Political Divisions and Organizational Structure of Fars in Qajar Era(1797-1895)

The city of Shiraz, in the Qajar era, although lost its former importance, following the selection of Tehran as the capital of Iran and Tabriz as the crown prince residence. The Fars province as the capital of Zand government and for its location as the Crown Prince residence in early period of Qajar domination as well as its closeness to the Persian Gulf, was of great significance in this era. Fars had special internal divisions and local organizational structure in the Qajar era that in course of this period changed. This paper, by using descriptiveanalytical method, intends to answer the following questions: what were the most effective factors involving in the changing of the territorial area of the Fars state? and what type of political measures did the government take to stabilize power of the Qajar government in this state? In the reign of Mohammad Shah, because of the Fars governor’s rebellion,The central government reduced the power of the rulers as well as Limiting the territory of Fars. Central government used the state's traditional powers such as the kalantar ‘the officer’, to balance the power in this state.