Qajar Empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Qajar_dynasty
gptkbp:area about 2,800,000 km² at its height
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkb:British_Empire_(in_India)
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tehran
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Qiran
gptkbp:dissolved 1925
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Qajar
gptkbp:established 1789
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Lion_and_Sun
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Agha_Mohammad_Khan_Qajar
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Qajar Empire
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Qajar
gptkbp:location gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Niavaran_Palace
gptkb:Sahebqaraniyeh_Palace
gptkb:Golestan_Palace
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Isfahan
gptkb:Mashhad
gptkb:Shiraz
gptkb:Tabriz
gptkb:Qazvin
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Anglo-Persian_War
gptkb:Russo-Persian_Wars
gptkb:Constitutional_Revolution
gptkb:Persian_Constitutional_Revolution_(1905–1911)
World War I occupation
foreign influence by Britain and Russia
introduction of telegraph and railways in Iran
loss of Caucasus territories to Russia
oil discovery in Iran (1908)
rise of constitutionalism in Iran
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Mozaffar_ad-Din_Shah_Qajar
gptkb:Naser_al-Din_Shah_Qajar
gptkb:Amir_Kabir
gptkb:Abbas_Mirza
gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Qajar
gptkb:Mirza_Hossein_Khan_Sepahsalar
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Mozaffar_ad-Din_Shah_Qajar
gptkb:Naser_al-Din_Shah_Qajar
gptkb:Fath-Ali_Shah_Qajar
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:population estimated 10-12 million (early 20th century)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Zand_dynasty
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Pahlavi_dynasty
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Gulistan
gptkb:Treaty_of_Turkmenchay
gptkb:Anglo-Persian_Agreement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Padshah
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5