agha Khan's and his successor Fath Ali Shah's reigns.
Mohammad Shah (r. 1833-1848/1248-1264 AH), son of Abbas Mirza, succeeded Fath Ali Shah and attempted two unsuccessful campaigns to Heart. The province had been a part of Iran during the Safavid Period but was incorporated to Afghanistan by Britain.
The relatively short rule of Muhammad Shah (reigned 1834–48) is often seen as a transition between his grandfather Fath-Ali Shah and his successor, Nasir al-Din Shah. During Muhammad Shah’s reign, monumental painting declined in favor of small-scale lacquered works and single-sheet portraits.
