Unification of Iran (1779–1796)

Unification of Iran
Agha Mohammad Khan’s victory over the troops of Lotf Ali Khan, Shiraz 1791. Folio from the Shahanshahnameh of Fath-Ali Khan Saba.
Iran in 1797, at the end of the reign of Agha Mohammad Khan
Date1779-1796
LocationIran

The Unification of Iran (1779–1796), also known as the Reunification of Iran was a series of battles led by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar which led to the reunification of Iran, which was previously divided into several Iranian and non-Iranian states since the division of the Afsharid Empire. It compromises the dissolution of Zand Iran and Afsharid Khorasan, overthrown in 1794 and 1796 respectively; the re-assertion of Iranian sovereignty over the Tabriz, Ardabil, Baku, Derbent, Erivan, Ganja, Javad, Shirvan, Karabakh, Nakhchivan, Quba, Shaki and Talysh Khanates; and the punitive campaign against Iran's Georgian subjects. These events ultimately ensured that the newly united Iran would be ruled by the Qajar dynasty, thus the Qajar conquest.

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