Qajarn.
/ˈkɑːdʒɑː/, U.S. /ˈkɑˌdʒɑr/, /kəˈdʒɑr/ A member of a northern Iranian people of Turkoman origin, who formed the ruling dynasty of Persia from 1794 to 1925. Also attributive.
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1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 651/2 Branches of the royal Afsháre and Kájár tribes of Túrki descent.
1902 P. M. Sykes Ten Thousand Miles in Persia 121 Baluchis call all Persians Gajar, a corruption of Kájár, the reigning dynasty.
1932 A. T. Wilson Persia v. 103 Under the Qajars, roads and caravansarais were allowed to decay.
1968 R. Sangvhi Aryamehr: Shah of Iran xxiii. 232 Power sprang originally from their association with the Qajar monarchy.
1973 Country Life 31 May 1548/1 Those pictures are of a kind made in large numbers, mostly at Isfahan and Shiraz, throughout the Qajar period.
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