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"Shah of Iran" redirects here. For a list of Persian monarchs, see List of kings of Persia. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia The following is a comprehensive list of kings of Persia, which includes all of the empires ruling over geographical Iran

What is known as the Iranian monarchy went through many transformations over the centuries, from the days of the Persian Empire to the establishment of modern day Iran. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.

Though the title, when used by Westerners today, generally refers to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shahanshah. Shah is an Iranian term for a Monarch (leader that has been adopted in many other languages According to royal order of precedence, the Shahanshah was equal in status to an Emperor. An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of items An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of Although, from the time of the Islamic conquest of Persia until 1967, when Farah Pahlavi was crowned empress, the monarch's wife usually bore the title of Shahbanou. The Islamic conquest of Persia (633–656 led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual extirpation of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia Shahbanu (in - Šāhbānū) means Empress in Persian. It was a title that was only conferred on the third royal consort of Mohammad Reza Shah

The modern Iranian monarchy was established in 1501 after the Safavid dynasty came to power under Shah Ismail I, and ended the so-called "fourth era" of political fragmentation. The Safavids ( صفوی) were an Iranian ref>Helen Chapin Metz

For most of its existence, Iran has been ruled by absolute monarchy. Absolute monarchy is a monarchical Form of government where the king and queen have absolute power over everything During the Persian Constitutional Revolution in 1905-11, Iran became a constitutional monarchy, which it remained until 1925. The Iranian Constitutional Revolution (also known as the Persian Constitutional Revolution or Constitutional Revolution of Iran) took place between 1905 and 1911 A constitutional monarchy, or a limited monarchy, is a form of Constitutional Government, wherein either an elected or hereditary Monarch is Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar dynasty, and founded the Pahlavi Dynasty. For the Afghan serial killer see Reza Khan (Taliban. Ahmad Shah Qajar (احمد شاه قاجار in Persian) ‎( January 21, 1898 - 21 February, 1930) was Shah of Persia The Qajar dynasty (also known as Ghajar or Kadjar ( ( - or دودمان قاجار) is a common term to describe Iran (then known as Persia) under

The monarchy was abolished in 1979 when a revolution, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, pressured the last Pahlavi shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, into exile, and established an Islamic Republic. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Iranian Revolution' (mostly known as the Islamic Revolution, Persian: انقلاب اسلامی Enghelābe Eslāmi was the Revolution that transformed Seyyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini ( Persian:, pronounced muːsæviː-je xomejniː}}( September 24, 1902 – June 3 1989 Islamic Republic is the name given to several states in the Muslim world including the Islamic Republics of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Mauritania

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Rulers of Persia/Iran since Safavides

Safavid Dynasty

Afsharid Dynasty

Zand Dynasty

Qajar Dynasty

Pahlavi Dynasty

At this point, Persia becomes known to West by its native name, Iran. Muḥammad Khān Qājār (1742-1797 (‎&lrm was the chief of the Qajar tribe Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar (var Fathalishah Fathali Shah Fath Ali Shah (‎ ( 5 September 1772 - 23 October 1834) was the second Qajar Mohammad Shah Qajar (born Mohammad Mirza,)‎‎ ( January 5, 1808 - September 5, 1848) was a Shah of Persia of the Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar ( July 16, 1831 - May 1, 1896) () was the King and Shah of Persia from September 17 Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar, KG ( 25 March 1853 &ndash 7 January 1907) ( was the fifth Qajar dynasty Shah of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (محمدعلی شاه قاجار‎ ( 21 June 1872 - 5 April 1924) was the Shah of Persia from January Ahmad Shah Qajar (احمد شاه قاجار in Persian) ‎( January 21, 1898 - 21 February, 1930) was Shah of Persia

Post-Imperial Heads of Pahlavi Dynasty (1979-Present)

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For the Afghan serial killer see Reza Khan (Taliban.
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