Artnet news: A portrait of Fath'Ali Shah Qajar, seated against a jewelled bolster on a pearl edged rug, 1816
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Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar was the second Shah of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Caucasus, comprising what is nowadays Georgia, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, to the Russian Empire following the Russo-Persian Wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 and the resulting treaties of Gulistan an…
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politics · Shah of Iran from 1797 to 1834 · monarch · politician · military leader · poet · patron of the arts · also Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Fath-Ali Shah, Fath-Ali Qajar, Qajar
Born 5 August 1772 · Died 23 October 1834 · Q175299
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1834· 1 entry
Died 1834-10-23.
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1829· 1 entry
Alexander Griboyedov, the Russian diplomat and playwright was killed in the Massacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran
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1826· 1 entry
13 years after the Treaty of Gulistan, the Shah, on the advice of British agents and the utter dissatisfaction with the outcome of the previous war, decided to occupy the lost territories
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1818· 1 entry
The Shah sent his son Mohammad Vali Mirza to capture the city but he was defeated at the Battle of Kafir Qala
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1813· 1 entry
And Iran was forced to sign the Treaty of Gulistan with Russia
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1804· 1 entry
Fath Ali Shah ordered the invasion of Georgia in order to regain it, under pressure from the Shia clergy, who were urging a war against Russia
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1803· 1 entry
Fath-Ali Shah appointed his cousin Ebrahim Khan as the governor of the Kerman province, which had been devastated during the reign of Agha Mohammad Khan
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1801· 1 entry
After many Georgian embassies and a treaty
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1800· 1 entry
Described him as "above the middle size, his age little more than thirty, his complexion rather fair, his features regular and fine, with an expression denoting quickness and intelligence
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1797· 1 entry
Career landmark: shah (1797–1834).
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1772· 1 entry
Born 1772-08-05.
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