Fath 'Ali Shah
| Fath-Ali Shah Qajar فتحعلی شاه قاجار |
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 Shahanshah of Persia |
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| Shah of Iran | |||||
| Reign | 17 June 1797 – 23 October 1834 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mohammad Khan Qajar | ||||
| Successor | Mohammad Shah Qajar | ||||
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5 September 1772 Damghan, Iran |
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| Died | 23 October 1834 (aged 62) Isfahan, Iran |
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| Burial | Qom | ||||
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| Dynasty | Qajar | ||||
| Father | Hussein Qoli Khan Qajar | ||||
| Religion | Shia Islam | ||||
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Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (Persian: فتحعلى شاه قاجار; var. Fathalishah, Fathali Shah, Fath Ali Shah; 5 September 1772 – 23 October 1834) was the second Qajar emperor (shah) of Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death. His reign saw the forced and irrevocable ceding of Iran's integral northern territories (Caucasian territories), which had made part of its concept for centuries, comprising what is nowadays Georgia, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the Russian Empire following the Russo-Persian Wars of (1804–13) and (1826–28) and the resulting Treaty of Gulistan and Treaty of Turkmenchay. Historian Joseph M. Upton says that he "is famous among Persians for three things: his exceptionally long beard, his wasp-like waist, and his progeny."
He was born in Damghan on 5 September 1772, and was called Fath-Ali, a name which his great-grandfather, a prominent figure bore. He was the son of Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar, brother of Agha Mohammad Khan. He was also known by his second name of Baba Khan, a name he would use until his coronation in 1797.
Fath-Ali was governor of Fars when his uncle was assassinated in 1797. Fath-Ali then ascended the throne and used the name of Fath Ali Shah (with the word "shah" added on his name). He became suspicious of his chancellor Ebrahim Khan Kalantar and ordered his execution. Hajji Ebrahim Khan had been chancellor to Zand and Qajar rulers for some fifteen years.
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