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Qajar monarch who ruled Persia for nearly half a century, introducing telegraphs, postal services, and photography while navigating British and Russian colonial rivalries.
Political axes
Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar leans further toward autocracy than 88% of the 602 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar stands furthest from the rest.
On Diplomacy, Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar sits practically at the catalog median.
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Current that mobilizes the people against political and cultural elites, combining nationalism, immigration restriction, traditional values, public religion, strong security, and anti-establishment economic pragmatism around personalist leaders.
Branch of the radical right that is nationalist and anti-globalist, emphasizing cultural identity, criticism of immigration and opposition to political correctness, without adopting race-based positions.
Current advocating a monarch who actually governs, as constitutional head of the executive or absolute sovereign, over a federation of states or regions with broad self-government, as in the German Empire of 1871, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia.
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CommunalismAnarchist27%
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A Hashemite monarchy with an elected parliament, but with the king controlling government, army and foreign policy, Jordan relies on foreign aid and remittances, hosts many Palestinian refugees and has had peace with Israel since 1994.
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Persian dynastic empire centered on the Shah's authority and Shia clergy, marked by defensive reforms, tribal rivalries, and growing Russian and British colonial pressure.
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