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Ahmad Shah Qajar (Persian: احمد شاه قاجار ; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the Shah of Persia from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.
A biography of the last Qajar ruler of Iran, who succeeded his deposed father in 1909 and faced the constitutional movement and foreign challenges. Learn about his reign, his character, his regents, and his downfall.
Ahmad Shah Qajar was born 21 January 1898 in Tabriz, and succeeded to the throne at age 11. However, the occupation of Persia during World War I by Russian, British, and Ottoman troops was a blow from which Ahmad Shah never effectively recovered.
Aḥmad Shāh (reigned 1909–25), who succeeded to the throne at age 11, proved to be pleasure-loving, effete, and incompetent and was unable to preserve the integrity of Iran or the fate of his dynasty. The occupation of Iran during World War I (1914–18) by Russian,…. Read More.
The Qajar Imperial Family in exile is currently headed by the eldest descendant of Mohammad Ali Shah, Sultan Mohammad Ali Mirza Qajar, while the Heir Presumptive to the Qajar throne is Mohammad Hassan Mirza II, the grandson of Mohammad Hassan Mirza, Sultan Ahmad Shah's brother and heir.
Ahmad Shah Qajar was the Shah of Persia (Iran) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.
The last shah of the Qajar dynasty, and perhaps the most maligned of all of the dynasty's shahs by its enemies and detractors, Soltan Ahmad Shah came to power at the age of eleven, when his father, Mohammad Ali Shah was forced into exile after his defeat against the revolutinary forces in 1909.
