List of monarchs of Iran
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This list is a list of monarchs of Iran.
List
[change | change source]Medes and Persia
Medes | ||||
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Name | Portrait | Title | Reign years | |
1 | Deioces | — | Paradat | 727–675 BC |
2 | Phraortes | — | — | 675–653 BC |
3 | Cyaxares | — | — | 625–585 BC |
4 | Astyages | — | Shahanshah | 564–550 BC |
Persia | ||||
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Name | Portrait | Title | Reign years | |
1 | Teispes | — | 675–640 BC | |
2 | Cyrus I | — | 640–580 BC | |
3 | Cambyses I | — | 580–559 BC |
Achaemenid Empire
Parthian Empire
Name | Portrait | Reign years | |
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1 | Arsaces I | 247–217 BC | |
4 | Arsaces II | 217–191 BC | |
5 | Priapatius | 191–176 BC | |
6 | Phraates I | 170/168–165/64 BC | |
7 | Mithridates I the Great | 165–132 BC | |
8 | Phraates II | 132–127 BC | |
9 | Artabanus I | 127–124/3 BC | |
10 | Mithridates II | 124–91 BC | |
11 | Gotarzes I | 91–87/80 BC | |
12 | Orodes I | 80–75 BC | |
13 | Sinatruces I | c. 75–69 BC | |
14 | Phraates III | 69–57 BC | |
15 | Mithridates IV | 57–54 BC | |
16 | Orodes II | 57–37 BC | |
17 | Phraates IV | 37–2 BC | |
18 | Phraates V | 2 BC–4 AD | |
19 | Musa[a] | 2 BC–4 AD | |
20 | Orodes III | 4–6 | |
21 | Vonones I | 8–12 | |
21 | Artabanus II | 12–38/41[b] | |
22 | Vardanes I | 40–46 | |
23 | Gotarzes II[c] | 40–51 | |
24 | Vonones II | 51–51 | |
25 | Vologases I | 51–78 | |
26 | Pacorus II | 78–110 | |
27 | Vologases III | 110–147 | |
28 | Vologases IV | 147–191 | |
29 | Vologases V | 191–208 | |
30 | Vologases VI | 208–228 |
Sasanian Empire
Name | Portrait | Title | Reign years | |
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1 | Ardashir I | Shahanshah | 224–242 | |
2 | Shapur I | Shahanshah | 240–270 | |
3 | Hormizd I | Shahanshah | 270–271 | |
4 | Bahram I | Shahanshah | 271–274 | |
5 | Bahram II | Shahanshah | 274–293 | |
6 | Bahram III | — | Shahanshah | 293–293 |
7 | Narseh | Shahanshah | 293–303 | |
8 | Hormizd II | Shahanshah | 303–309 | |
9 | Adur Narseh | — | Shahanshah | 309–309 |
10 | Shapur II | Shahanshah | 309–379 | |
11 | Ardashir II | Shahanshah | 379–383 | |
12 | Shapur III | Shahanshah | 383–388 | |
13 | Bahram IV | Shahanshah | 388–399 | |
14 | Yazdegerd I | Shahanshah | 399–420 | |
15 | Shapur IV | — | Shahanshah | 420–420 |
16 | Khosrow | — | Shahanshah | 420–420 |
17 | Bahram V | Shahanshah | 420–438 | |
18 | Yazdegerd II | Shahanshah | 438–457 | |
19 | Hormizd III | — | Shahanshah | 457–459 |
20 | Peroz I | Shahanshah | 459–484 | |
21 | Balash | Shahanshah | 484–488 | |
22 | Kavad I | Shahanshah, Kay |
488–496 | |
23 | Jamasp | Shahanshah | 496–498/9 | |
24 | Kavad I | Shahanshah, Kay |
498/9–531 | |
25 | Khosrow I | Shahanshah | 531–579 | |
26 | Hormizd IV | Shahanshah | 579–590 | |
27 | Khosrow II | Shahanshah | 590–590 | |
28 | Bahram Chobin[d] | Shahanshah | 590–591 | |
29 | Khosrow II | Shahanshah | 591–628 | |
30 | Kavad II | Shahanshah | 628–628 | |
31 | Ardashir III | Shahanshah | 628–630 | |
32 | Shahrbaraz[e] | Shahanshah | 630–630 | |
33 | Khosrow III | Shahanshah | 630–630 | |
34 | Boran | — | 630–630 | |
35 | Shapur V | — | Shahanshah | 630–630 |
36 | Peroz II | — | — | 630–630 |
37 | Azarmidokht | — | — | 630–631 |
38 | Hormizd V[f] | — | 630–631 | |
39 | Hormizd VI | Shahanshah | 630–632 | |
40 | Khosrow IV | Shahanshah | 630–636 | |
41 | Farrukhzad Khosrow V | — | Shahanshah | 631–631 |
42 | Boran | — | 631–631 | |
43 | Yazdegerd III | Shahanshah | 632–651 |
Safavid Empire
Afsharid Empire
Name | Portrait | Title | Reign years | |
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1 | Nader Shah | Shahanshah, Sultan bar salatin-e-jahan |
1736– 1747 | |
2 | Adel Shah | — | Shah | 1747–1748 |
3 | Ebrahim Afshar | — | Shah | 1748–1749 |
4 | Shahrokh Shah | — | Shah | 1748–1796[g] |
Zand Empire
Qajar Empire
Pahlavi Empire
Name | Portrait | Title | Reign years | |
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1 | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Shah | 1925–1941 | |
2 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Shahanshah Aryamehr, Bozorg Arteshtaran |
1941– 1979 |
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Originally an Italian slave-girl, she was given as a gift to the Parthian monarch Phraates IV by the Roman Emperor Augustus.
- ↑ Briefly interrupted in 35.
- ↑ Adoptive son of Artabanus II.
- ↑ Bahram was a member of the House of Mihran, one of the seven Great Houses of Iran. The family was of Parthian origin, and was centered in Ray, south of Tehran, the capital of present-day Iran.
- ↑ Member of the House of Mihran.
- ↑ Hormizd was a member of the Ispahbudhan family, one of the seven Parthian clans.
- ↑ 1st reign: 1748–1750
2nd reign: 1750–1796