Qajar family
| Qajar | |
|---|---|
Coat of arms of the Qajar dynasty | |
| Parent house | Qajar tribe |
| Country | Guarded Domains of Iran |
| Founded | 1789 |
| Founder | Agha Mohammad Shah |
| Final ruler | Ahmad Shah |
| Titles | Shah of Iran |
| Deposition | 1925 |
| Cadet branches | Amirsoleimani, Bahmani |
The Qajar family (Persian: دودمان قاجار, romanized: Dudemâne Ǧâjâr; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (r. 1789–1797), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's Majlis, convening as a constituent assembly on 12 December 1925, declared Reza Shah, a former brigadier-general of the Persian Cossack Brigade, as the new shah of what became known as Pahlavi Iran.