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Following the death of Moḥammad Karīm Khān Zand, the Zand dynasty ruler of southern Iran in 1779, Āghā Moḥammad Khān, the leader of the Turkmen Qājār tribe, set out to overthrow his enemies and reunify Iran. He established the Qajar dynasty in 1785 when he overthrew the Zand dynasty and took the Peacock throne, and was enthroned as the king of Iran in 1789. However, at this time he had not yet been formally crowned as shah, or emperor.
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Following the death of Moḥammad Karīm Khān Zand, the Zand dynasty ruler of southern Iran in 1779, Āghā Moḥammad Khān, the leader of the Turkmen Qājār tribe, set out to overthrow his enemies and reunify Iran. He established the Qajar dynasty in 1785 when he overthrew the Zand dynasty and took the Peacock throne, and was enthroned as the king of Iran in 1789. However, at this time he had not yet been formally crowned as shah, or emperor.