Qajar Iran, also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran and also known as the Guarded Domains of Iran, was an Iranian state ruled by the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin, specifically from the Qajar tribe, from 1789 to 1925. The Qajar family took full control of Iran in 1794, deposing Lotf 'Ali Khan, the last Shah of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted Iranian sovereignty over large parts of the Caucasus. In 1796, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar seized Mashhad with ease, putting an end to the Afsharid dynasty. He was formally crowned as Shah after his punitive campaign against Iran's Georgian subjects.
Battle of Sultanabad, 13 February 1812. State Hermitage Museum.
Storming of Lankaran, 13 January 1813. Franz Roubaud.
Battle of Ganja, 1826. Franz Roubaud. Part of the collection of the Museum for History, Baku.
A. Sharlmann "Battle of Ganja" during the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
Lotf Ali Khan was the last Shah of the Zand dynasty. He ruled from 1789 to 1794.
Lotf Ali Khan
Defeat of Lotf ‘Ali Khan by Agha Mohammad Khan; the city of Shiraz in the background. Folio from the Shahanshahnameh of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba, dated 1810
Miniature portrait of Lotf Ali Khan e Z[clarification needed] and 18th century AD National Museum of Iran
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