Fath-Ali Qajar (25 September 1772 – 23 October 1834) was the second Shah () of . He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran’s northern territories in the ,comprising what is nowadays , Dagestan, & to the Russian Empire following the of 1804-13 and 1826-28 and the resulting treaties of and Turkmenchay.

Historian Upton says that he “is famous among Persians for three things: his exceptionally long beard, his wasp-like waist, and his progeny.

At the end of his reign, his difficult economic problems and military and technological liabilities took Iran to the verge of governmental disintegration, which was quickened by a consequent struggle for the throne after his death.

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