Murdered Persian monarchs

The fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)

Shah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty

last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)

The 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC)

Shah of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896

The 27th and last Sasanian emperor (632–651)

founder of the Qajar Dynasty (1796–1797)

The 12th Achaemenid Emperor (338–336 BC)

brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (died 424 BC)

Bardiya or Smerdis ( ; ; possibly died 522 BCE), also named as Tanyoxarces (; ) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings. There are sharply divided views on his life. Bardiya either ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or was impersonated by a magus called Gaumata ( ), whose name is given by Ctesias as Sphendadates (; ), until he was toppled by Darius the Great.

The 14th Sassanid Emperor (399–420)

ruler of Ghurid Sultanate from 1173 to 1206

Boran (also spelled Buran, Middle Persian: 45px) was Sasanian queen (banbishn) of Iran from 630 to 632, with an interruption of some months. She was the daughter of king (or shah) Khosrow II () and the Byzantine princess Maria. She is the second of only three women to rule in Iranian history, the others being Musa of Parthia, and Boran's sister Azarmidokht.

eighth Sasanian emperor (302–309)

Sogdianus ( or ; ) was briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire for a period in 424–423 BC. His short rule—lasting not much more than six months—and the little recognition of his kingdom are known primarily from the writings of Ctesias; who is known to be unreliable. He was reportedly an illegitimate son of Artaxerxes I by his concubine Alogyne of Babylon.

king of Kings, Arsaces, Great King

King of Parthia

The 12th Sasanian emperor (383–388)

The 23th Sassanid Emperor (579–590)

Shahrbaraz (also spelled Shahrvaraz or Shahrwaraz; New Persian: ) was shah (king) of the Sasanian Empire from 27 April 630 to 9 June 630. He usurped the throne from Ardashir III, and was killed by Iranian nobles after forty days. Before usurping the Sasanian throne he was a spahbed (general) under Khosrow II (590–628). He is furthermore noted for his important role during the climactic Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, and the events that followed afterwards.

The temporary ruler of the Sassanid Empire (628–630)

The 13th Sassanid Emperor (388–399)

The first nominal Safavid king (1732–1736)

king of Kings

King of the Parthian Empire (ruled AD 40-46)

The ninth Sasanian emperor (309)

Gaykhatu (Mongolian script:; ) was the fifth Ilkhanate ruler in Iran. He reigned from 1291 to 1295. His Buddhist baghshi gave him the Tibetan name Rinchendorje () which appeared on his paper money.

The second Afsharid king (1747–1748)

Claimant of the Sassanid Empire (629–630)

Vistahm or Bistam (also transliterated Wistaxm, wsthm), was a Parthian dynast of the Ispahbudhan house, and maternal uncle of the Sasanian king of kings of Iran, Khosrow II (). Vistahm helped Khosrow regain his throne after the rebellion of another Parthian noble Bahram Chobin, of House of Mihran, but later led a revolt himself, and ruled independently over a region which encompassed the entire Iranian East until he was defeated by Khosrow and his allies.

The fifth Khan of Zand dynasty (1785–1789)

The third Afsharid king (1748–1749)

king of Persian Armenia and the temporary ruler of the Sassanid Empire (420)

The sixth Khan of Zand dynasty (1789)

the third king of Samanid dynasty (907–914)

Claimant and temporary ruler of the Sassanid Empire (630–631)

Mardavij (Gilaki/, meaning "man assailant"), also known as Mardavij the Great, was an Iranian prince, who established the Ziyarid dynasty, ruling from 930 to 935.

sultan of the Ghurid Empire

The second Khan of Zand dynasty (1779)

Farrukhzad (; New Persian: ) was an Iranian aristocrat from the House of Ispahbudhan and the founder of the Bavand dynasty, ruling from 651 to 665. Originally a powerful servant of the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 590–628), he, along with several other powerful aristocrats, made a conspiracy against the latter and ended his tyrannical rule. They thereafter put Khosrow's son Kavadh II (r. 628) on the throne, whose rule lasted only a few months, before he was killed by a plague, being succeeded by his son Ardashir III (r. 628–629), who after only one year was murdered by the rebellious former Sa

Ispahbadh of the Bavand dynasty