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Date |
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| 1 | 1747 | - 1747: End of Nader Shah Rule, assassinated in 1747
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| 2 | 1750 | - 1750: Beginning of Karim Khan (and Zands) establishes rule in Shiraz
- 1750: Beginning of the Zand dynasty, 1750–1794
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| 3 | 1779 | - 1779: End of Karim Khan (and Zands)Rule
- 1779: Start of Civil wars that ripped Iran apart along ethnic line (1779 - 1795)
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| 4 | 1794 | - 1794: End of the Zand dynasty, 1750–1794
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| 5 | 1795 | - 1795: Beginning of the Qajar Dynasty
- 1795: Last Zand surrenders to Agha Muhammad Khan
- 1795: End of Civil wars that ripped Iran apart along ethnic line (1779 - 1795)
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| 6 | 1796 | - 1796: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Agha Muhammad Khan, In youth, hostage of Zands; castrated and caged Unified Persia under his control; crowned Shah in Tehran in 1796
Assassinated by own servants
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| 7 | 1797 | - 1797: Qajar Dynasty: End of Agha Muhammad Khan.
- 1797: End of the Afsharid dynasty, 1736–1797
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| 8 | 1798 | - 1798: Qajar Dynasty:
Beginning of Fath Ali Shah
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| 9 | 1813 | - 1813: Fath Ali Shah:
Iran loses first war to Russia and Armenia, Georgia and N. Azerbaijan
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| 10 | 1822 | - 1822: Plague and Cholera epidemics kill thousands in Shiraz.
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| 11 | 1824 | - 1824: An earthquake destroys parts of Shiraz.
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| 12 | 1828 | - 1828: Fath Ali Shah:
Iran loses second war to Russia and cede southern Caspian shore
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| 13 | 1830 | - 1830: Plague of locusts destroys the crops, local agriculture and creates famine. Tens of thousands die and many more move out of the city. Population decreases to only about 19000 by diseases and outmigration.
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| 14 | 1834 | - 1834: Qajar Dynasty:
End of Fath Ali Shah Rule
- 1834: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Muhammad Rule 1834 - 1848
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| 15 | 1838 | - 1838: Qajar Dynasty: Qajar king lays claim to Herat in Afghanistan; trounced by Great Britain
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| 16 | 1844 | - 1844: Mirza Ali Muhammad declares himself Mahdi; creates Bahai faith 1844 Bahais considered Shia heresy; deny Muhammad as last prophet and Koran as the final revelation; Mirza executed as heretic in 1850
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| 17 | 1848 | - 1848: Qajar Dynasty: End of Muhammad Rule 1834 - 1848
- 1848: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Naser od-Din Shah
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| 18 | 1853 | - 1853: Another major earthquake hits Shiraz.
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| 19 | 1857 | - 1857: Naser od-Din Shah Tried to reclaim Herat for Iran; Britain forces entry into Iran w/ Treaty of Paris
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