List of monarchs of Persia
This article lists the monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
Shah of Iran
- Deioces 705–647 BC (first known ruler)
- Cyrus the Great 559–530 BC (Emperor of the first unified Persian Empire)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 1941–1979 (as Shah of Iran)
671 BC
11 February 1979
Hereditary
The Seleucid dynasty gradually lost control of Persia. In 253, the Arsacid dynasty established itself in Parthia. The Parthians gradually expanded their control, until by the mid-2nd century BC, the Seleucids had completely lost control of Persia. Control of eastern territories was permanently lost by Antiochus VII in 129 BC.
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The Buyid Kingdom was divided into a number of separate emirates, of which the most important were Fars, Ray, and Iraq. Generally, one of the emirs held a sort of primus inter pares supremacy over the rest, which would be marked by titles like Amir al-umara (which tied them into the hierarchy of the Abbasid Caliphate) and Shahanshah (which the dynasty revived as a sign of independence from the Abbasid caliphs).
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An empire built from Khwarezm, covering part of Iran and neighbouring Central Asia.
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