Qajar dynasty

Sublime State of Iran دولت علیّه ایران
1789–1925
Flag (1907–1925) Imperial Coat of Arms (1907–1925)
Anthem: (1873–1909) Salâm-e Shâh (Royal salute) (1909–1925) Salâmati-ye Dowlat-e 'Aliyye-ye Irân (Salute of the Sublime State of Iran)
Map of Sublime State of Iran in the 19th century.
Capital	Astarabad (1779–1789) Tehran (1789–1925)
Government	Absolute monarchy
Shah
• 1789–1797 (first)	Mohammad Khan Qajar
• 1909–1925 (last)	Ahmad Shah Qajar
History
• Established	1789
• Disestablished	1925
Preceded by Succeeded by Afsharid dynasty Zand dynasty Pahlavi dynasty

The Qajar dynasty (Azerbaijani: Qacarlar) (Persian: سلسله قاجار), was an Iranian dynasty^{[Note 1]} that originated from the Turkic^[2] Qajar tribe. It ruled Iran from 1789 to 1925.

1. ↑ Amanat 1997, p. 2: "In the 126 years between the fall of the Safavid state in 1722 and the accession of Nasir al-Din Shah, the Qajars evolved from a shepherd-warrior tribe with strongholds in northern Iran into a Persian dynasty with all the trappings of a Perso-Islamic monarchy."
2. ↑ Yarshater 2004, p. 238–241.