State · 1751 – 1794
Zand Iran
A state of 1751 – 1794 — 43 years in the Middle East and North Africa. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 43 years
- 1751 – 1794
- Rulers
- 2
- the Vakil ol-Ra'aya, Shah
- Most ground
- 1.59 million km²
- in 1776
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karim Khan Zand | 1751 – 1779 | 28 years | ending not on record | |
| Lotf Ali Khan | 1789 – 1794 | 5 years | ending not on record |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1751 – 1794. Only 43 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
573,700 km² in 1751, 621,600 km² in 1791; at its largest 1.59 million km² in 1776. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedLion and Sun Emblem of Persia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan 
flag, undatedZand Dynasty flag · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Orange Tuesday
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood43 years
stood longer than 31% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,593,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 89% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1741 – 1804, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1776, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q146597 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.