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Qajar

قاجار

Also Known As
Ghajar


Remarks :
Iranian dynasty (1794-1925) founded by Agha Muḥammad Khan, who reunified Iran and reasserted Iranian rule over territories in Georgia and the Caucasus by defeating his rivals, including the last ruler of the Zand dynasty. His successor, Fatḥali Shah (1797-1834), lost land to Russia and increased contacts with the West. During Naseroddin Shah's (1848-96) reign Iran went through a major intellectual and technical decline adding European meddling, specially Russian and British infiltration of the royal court, the country was in chaos when the dynasty was overthrown by Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925.

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