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Mohammad Shah Qajar

1808 - 1848

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Mohammad Shah (Persian: محمدشاه قاجار; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848, inheriting the throne from his grandfather, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, Mohammad Mirza was under the tutelage of Haji Mirza Aqasi, a local dervish from Tabriz whose teachings influenced the young prince to become a Sufi-king later in his life. After his father Abbas Mirza died in 1833, Mohammad Mirza became the crown prince of Iran and was assigned with the governorship of Azarbaijan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad Shah Qajar has received more than 484,109 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Mohammad Shah Qajar is the 2,924th most popular politician (up from 3,860th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Iran (up from 137th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Iranian Politician.

Mohammad Shah Qajar is most famous for being the ruler of Persia from 1848 to 1896. He was the son of Fat'h Ali Shah and the grandson of Agha Mohammad Khan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Shah Qajar ranks 2,924 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Casimir I the Restorer, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, and Sancho II of Portugal. After him are Vojtech Tuka, Kiro Gligorov, Ramzan Kadyrov, Intef II, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Bayinnaung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Mohammad Shah Qajar ranks 16. Before him are Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Gérard de Nerval, Thomas Cook, Johann Gustav Droysen, David Strauss, and Maria Malibran. After him are Carl Spitzweg, Solomon Northup, Wilhelm Weitling, Princess Louise of Prussia, George Robert Gray, and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly. Among people deceased in 1848, Mohammad Shah Qajar ranks 14. Before him are Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Bernard Bolzano, Caroline Herschel, Vissarion Belinsky, Nicolas Oudinot, and María Isabella of Spain. After him are Khachatur Abovian, Thomas Cole, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Joseph Mohr, and James Dunlop.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Shah Qajar ranks 114 out of 631. Before him are Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Qazi Muhammad (1893), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Yazdegerd II (500), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733). After him are Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Bardiya (-580), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Narges Mohammadi (1972), and Arses of Persia (-360).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Shah Qajar ranks 67. Before him are Orodes II (-70), Safi of Persia (1611), Mithridates I of Parthia (-195), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Qazi Muhammad (1893), and Yazdegerd II (500). After him are Bardiya (-580), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Arses of Persia (-360), Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), Abbas III (1732), and Vologases I of Parthia (1).

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