The popularity of Romanticism in royal portraiture reached its peak during the rule of Fath-Ali and that of his grandson and successor Muhammad Shah Qajar, who ruled from 1834 to 1848.

One such king was the Persian Shah Agha Mohammad Khan, also sometimes referred to as Agha Mohammad Shah. The 18th-century ruler ushered in the Qajar dynasty of Iran that ruled until 1925.

The first daguerreotype cameras were brought to Iran at the request of Shah Mohammad Qajar from Russia and England. The first photograph in Iran was taken in mid-December 1842, according to Jules ...

After numerous clashes between Mohammad Ali Shah and the Majlis, Mohammad Ali Shah dissolved parliament and imposed martial law. This sparked a nationwide revolt, forcing Mohammad Ali Shah's ...

The mausoleum was built by Ahmad Shah Kani; the rest of the building was constructed during the reigns of Shah Abbas I, Mohammad Shah Qajar and Nasereddin Shah, untoldpersia.com wrote.

An Iranian collector’s stamps and postal documents from the time of the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties were put on sale at the auction. The envelope, bearing the inscription “Al-Sultan Mohammad Ali”, was ...

According to Visit Iran, the garden’s construction began in 1803 under the order of Fazlali Khan Biglarbeigi, the ruler of Kerman during the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar. The project took five years ...

After his father’s death, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar dissolved the Majles, or Iranian parliament, and so started the period known as the age of minor tyranny. During this time, people fought against ...

An Iranian collector’s stamps and postal documents from the time of the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties were put on sale at the auction. The envelope, bearing the inscription “Al-Sultan Mohammad Ali”, was ...