The Politics and Governing Method of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar

When Safavid dynasty collapsed, Iran faced with riot for more than eight decades and finally Agha Mohammad Khan took over the whole country defeating other rivals and champions. He took over the country, chose Tehran as the capital, and assumed himself the successor of the Safavids to revive the values of Safavid era. Taking a descriptive-analytical method, the study used library resources to identify the politics and governing method of Agha Mohammad Khan in his reign and sought to answer the following questions: What was Agha Mohammad Khan’s perception of politics and governing? What goals he pursued in domestic and foreign policies? As an answer to the questions one can say that seemingly Agha Mohammad Khan pursued his goals in politics and governing through military actions and the majority of his domestic relations and foreign policies were based on eliminating rivals and fighting against other countries.