Persia/Iran:
The First Century of the Qajar Dynasty,
into the era of Iranian Modernization
1794:1896

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<>1779:Agha Mohammad Khan, a leader of the Qajar tribe, set out to reunify Iran
*--The Qajars were a Turkmen tribe with ancestral roots in the northwestern frontiers of Persian authority (now Azerbaijan)
*--He defeated numerous rivals and brought all of old Persia under his rule, establishing the Qajar dynasty =

<>1794:1925; Persia was ruled by the Qajar Dynasty for over one century

<>1794:1896; The first century of Qajar Dynasty preceded the era of Iranian Modernization

<>1796:Agha Mohammad Khan was formally crowned shah, but a year later he was assassinated

<>1797:1834; Fath Ali Shah succeeded to the throne

<>1834:1848; Mohammad Shah succeeded to the throne of his grandfather, Fath Ali Shah

1848:1896; Persia(Iran) ruled for 48 years by Naser-e-Din Shah, son of Mohammad Shah

1848:1851; Persia briefly (2 1/2 years) entered into a self-sustained period of modernization and reform

1852:1896; Not only were internal forces at work to spoil this early national reformist era, but even more damaging international forces intervened =

  • 1856:England prevented Persia from reasserting control over Herat
  • 1881:By this time, Russian and English interference in Persian affairs brought to life a growing domestic opposition to traditional but weak forms of governance
  • 1896:Naser-e-Din Shah was assassinated, and the crown passed to his son, a weak and ineffectual ruler whose royal extravagance squandered Russian loans and bankrupted the country
  • Persia entered the 20th century in a state of ruination in which traditional ways were swept away but modern ways nipped in the bud
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