Modern Persia and Iran: Rulers
Updated February 28, 2017 | Infoplease Staff
- Samanid, Muslim Persian dynasty that ruled (819?1005) in Khorasan and Transoxiana
- Ismail, shah of Persia (1502?24), founder of the Safavid dynasty
- Tahmasp, shah of Persia (1524?76)
- Abbas I, shah of Persia (1587?1628), of the Safavid dynasty
- Sultan Husayn, Safavid shah of Persia (1694?1722)
- Nadir Shah, shah of Iran (1736?47)
- Karim Khan, ruler of Persia (1750?79), founder of the Zand dynasty
- Aga Muhammad Khan, shah of Persia, founder of the Qajar dynasty (1796?97)
- Fath Ali Shah, shah of Persia (1797?1834)
- Nasir ad-Din, shah of Persia (1848?96)
- Muzaffar ad-Din, shah of Persia (1896?1907)
- Muhammad Ali, shah of Persia (1906?09)
- Ahmad Mirza, shah of Persia (1909?25)
- Reza Shah Pahlevi, shah of Iran (1925?41)
- Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, shah of Iran (1941?79)
- Muhammad Mussadegh, Iranian political leader, prime minister of Iran (1951?53)
- Amir Abbas Hoveida, Iranian political leader, prime minister of Iran (1965?77)
- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shiite religious leader (1979?89)
- Mohammad Khatami, president of Iran (1997?2005)
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran (2005?2013)
- Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran (2013?)
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