List of heads of state of Iran explained

This article lists the heads of state of Iran since the establishment of the modern Iranian nation-state in 1501 AD.

Heads of State of Iran

The Expansive Realm of Iran (1501–1736)

NameBirth–DeathReign startReign endDynasty
Shah of Persia
1Shah Ismail I1487–1524align=center July 1501align=center 23 May 1524align=center Safavid
2Shah Tahmasp I1514–1576align=center 23 May 1524align=center 14 May 1576align=center Safavid
3Shah Ismail II1537–1577align=center 23 May 1576align=center 24 November 1577align=center Safavid
4Shah Mohammad Khodabanda1532–1595/96align=center 11 February 1578align=center 1 October 1588align=center Safavid
5Shah Abbas I1571–1629align=center 1 October 1588align=center 19 January 1629align=center Safavid
6Shah Safi1611–1642align=center 28 January 1629align=center 12 May 1642align=center Safavid
7Shah Abbas II1632–1666align=center 12 May 1642align=center 25 September 1666align=center Safavid
8Shah Suleiman I1648–1694align=center 1 November 1666align=center 29 July 1694align=center Safavid
9Shah Sultan Husayn1668–1726align=center 6 August 1694align=center 23 October 1722 align=center Safavid

Ghilji rebellion

10Mahmud Shah1699–1725align=center 23 October 1722align=center 25 April 1725align=center Hotak
11Ashraf Shah1700–1730align=center 26 April 1725align=center 13 November 1729align=center Hotak

Safavid restoration

12Shah Tahmasp II1704–1740align=center 10 November 1722align=center 2 September 1732align=center Safavid
13Shah Abbas III1732–1740align=center 2 September 1732align=center 8 March 1736align=center Safavid

Realm of Iran (1736–1796)

14Nader Shah1688–1747align=center 8 March 1736align=center 20 June 1747align=center Afsharid
15Adil Shah1719–1749align=center 6 July 1747align=center 29 September 1748align=center Afsharid
16Ebrahim Shah1724–1749align=center 29 September 1748align=center May 1749align=center Afsharid
17Shahrokh Shah1734–1796align=center May 1749align=center 30 December 1749align=center Afsharid

Second Safavid restoration

18Suleiman II1714–1763align=center 13 January 1750align=center 20 March 1750align=center Safavid
19Ismail III1733–1773align=center 29 June 1750align=center 1773align=center Safavid

Afsharid restoration

(17)Shahrokh Shah1734–1796align=center 9 May 1755align=center 14 May 1796align=center Afsharid
Wakil-al Raʿāyā
20Karim Khan1705–1779align=center 1773align=center 1 March 1779align=center Zand
21Abol-Fath Khan1755–1787align=center 6 March 1779align=center May/June 1779align=center Zand
22Mohammad Ali Khan1760–1779align=center 6 March 1779align=center 19 June 1779align=center Zand
(21)Abol-Fath Khan1755–1787align=center 19 June 1779align=center 22 August 1779align=center Zand
23Sadeq Khan?–1781align=center 22 August 1779align=center 14 March 1781align=center Zand
24Ali-Morad Khanc. 1720–1785align=center 15 March 1781align=center 11 February 1785align=center Zand
–Bagher Shah?–1786align=center 12 February 1785align=center 17 February 1785
25Jafar Khan?–1789align=center 18 February 1785align=center 23 January 1789align=center Zand
26Seyd Morad Khan?–1789align=center 23 January 1789align=center 10 May 1789align=center Zand
27Lotf Ali Khanc. 1769–1794align=center 10 May 1789align=center 20 March 1794align=center Zand
Shah of Iran
(27)Lotf Ali Shahc. 1769–1794align=center 21 March 1794align=center 30 October 1794align=center Zand

Sublime State of Persia (1796–1925)

28Agha Mohammad Shah1742–1797align=center 14 May 1796align=center 17 June 1797align=center Qajar
29Fath-Ali Shah1772–1834align=center 17 June 1797align=center 23 October 1834align=center Qajar
30Mohammad Shah1808–1848align=center 9 November 1834align=center 5 September 1848align=center Qajar
31Naser al-Din Shah1831–1896align=center 13 September 1848align=center 1 May 1896align=center Qajar
32Mozaffar ad-Din Shah1853–1907align=center 2 May 1896align=center 8 January 1907align=center Qajar
33Mohammad Ali Shah1872–1925align=center 8 January 1907align=center align=center Qajar
34Ahmad Shah1898–1930align=center 16 July 1909align=center 31 October 1925align=center Qajar

Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979)

NameBirth–DeathTook officeLeft officePolitical Affiliation
Provisional Head of State
35Reza Khan1878–1944align=center 31 October 1925align=center 15 December 1925align=center Military
NameBirth–DeathTook officeLeft officeDynasty
Shah of Iran
(35)Reza Shah1878–1944align=center 15 December 1925align=center align=center Pahlavi
36Mohammad Reza Shah1919–1980align=center 16 September 1941align=center 11 February 1979align=center Pahlavi
NameBirth–DeathTook officeLeft officePolitical Affiliation

Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present)

Leader of the Revolution
37Ruhollah Khomeini1900-1989align=center 5 February 1979align=center 3 December 1979align=center Independent
Supreme Leader of Iran
(37)Ruhollah Khomeini1900-1989align=center 3 December 1979align=center 3 June 1989align=center Independent
38Ali Khamenei1939–presentalign=center 4 June 1989align=center Incumbentalign=center Independent

See also

References

Bibliography

. The Cambridge History of Iran . 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic . 1991 . . Cambridge . Avery . Peter . Peter Avery . Hambly . Gavin R. G. .

fa:گوین همبلی

. Melville . Charles P. . Charles P. Melville . . The Zand dynasty . 63–103 . 978-0-52120-095-0 . The Cambridge History of Iran .

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