Fath Ali Shah in 1798

Fat'h Ali Shah (Persian: السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار ) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (707x1287, 206 KB)The image was released to Public Domain by copyright holder File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (707x1287, 206 KB)The image was released to Public Domain by copyright holder File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ...

(1771 - 1834) was the second Qajar King of Persia. He ruled from 1797 to 1834. He was a son of Hossein Qoli Khan, younger brother of Agha Mohammad Khan. He ascended to the throne of Persia when his uncle was assassinated. 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Mullahs in the royal presence. ... The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Agha Muhammad Khan (1742-1797) was the chief of a Turkic tribe, the Qajars. ...

Fat'h Ali's real name was Baba Khan but he was crowned as Fath Ali Shah. He became suspicious of his chancellor Hajj Ebrahim Khan Kalantar and ordered his execution. Kalantar had been chancellor to Zand and Qajar rulers for some 15 Years.

Much of his reign was marked by the resurgence - 'Bazgasht' of Persian arts and painting, as well as a deeply elaborate court culture with extremely rigid etiquette. In particular, portraiture and large scale oil painting during his reign reached a height unknown in under any other Islamic dynasty, largely due to his personal patronage.

Fat'h Ali Shah also ordered the making of much royal regalia, including a coronation chair which was also used by later kings, and the 'Taj-e-Kiyani' (Persian: تج كينى ), or Kayanid Crown, a modification of the crown of the same name invented by his uncle. This, like most of his regalia, was studded by innumerable pearls and gems. His Crown Jewels were valued at the time at a minimum of fifteen million pounds. Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ...

Russo-Iranian Wars

Fath Ali Shah is often refered as the strongest King of Qajar Era

During the early reigns of Fath Ali Shah, Georgian ruler Gorghin Khan claimed independence from Persia and Alexander I of Russia was quick to support him. The war broke between Iran and Russia when Fath Ali Shah ordered the invasion of Georgia in 1804. Despite the early conquests, Russians started a major campaign against Iran; Iran asked help from Britain who had military agreement with that country (the military agreement was signed after the rise of Napoleon in France). However, Britain refused to help Persia saying that the military agreement was about French attacks not Russians'. Iran had to ask help from France sending Ambassador to Napoleon and signing the Treaty of Finkenstein. However, when the French were ready to help Iran, Napoleon made peace with Russia. In this time, John Malcolm arrived in Persia and promised supports but Britain changed its mind later and asked Iran to retreat. Russian troops invaded Tabriz in 1813 and Iran had to sign Golestan with them. Another war was waged in 1826 and ended in 1828 which ended in Turkmanchai treaties conceding many advantages to Russia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (500x900, 113 KB)The copyright holder is unknown File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (500x900, 113 KB)The copyright holder is unknown File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Aleksander Pavlovich Romanov or Tsar Alexander I (The Blessed), (Russian: Александр I Павлович) (December 23, 1777–December 1, 1825), was Emperor of Russia from March 23, 1801–December 1, 1825 and King of Poland from 1815–1825. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... The Treaty of Finkenstein was concluded between France and Persia in the Castle of Finkenstein, East Prussia) on May 4, 1807. ... Sir John Malcolm (1769‑1833) was a Scottish soldier, statesman, and historian, born at Burnfoot, Dumfriesshire on the 2nd of May, 1769. ... Gulistan Peace Treaty of 1813, a peace treaty between imperial Russia and Persia, signed on October 24 (November 5) in a village of Gulistan in Karabakh at the end of the Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813. ... The Turkmanchai treaty (also written Turkemanchay, Turkamanchay, and Turkmanchay) is a treaty by which Iran lost many of its northern territories to Imperial Russia after its defeat in 1828, bringing an end to the second Russo-Persian wars (1827-1828). ...

Later Life

Fath Ali Shah with Flower

Fat'h Ali later employed writers and painters to make a book about his wars with Russia, inspired by the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. This book, considered by many to be the most important Persian book written in the Qajar period, is called the Shahanshahnama. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (388x766, 58 KB)The image was released by the copyright holder to Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (388x766, 58 KB)The image was released by the copyright holder to Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Shahnameh Shahnameh Scenes from the Shahnameh carved into reliefs at Tus, where Ferdowsi is buried. ... Statue of Ferdowsi in Tehran Ferdowsi Mausoleum in Tus Ferdowsi Tousi (فردوسی طوسی in Persian) (more commonly transliterated Firdausi, Ferdosi or Ferdusi) (935–1020) is considered to be one of the greatest Persian poets to have ever lived. ... Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ...

When his beloved son and crown prince Abbas Mirza died, he named Abbas Mirza's son Mohammed Mirza, his grandson, as his crown prince. Fath Ali died a year later. Abbas Mirza (عباس میرزا in Persian) ‎(August 26, 1789 - October 25, 1833), was a crown prince of Persia, known because of his wars with Russia and the Ottoman empire, and his death before his father, the shah. ... Mohammad Shah (1810 - 1848) was the Qajar king of Persia between 1835 and 1848. ...

Fat'h Ali Shah had 158 wives, and 260 children. He is instantly recognisable in all 25 known portraits - mainly due to his immense, deeply black beard, which reached well beneath his narrow waist.

Besides eulogistic chronicles, the only real sources that allow us to judge his personality are those of British, French and Russian diplomats. These vary greatly: earlier in his reign they tend to portray him as vigorous, manly and highly intelligent. Later they begin to point out his extreme indolence, avarice and possible lack of intelligence.

Nonetheless it is clear that he was, if not a brilliant ruler, nonetheless uncharacteristically humane for the period. He enjoyed unkingly romps with friends and children - which would stop instantly in the presence of venerable ministers, especially Hajji Ibrahim. He was a competent judge of art, but his greatest pleasure seems to have long remained playing practical jokes on his ministers, or at least making fun of any embarrasments that occurred to them.

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