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Ahmad Shah Qajar (Persian: احمد شاه قاجار ; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the Shah of Persia from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.
AḤMAD SHAH QĀJĀR (1909-1925), the seventh and last ruler of the Qajar dynasty. He was declared shah of Iran on 16 July 1909, the same day his father, Moḥammad-ʿAlī Shah (1906-1909), was deposed.
The Qajar Imperial Family in exile is currently headed by the eldest descendant of Mohammad Ali Shah, Sultan Mohammad Ali Mirza Qajar, while the Heir Presumptive to the Qajar throne is Mohammad Hassan Mirza II, the grandson of Mohammad Hassan Mirza, Sultan Ahmad Shah's brother and heir.
Ahmad Shah Qajar was born 21 January 1898 in Tabriz, and succeeded to the throne at age 11. However, the occupation of Persia during World War I by Russian, British, and Ottoman troops was a blow from which Ahmad Shah never effectively recovered.
Aḥmad Shāh (reigned 1909–25), who succeeded to the throne at age 11, proved to be pleasure-loving, effete, and incompetent and was unable to preserve the integrity of Iran or the fate of his dynasty. The occupation of Iran during World War I (1914–18) by Russian,…. Read More.
Ahmad Shah Qajar was the Shah of Persia (Iran) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.
The last shah of the Qajar dynasty, and perhaps the most maligned of all of the dynasty's shahs by its enemies and detractors, Soltan Ahmad Shah came to power at the age of eleven, when his father, Mohammad Ali Shah was forced into exile after his defeat against the revolutinary forces in 1909.
Qajar chief Agha Muhammad Shah defeated Zand prince Lotif Ali Khan, thus beginning the Qajar ascent. Russian advent in Georgia, an erstwhile Iranian domain, ensued a series of conflicts between the two sides that spanned the Agha Khan's and his successor Fath Ali Shah's reigns.
Jun 3, 2024 · Aḥmad Shāh (reigned 1909–25), who succeeded to the throne at age 11, proved to be pleasure-loving, effete, and incompetent and was unable to preserve the integrity of Iran or the fate of his dynasty.
The last Qajar ruler, Ahmad Shah, came to the throne at the age of eleven and was under the control of regents until his coronation in 1914. Although not much is known about his childhood, Ahmad Shah belonged to a generation for which photography was ubiquitous, used as the primary medium to record daily life.
