The Qajar dynasty (Persian: دودمان قاجار, romanized: Dudemâne Ǧâjâr) is a formerly aristocratic (and from 1789-1925, royal) Iranian dynasty that gained prominence with the rise of Shahverdi Qajar in the early 16th century as heads of the Turkoman Qajar tribe of the Qizilbash confederacy. The dynasty ruled Iran from 1789 until 1925, upon the Unification of Iran (1779–1796) by Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797).
The Russian branch of the Qajar dynasty belonged to the Russian Nobility and were given the titles Prince Persidskii and Princess Persidskaya by the Tsar in the 19th century, of which many members had held high functions in the Imperial Russian Army, such as Aleksander Reza Qoli Mirza Qajar.