The following lists events that have happened in 1909 in the Qajar dynasty,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

Incumbents

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: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (until July 16),

Ahmad Shah Qajar Ahmad Shah Qajar (‎; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the List of monarchs of Iran, shah of Iran (Name of Iran, Persia) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the seventh and final ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. Ahmad Shah ...

(starting July 16) *

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

: ** until April 29: Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh ** April 29-May 2: Kamran Mirza Nayeb al-Saltaneh ** May 2-May 8: vacant ** May 8-July 13: Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh ** July 17-September 30: vacant ** starting September 30: Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni

Events

* January 23 – The 7.3 Borujerd earthquake affected central Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing between 6,000–8000. * July 16 –

, the last king of

Qajar dynasty The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...

, ascended to throne.

References

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