List of rulers of Iran
This is a list of rulers and office-holders of Iran.
Heads of former states
Dynasties of Persia
- Median dynasty (728-550 BC)
- Achaemenid dynasty (c. 700-330 BC)
- Argead dynasty (330-310 BC)
- Seleucid dynasty (312-164 BC)
- Arsacid dynasty (247 BC-228 AD)
- Sassanid dynasty (224-651)
- Tahirid dynasty (821-872)
- Alavid dynasty (864-928)
- Saffarid dynasty (861-1003)
- Samanid dynasty (875-999)
- Ziyarid dynasty (928-1043)
- Buwayhid dynasty (932-1056)
- Ghaznavid dynasty (962-1187)
- Seljuk dynasty (1037-1194)
- Khwarezmian dynasty (1077-1231)
- Ilkhanid dynasty (1256-1388)
- Muzaffarid dynasty (1314-1393)
- Timurid dynasty (1369-1507)
- Aq Qoyunlu (1378-1508)
Heads of state
- Shahs of modern Iran (1502-1979)
- Safavid dynasty(1502-1736)
- Hotaki dynasty (1722-1729)
- Afsharid dynasty (1736-1750, nominally until 1797)
- Zand dynasty (1750-1794)
- Qajar dynasty (1794-1925)
- Pahlavi dynasty (1925-1979)
- Supreme Leaders of Iran (1979–present)
Princely states
See also
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