List of monarchs of Iran

Medes and Persia

Persia
Name		Portrait	Title	Reign years
1	Teispes		—	675–640 BC
2	Cyrus I		—	640–580 BC
3	Cambyses I		—	580–559 BC

Achaemenid Empire

Name		Portrait	Title	Reign years
1	Cyrus the Great		Shahanshah	559–530 BC
4	Cambyses II	—	Shahanshah	530–522 BC
5	Bardiya	—	Shahanshah	522–522 BC
6	Darius the Great		Shahanshah	522–486 BC
7	Xerxes I		Shahanshah	485–465 BC
8	Artaxerxes I		Shahanshah	465–424 BC
9	Xerxes II	—	Shahanshah	424–424 BC
10	Darius II	—	Shahanshah	424–404 BC
11	Artaxerxes II	—	Shahanshah	404–358 BC
12	Artxerxes III		Shahanshah	358–338 BC
13	Artaxerxes IV	—	Shahanshah	338–336 BC
14	Darius III	—	Shahanshah	336–330 BC
14	Artaxerxes V	—	Shahanshah	330–329 BC

Parthian Empire

Name		Portrait	Reign years
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
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

Name	Portrait	Title	Reign years
Ismail I		Shahanshah	1501–1524
Tahamsp I		Shah	1524–1576
Ismail II		Shah	1576–1577
Mohammad Khodabanda		Shah, Sultan	1578–1588
Abbas I		Shah, Zell'ollah, Ṣāḥebqerān-e-ʿAlāʾ	1588–1629
Safi		Shah	1629–1642
Abbas II		Shah	1642– 1666
Suleiman I	—	Shah, Sultan	1666–1694
Soltan Hoseyn		Shah, Sultan	1694–1722
Tahmasp II		Shah	1722–1732
Abbas III		Shah, Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bar Salatin	1732–1736
Afsharid Empire

Afsharid Empire

Name		Portrait	Title	Reign years
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

Name		Portrait	Title	Reign years
1	Mohammad Karim Khan Zand		Vakil-e Ra'aya, Khan	1751– 1779
2	Mohammad Ali Khan Zand	—	Shah, Khan	1779–1779
3	Abol-Fath Khan Zand	—	Shah, Khan	1779–1779
4	Sadeq Khan Zand		Shah, Khan	1779–1781
5	Ali-Morad Khan Zand	—	Shah, Khan	1781– 1785
6	Jafar Khan Zand		Shah, Khan	1785–1789
7	Sayed Morad Khan Zand	—	Shah, Khan	1789–1789
8	Lotf Ali Khan Zand	—	Shah, Khan	1789–1794

Qajar Empire

Name		Portrait	Title	Reign years
1	Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar		Shah, Khan	1789–1797
2	Fath-Ali Shah Qajar		Shahanshah, Khaqan	1797–1834
3	Mohammad Shah Qajar		Shahanshah, Ghazi, Khaqan son of Khaqan	1834–1848
4	Naser al-Din Shah Qajar		Shah, Zell'ollah, Qebleh-ye 'ālam, Islampanah	1848–1896
5	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar		Shahanshah, Sultan	1896–1907
6	Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar		Shah	1907– 1909
7	Ahmad Shah Qajar		Shah	1909–1925

Pahlavi Empire

Name		Portrait	Title	Reign years
1	Reza Shah Pahlavi		Shah	1925–1941
2	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi		Shahanshah Aryamehr, Bozorg Arteshtaran	1941– 1979