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Ahmad Mirza Azd es-Saltaneh Mirza

Ahmad Mirza Azd es-Saltaneh Mirza

Male 1891 - 1939  (48 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ahmad Mirza Azd es-Saltaneh Mirza was born in 1891 (son of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar Mirza and Turan es-Saltaneh); died in 1939; was buried in Qorn.

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    He studied Military at Theresianum in Austria , with his brother Yamin ed-Dowleh . During Azd es-Saltaneh and Yamin ed-Dowleh stay in Austria, Franz Joseph I generously received the brothers of Shah and several times invited them to his palace. In 1913, when Mohammad Hassan Mirza lived in Tabriz , Prince Azd es-Saltaneh was the Military commander of Azerbaijan. Ahmad Mirza didn't have any children


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar Mirza
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    Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar Mirza was born on 16 Jul 1831 in Tabriz (son of Mohammed Shah Qajar Mirza and Malek Jahan Khanom); died on 1 May 1896.

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    King and Shah of Persia from September 17, 1848 to May 1, 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and the third longest reigning monarch king in Persian history after Shapur II of the Sassanid Dynasty and Tahmasp I of the Safavid Dynasty . He had sovereign power for close to 50 years and was also the first Persian monarch to ever write and publish his diaries.
    He was in Tabriz when he heard of his father's death in 1848, and he ascended to the Peacock Throne with the help of Amir Kabir .
    Though Naser al-Din had early reformist tendencies, he was dictatorial in his style of government. He persecuted Bábís and Bahá'ís , and this increased when a deranged Bábí, seeking revenge for his martyred friend, attempted to assassinate him in 1852. He was the first modern Persian monarch to visit Europe in 1873 and then again in 1878 (when he saw a Royal Navy Fleet Review ), and finally in 1889 and was reportedly amazed with the technology he saw there. During his visit to the United Kingdom in 1873, Naser al-Din Shah was appointed by Queen Victoria a Knight of the Order of the Garter , the highest English order of chivalry. He was the first Persian monarch to be so honoured. His travel diary of his 1873 trip has been published in Persian, German and Dutch.
    During his visit, Naser al-Din met with British Jewish leaders, including Sir Moses Montefiore . At that time, the Persian king suggested that the Jews buy land and establish a state for the Jewish people.
    In 1890 he met British Gerald Talbot and signed a contract with him giving him the ownership of Iranian Tobacco Industry, but he later was forced to cancel the contract after Ayatollah Mirza Hassan Shirazi issued a Fatwa that made farming, trading and consuming tobacco as Haram (forbidden). It even affected the Shah's personal life as his wives did not allow him to smoke.
    This was not the end of his attempts to give advantages to Europe because he later gave the ownership of Iranian Customs Incomes to Paul Julius Reuter .

    Naser al-Din introduced a number of western innovations to Persia, including a modern postal system , train transport, a banking system and newspaper publishing. He was the first Iranian to be photographed and was a patron of Photography who had himself photographed hundreds of times.
    Naser al-Din was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani , a follower of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani , when he was visiting and praying in the shrine of Shah-Abdol-Azim . It is said that the revolver used to assassinate him was old and rusty, and had he worn a thicker overcoat, or been shot from a longer range, he would have survived the attempt on his life. Shortly before his death he is reported to have said "I will rule you differently if I survive!" Naser al-Din Shah's assassin was prosecuted by the defense Minister Nazm ol Doleh.

    He was buried in the Shah-Abdol-Azim Cemetery , in Rayy near Tehran , where he was assassinated. His one-piece marble tombstone, bearing his full effigy, is now kept in the Golestan Palace Museum in Tehran and is renowned as a master piece of Qajar era sculpture.

    Naser al-Din Shah was very interested in painting and photography. He was talented in painting and even though had not been educated, was an expert in Pen and Ink drawing. There are several Pen and Ink drawings which are remained from him. He was one of the first Persians who Photographed and was a patron of Photography. Also he founded a Photograph Studio in Golestan Palace .

    He was a Poet too. 200 couplets of his verses were recorded in the Preface of the book Majma'ul Fusah a book by Reza Quli Khan Hedayat about Poets of Qajar Period . Naser al-Din Shah was interested in History and Geography and there were many books on these topics in his library. He also knew French and English but he couldn't speak them fluently.

    Many attributed the book Hek Pir Va Jav (The tale of the old and the young) to him which is one of the first Persian stories written in modern European style

    Nasser married Turan es-Saltaneh. Turan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Turan es-Saltaneh and died.
    Children:
    1. Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh Mirza was born in 1883; died in 25 January1936.
    2. 1. Ahmad Mirza Azd es-Saltaneh Mirza was born in 1891; died in 1939; was buried in Qorn.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Mohammed Shah Qajar Mirza
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    Mohammed Shah Qajar Mirza was born on 5 Jan 1808 (son of Abbas Qajar Mirza); died on 5 Sep 1848.

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    Shah of Persia from the Qajar dynasty (23 October 1834 - 5 September 1848 ).
    first, Abbas Mirza was the chosen heir to the Shah. However, after he died, the Shah chose Mohammad to be his heir. After the Shah's death, Ali Mirza , one of his many sons, tried to take the throne in opposition to Mohammad. His rule lasted for about 40 days. Nonetheless, he was quickly deposed at the hands of Mirza Abolghasem Ghaem Magham Farahani , a politician, scientist, and poet.

