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Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (Persian: آغامحمدخان قاجار, romanized: Âqâ Mohammad Xân-e Qâjâr; 14 March 1742 – 17 June 1797), also known by his regnal name of Agha Mohammad Shah (آغا 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.
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 the future ...
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 (ca. 1742-1797) was the founder of the Qajar dynasty that ruled Persia until 1924. The memory of this vengeful ruler is universally execrated; yet he did keep Persia intact at a time of struggle.
When Agha Mohammad Khan killed Lotf Ali Khan Zand in 1796, he became the most powerful in Iranian politics. He was the master of two third of the country, the only other person ruling at this time was Shahrokh, old Afsharid king who was really a king in name and had no real power.
Aqa Mohammad Khan was captured at age seven by a rival of the Qajars (Kadjar), Adel Shah Afshar and tortured and mutilated (not castrated) on the orders of that vassal of the Zands.
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, also known by his regnal name of Agha Mohammad Shah, was the founder of the Qajar dynasty of Iran, ruling from 1789 to 1797 as Shah.
Jul 10, 2024 · In this chapter, his career will be placed within the context of the rise of the Qājārs, one of the original components of the Safavids' Qizilbāsh confederacy. For Āghā Muhammad Khān's bid for overall kingship, the disturbed condition of late 18th-century Iran proved particularly favourable.
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.
