Qajar Iran

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Islamic state Persian dynasty historical country monarchy

Qajar Iran was a Persian dynasty and state that ruled Iran from the late 18th to the early 20th century, overseeing a period of territorial loss, internal reform attempts, and increasing foreign influence.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Qajar dynasty	12
Persia (Qajar Iran)	1
Qajar dynasty (early period)	1
Qajar dynasty of Persia	1
Qajar era	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic state ⓘ Persian dynasty ⓘ historical country ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
capital	Tehran ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
currency	qiran ⓘ toman ⓘ
dynasty	Qajar Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty
endCause	coup d’état of 1921 and subsequent establishment of Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ
endTime	1925 ⓘ
firstRuler	Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ⓘ
foreignInfluenceFrom	British Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
foundedBy	Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ⓘ
governmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasCapitalMovedFrom	Shiraz, Iran ⓘ surface form: Shiraz
hasCapitalMovedTo	Tehran ⓘ
introducedInstitution	Majlis ⓘ constitution of 1906 ⓘ
lastRuler	Ahmad Shah Qajar ⓘ
lostTerritoryRegion	Caucasus ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo	British Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
notableEvent	Anglo-Persian War 1856–1857 ⓘ Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ Russo-Persian War 1804–1813 ⓘ Russo-Persian War 1826–1828 ⓘ Tobacco Protest ⓘ Treaty of Gulistan ⓘ Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ
notableRuler	Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ⓘ Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ
officialLanguage	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
overthrownBy	Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ surface form: Reza Khan
partOf	history of Iran ⓘ
predecessor	Afsharid Empire ⓘ surface form: Afsharid dynasty Zand dynasty ⓘ
reformAttempt	bureaucratic reforms ⓘ judicial reforms ⓘ military modernization ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
religion	Twelver Shia ⓘ surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
startTime	1789 ⓘ
successor	Pahlavi era ⓘ surface form: Pahlavi Iran Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