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Tehran: History, Former Names & Timeline

City at the foot of the Alborz mountains, capital of Iran since the Qajar dynasty.

Map showing Tehran in 1938Tehran
Border map for 1938. See Europe in 1938.

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Former names of Tehran

FromNameNote
1200Tehran

Timeline of Tehran

YearEvent
1786The Qajars make Tehran their capital
1906The Constitutional Revolution
1943The Tehran Conference
1979The Islamic Revolution

Who ruled Tehran

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–324 BCAchaemenid Empire
323 BC–301 BCEmpire of Alexander
300 BC–2 BCSeleucid Kingdom
1 BC–399Parthian Empire
400–499Persia
500–699Sasanian Empire
700–799Umayyad Caliphate
800–999Abbasid Caliphate
1000–1099Buwayhid Emirates
1100–1199Seljuk Empire
1200–1299Khwarazmian Empire
1300–1399Ilkhanate
1400–1491Timurid Empire
1492–1599Emirate of the White Sheep Turks
1600–1782Safavid Empire
1783–1919Persia
1920–todayIran

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