Persian and Iranian Kings and Queens

The First Persian Empire, also called the Achaemenid Empire, was established by Cyrus the Great in 549 BC. It was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Alexander's successors, the Seleucid Empire, ruled for a time, but were eventually superseded by the Parthian Empire.

In 224 Ardashir I rose against and defeated the last Parthian king and established the Sassanid Empire, also called the Second Persian Empire. Persia was conquered by the Arabs during the Muslim conquest in 651. After centuries of foreign rule, the native Safavid Empire took power in 1501.

The last king (Shah in Persian) was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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NameYears
Abbas I the Great1588-1629
Abbas II1642-1666
Abbas III1732-1736
Adel Shah1747-1748
Adhur Narseh309
Ebrahim Afshar1748
Nader Shah Afshar1736-1747
Alexander Balas150-146 BC
Alexander IV323-311 BC
Alexander the Great330-323 BC
Antiochus I Soter281-261 BC
Antiochus II Theos261-246 BC
Antiochus III the Great222-187 BC
Antiochus IV Epiphanes175-164 BC
Antiochus V Eupator163-161 BC
Ardashir I224-242
Ardashir II379-383
Ardashir III628-629
Arsaces Ic. 250-211 BC
Arsaces II211-191 BC
Artabanus II128-124 BC
Artabanus III10-35; 36-38
Artabanus V216-224
Artaxerxes I465-424 BC
Artaxerxes II Mnemon404-358 BC
Artaxerxes III358-338 BC
Artaxerxes IV338-336 BC
Astyages585-550 BC
Azarmidokht630-631
Bahram I271-274
Bahram II274-293
Bahram III293
Bahram IV388-399
Bahram V Gor420-438
Bahram VI Chobin590-591
Balash484-488
Bardiya522 BC
Borandukht629-630; 631
Cambyses II530-522 BC
Cyaxares625-585 BC
Cyrus II the Great559-530 BC
Darius I the Great522-486 BC
Darius II423-404 BC
Darius III Codomannus336-330 BC
Deiocesc. 709-c. 665 BC
Demetrius I Soter161-150 BC
Demetrius II Nicator146-139 BC
Djamasp496-498
Gotarzes I95-90 BC
Gotarzes II40-51
Hormizd I270-271
Hormizd II302-309
Hormizd III457-459
Hormizd IV579-590
Ashraf Hotak1725-1729
Mahmud Hotak1722-1725
Ismail I1501-1524
Ismail II1576-1577
Kavadh I488-496; 498-531
Kavadh II628
Khosrau I the Just531-579
Khosrau II590; 591-628
Khosrau the Usurper420
Mithridates I171-138 BC
Mithridates II124-88 BC
Mithridates IV129-140
Mohammad Khodabanda1578-1587
Narseh293-302
Orodes I90-80 BC
Orodes II57-37 BC
Orodes III4-6
Osroes I109-116; 117-129
Pacorus II78-105
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi1941-1979
Reza Shah Pahlavi1925-1941
Parthamaspates116-117
Peroz I459-484
Philip III Arrhidaeus323-317 BC
Phraates I176-171 BC
Phraates II138-128 BC
Phraates III70-57 BC
Phraates IV37-2 BC
Phraates V2 BC-4
Phraortesc. 675-633 BC
Phriapatius191-176 BC
Ahmad Shah Qajar1909-1925
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar1797-1834
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar1794-1797
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar1907-1909
Mohammad Shah Qajar1834-1848
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar1896-1907
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar1848-1896
Safi1629-1642
Sanatruces77-70 BC
Sayed Morad Khan1789
Seleucus I Nicator306-281 BC
Seleucus II Callinicus246-225 BC
Seleucus III Ceraunus225-223 BC
Seleucus IV Philopator187-175 BC
Shahrbaraz629
Shahrokh Shah1748-1749
Shapur I the Great242-270
Shapur II the Great309-379
Shapur III383-388
Shapur IV420
Shapur V630
Sogdianus424-423 BC
Soltan Hoseyn1694-1722
Suleiman I1666-1694
Suleiman II1749-1750
Tahmasp I1524-1576
Tahmasp II1722-1732
Tiridates III35-36
Vardanes I40-47
Vologases I51-78
Vologases II78-80
Vologases III105-147
Vologases IV147-191
Vologases V191-208
Vologases VI208-228
Vonones I8-12
Vonones II51
Xerxes I the Great486-465 BC
Xerxes II424 BC
Yazdegerd I399-420
Yazdegerd II438-457
Yazdegerd III632-651
Abol-Fath Khan Zand1779
Ali-Morad Khan Zand1781-1785
Jafar Khan Zand1785-1789
Karim Khan Zand1751-1779
Lotf Ali Khan Zand1789-1794
Mohammad Ali Khan Zand1779
Sadeq Khan Zand1779-1781