and

Heads of the Imperial Kadjar House

(Dates refer to period of reign, except when otherwise noted)

• Shah Qoli Khan Qovanlou Qajar (ruled 1666-1694)*
• Fath Ali Khan Qovanlou Qajar (b. 1658-d. 1726)*
• Mohammad Hassan Khan Qovanlou Qajar (b. 1722-d. 1758/59)*
• Hossein Qoli Khan Qovanlou Qajar, Djahansouz Shah (b. 1744/45-d. 1777)*
• Aqa Mohammad Shah, 1796 - 1797 **
• Fath Ali Shah, 1797 - 1834
• Abbas Mirza (b. 1789-d. 1833) (Fath Ali Shah's Crown Prince)
• Ali Mirza "Zell-e-Soltan," Ali Shah, 1834 (Crowned in Tehran; reigned as "Adel Shah" for 40 days)
• Hossein Ali Mirza Farman-Farma, 1834-35 (Crowned in Shiraz; reigned as "Hossein Ali Shah" for three months)
• Mohammad Shah, 1834 - 1848
• Nasser-ed-Din Shah, 1848 - 1896
• Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah, 1896 - 1907
• Mohammad Ali Shah, 1907 - 1909
• Soltan Ahmad Shah, 1909 - 1925
• Mohammad Hassan Mirza (Declared Shah in exile 1930-1943)
• Fereydoun Mirza (Soltan Ahmad Shah's son and heir; d. 1975)
• Soltan Hamid Mirza (d.1988)
• Soltan Mahmoud Mirza (d.1988)
• Soltan Ali Mirza (Present Head of the Imperial Kadjar House)
• Mohammad Hassan Mirza II (Potential Heir to the Qajar (Kadjar) Throne)

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Notes:
-- The images of Fath Ali Shah and Mohammad Shah have several copyrights on them from the State Hermitage Museum as well as the Brooklyn Museum of Art. They are reproduced here for non-commercial purposes.
--* Shah Qoli Khan and Fath Ali Khan Qovanlu Qajar bore the title "shah" and were local rulers over the Qajars and related tribes in northern Iran. Mohammad Hassan Khan and Djahansouz Shah were rulers over large sections of northern Iran beyond the tribal areas, and both bore the title of "shah" also. Djahansouz Shah is the great-grandson of Shah Qoli Khan, as is his brother Agha Mohammad Khan (later Shah).
--** From Aqa Mohammad Shah through Soltan Ahmad Shah, the Qajars (Kadjars) ruled as Emperors (Shahanshah) of Persia. From 1925 onwards, they were in exile, with Mohammad Hassan Mirza declaring himself Shah in exile in 1930. Since his death in 1943, the line of succession is split into Head of the Imperial House and Heir to the Throne as indicated above.

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