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Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar

1742 - 1797

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Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (Persian: آقامحمدخان قاجار, romanized: Âqâ Mohammad Xân-e Qâjâr; 14 March 1742 – 17 June 1797), also known by his regnal name of Agha Mohammad Shah (آقا محمد شاه, Âghâ Mohammad Šâh), was the founder of the Qajar dynasty of Iran, ruling from 1789 to 1797 as Shah. Originally a chieftain of the Quwanlu branch of the Qajar tribe, Agha Mohammad Khan was enthroned as the king of Iran in 1789, but was not officially crowned until March 1796, having deposed Lotf Ali Khan of the Zand dynasty in 1794. Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar was famously the eunuch Monarch, being castrated as a toddler upon his capture by Adel Shah Afshar, and hence was childless. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar has received more than 992,765 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar is the 1,791st most popular politician (down from 1,586th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Iran and the 34th most popular Iranian Politician.

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar is most famous for being the founder of the Qajar dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ranks 1,791 out of 15,577. Before him are Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, Kurt Daluege, Werner von Fritsch, Chiang Ching-kuo, Julia Drusilla, and Catherine Cornaro. After him are Edgar the Peaceful, Maria Josepha of Austria, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Gongmin of Goryeo, Constantine VI, and Michael the Brave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius VII, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, and Yemelyan Pugachev. After him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Nicolas Leblanc, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Dositej Obradović, François Laurent d'Arlandes, and Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart. Among people deceased in 1797, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ranks 6. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Frederick William II of Prussia, and François-Noël Babeuf. After him are James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, and Joseph Wright of Derby.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ranks 69 out of 528. Before him are Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Gaykhatu (1300). After him are Barkiyaruq (1081), Ibn Majah (824), Masoud Barzani (1946), Ismail II (1533), Abbas II of Persia (1633), and Tekuder (1247).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ranks 34. Before him are Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), and Gaykhatu (1300). After him are Barkiyaruq (1081), Masoud Barzani (1946), Ismail II (1533), Abbas II of Persia (1633), Tekuder (1247), and Muhammad I Tapar (1082).

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