Unification of Iran (1779–1796)
_dynasty.png) Coat of arms of the Qajar dynasty | |
.svg) Iran in 1797, at the end of the reign of Agha Mohammad Khan | |
| Date | 1779-1796 |
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| Location | Iran |
The Unification of Iran (1779–1796), also known as the Reunification of Iran[1] were a series of battles led by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar[2][3] which led to the reunification of Iran, which was previously divided into several Iranian and non-Iranian states since the division of the Afsharid Empire.[4][5] It compromises the dissolution of Zand Iran and Afsharid Khorasan, overthrown in 1794 and 1796 respectively; the re-assertion of Iranian sovereignty over the Tabriz, Ardabil, Baku, Derbent, Erivan, Ganja, Javad, Shirvan, Karabakh, Nakhchivan, Quba, Shaki and Talysh Khanates; and the punitive campaign against Iran's Georgian subjects. These events ultimately ensured that the newly united Iran would be ruled by the Qajar dynasty, thus the Qajar conquest.
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References
[edit]- ^ "The Reunification of Iran and the Reign of Aqa Muhammad Shah Qajar | British Institute of Persian Studies". Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Fasāʹī, Ḥasan ibn Ḥasan; Busse, Heribert (1972). History of Persia under Qajar rule. UNESCO collection of representative works: Persian heritage series (in engper). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-03197-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Avery, Peter, ed. (1991). The Cambridge history of Iran. 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic / ed. by Peter Avery (4. print ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr. ISBN 978-0-521-20095-0.
- ^ Cronin, Stephanie, ed. (2013). Iranian-Russian encounters: empires and revolutions since 1800. Iranian studies. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-62433-6.
- ^ Leff, Carol Skalnik (June 1996). "Marco Buttino, ed., In A Collapsing Empire: Underdevelopment, Ethnic Conflicts and Nationalism in the Soviet Union. Milan: Feltrinelli Editore, 1993, Annali, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, Vol. 28". Nationalities Papers. 24 (2): 347–349. doi:10.1017/s009059920000355x. ISSN 0090-5992.