Ruling Dynasties in Persia/Iran
From the Mongol Invasions to the Fall of the Pahlavis
- Il-Khanids (Mongols)
Hulagu Khan, 1256 - 1265
Abagha, 1265 - 1282
Teguder, 1282 - 1284
Arghun, 1284 - 1291
Gaykhatu, 1291 - 1295
Baydu, 1295
Mahmud Ghazan, 1295 - 1304
Uljaytu, 1304 - 1316
Abu Said, 1317 - 1335
Arpa, 1335 - 1336
Musa, 1336 - 1337
Muhammad, 1336 - 1338
Sati Beg, 1338 - 1339
Jahan Temur, 1339 - 1340
Sulayman, 1339 - 1343
~ Interlude: Jalayirid (Azerbaidjan),Injuid (Fars), Mozaffarid (Yazd, Fars) ~
- Timurids
Timur (Tamerlane), 1393 - 1405
Miranshah (Western Persia), 1405 - 1408
Khalil (Western Persia 1409 - 1411), 1405 - 1409
Shah Rokh Shah, 1409 - 1447
Ulugh Beg, 1447 - 1449
Soltan Abu Said, 1451 - 1469
- Transoxiana
Abd al-Latif, 1449 - 1450
Abd Allah, 1450 - 1451
Abu Said, 1451 - 1469
Ahmad, 1469 - 1494
Mahmud, 1494 - 1495
Baysunqur, 1495 - 1497
Babur, 1497 - 1498
Ali, 1498 - 1500
Babur (restored), 1500 - 1501
- Khorassan
Babur, 1449 - 1457
Mahmud, 1457 - 1459
Abu Said, 1451 - 1469
Husayn Bayqara, 1469 - 1506
Badi al-Zaman, 1506 - 1507
- Qara Qoyunlu (Western Iran)
Qara Yusef, 1389 - 1420
Eskandar, 1420 - 1438
Jahan Shah, 1438 - 1467
Hasan Ali, 1467 - 1469
- Aq Qoyunlu (Eastern Iran)
Qara Osman, 1403 - 1435
Uzun Hasan, 1453 - 1478
Soltan Khalil, 1478
Yaqub, 1478 - 1490
Rostam, 1492 - 1494
Ahmad, 1497
- Safavid
Esmail, 1501 - 1524
Tahmasb, 1524 - 1576
Esmail II, 1576 - 1577
Sultan Mohammad, 1577 - 1587
Shah Abbas I, 1587 - 1629
Safi I, 1629 - 1642
Abbas II, 1642 - 1666
Safi II, 1666 - 1694
Shah Soltan Hosseyn, 1694 - 1722
- Ghalzay
Mahmud, 1722 - 1725
Ashraf, 1725 - 1729
- Safavid
Tahmasb II, 1722 - 1732
Abbas III, 1732 - 1736
- Afsharid
Nader Shah, 1737 - 1747
Ali-Qoli (Adil), 1747 - 1748
Ebrahim, 1748 - 1749
Shahrokh, 1748 - 1749
- Safavid
Shah Soleyman II (Mir Sayyed Mohammad), 1749 - 1750
Esmail III, 1750 - 1773
- Afsharid
Shahrokh, 1748 - 1795
- Zand (Western Iran)
Mohammad Karim Khan Zand, 1751 - 1794
- Qajar (Kadjar)
Aqa Mohammad Shah, 1796 - 1797
Fath Ali Shah, 1797 - 1834
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
- Pahlavi
Reza Shah, 1926 - 1941
Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941 - 1979
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Note: This list was adapted and adopted from Ambassador Sepahbody's pages.