Persia’s first Qajar shah, Aqa Muhammad Shah Qajar, ravaged the Caucasus and what is now Georgia to bring these areas and the family’s ancestral lands in present-day Azerbaijan under Persian rule.

also sometimes referred to as Agha Mohammad Shah. The 18th-century ruler ushered in the Qajar dynasty of Iran that ruled until 1925. Khan was childless, having been castrated in his youth while ...

The Qajar dynasty had seen Iran grow weaker, losing territory to its powerful northern neighbor, Russia. In Tehran, political turmoil raged as Ahmad Shah's father, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, attempted ...

Built in the 18th century during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, it is one of the few remaining ... it became a central hub for dissent against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's regime, eventually ...

After his father’s death, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar dissolved the Majles, or Iranian parliament, and so started the period known as the age of minor tyranny. During this time, people fought against ...

Mohammad Reza Shah's concession of Bahrain is often compared to the surrenders of territory made by other Iranian Shahs of the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties. However, Bahrain stands out because Mohammad ...

Ferdows Garden dates back to the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar in the 19th century, specifically around 1840. Originally part of a larger estate, the garden was constructed by one of the courtiers of ...

According to Visit Iran, the garden’s construction began in 1803 under the order of Fazlali Khan Biglarbeigi, the ruler of Kerman during the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar. The project took five years ...

The envelope, bearing the inscription “Al-Sultan Mohammad Ali”, was the most expensive item of the collection. It came from the time of Ahmad Shah, the last king of the Qajar dynasty. The most ...