    Ali was forgiven by Mohammad, who had then become Shah. Farahani was awarded the position of chancellorship of Persia by Shah at the time of his inauguration. He was later betrayed and executed by the order of Shah in 1835, at the instigation of Haji Mirza Aqasi , who would become the Ghaem Magham's successor and who greatly influenced Shah's policies. One of his wives, Malek Jahan Khanom, Mahd-e Olia , later became a large influence on his successor, who was their son
    He also tried to capture Herat , which was then owned by the British, twice. To try to defeat the British, he sent an officer to the court of Louis-Philippe of France . In 1839, two French military instructors arrived at Tabriz to aid him. However, both attempts to capture the city were unsuccessful
    Shah was known to be somewhat sickly throughout his life, and he finally died at the age of 40 of gout .

    Shah fell into the influence of Russia and attempted to make reforms to modernize and increase contact with the West. This work was continued by his successor, Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar , who became known as a very capable leader . These efforts to modernize the country brought about a great interest in photography . Other artwork during this time includes a number of small-scale paintings on lacquer .
    During Shah's reign, the religious movement of Bábism began to flourish for the first time. Following his death, The Bab, Baha'u'llahs forerunner was executed in Tabriz. The Persian symbol of The Lion and Sun and a red, white, and green background became the flag at this time

    Mohammed married Malek Jahan Khanom. Malek and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Malek Jahan Khanom and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar Mirza was born on 16 Jul 1831 in Tabriz; died on 1 May 1896.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Abbas Qajar Mirza
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    Abbas Qajar Mirza was born on 26 Aug 1789 (son of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar Mirza and Assiyeh Davallou); died on 25 Oct 1833 in Mashad.

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    Valiahd of Persia

    He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire , as an early modernizer of Persia 's armed forces and institutions, and for his untimely death before his father, Fath Ali Shah . Abbas was an intelligent prince, possessed some literary taste, and is noteworthy on account of the comparative simplicity of his life.
    He was a younger son of Fath Ali Shah , but on account of his mother's royal birth was destined by his father to succeed him. Entrusted with the government of a part of Persia, he sought to rule it in European fashion, and employed officers to reorganize his army. He was soon at war with Russia, and his aid was eagerly solicited by both England and Napoleon , anxious to checkmate one another in the East. Preferring the friendship of France , Abbas Mirza continued the war against Russia's General Kotlyarevsky , but his new ally could give him very little assistance. Kotlyarevsky defeated the 10-times numerically superior Persian army in the Battle of Aslanduz and in October, 1813, Persia was compelled to make a disadvantageous peace, ceding some territory in the Caucasus (present-day Georgia , Dagestan , and most of the Republic of Azerbaijan ).
    He gained some victories during the war 1821 war between the Ottoman Empire and Persia, resulting in a peace treaty signed in 1823 after the Battle of Erzurum . The war was a victory for Persia. His second war with Russia , which began in 1826, ended in a string of costly defeats and Persia was forced to cede nearly all of its Armenian territories and Nakhchivan . When the peace treaty was signed in February, 1828, Abbas Mirza sought to restore order in the province of Khorasan , which was nominally under Persian supremacy, and while engaged in the task died at Mashhad in 1833. In 1834 his eldest son, Mohammed Mirza , succeeded Fath Ali Shah as the next king. R. G. Watson (History of Persia, 128-9) describes him as "the noblest of the Kajar race".
    He is most remembered for his valor in battle and his failed attempts to modernize the Persian army. He was not successful in part due to the lack of government centralization in Iran during the era. Furthermore, it was Abbas Mirza who first dispatched Iranian students to Europe for a western education

    Children:
    1. 4. Mohammed Shah Qajar Mirza was born on 5 Jan 1808; died on 5 Sep 1848.
    2. Bahram Mirza and died.
    3. Djahangir Mirza was born in 1810; died in 1853.
    4. Bahman Mirza and died.
    5. Fereydoun Mirza was born in 1810-1812; died in 1855-1856 in Mashhad.
    6. Eskandar Mirza and died.
    7. Khosrow Mirza and died.
    8. Ghahreman Mirza and died.
    9. Ardeshir Mirza and died.
    10. Ja'far Gholi Mirza and died.
    11. Mostafa Gholi Mirza and died.
    12. Morad Hessam es-Saltaneh Mirza and died.
    13. Soltan Morad Mirza and died.
    14. Manouchehr Mirza and died.
    15. Farhad Mirza and died.
    16. Firouz Mirza was born in 1818; died in 1886.
    17. Khanlar Mirza and died.
    18. Bahado Mirza and died.
    19. Mohammad Rahim Mirza and died.
    20. Mehdi Gholi Mirza and died.
    21. Hamzeh Mirza and died.
    22. Ildorom Bayazid Mirza and died.
    23. Lotfollah Mirza and died.
    24. Mohammad Karim Mirza and died.
    25. Ja'ffar Mirza and died.
    26. Abdollah Mirza and died.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar Mirza
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    Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar Mirza was born on 5 Sep 1772 (son of Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar); died on 23 Oct 1834.

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    He ruled from 17 June 1797 to 23 October 1834.
    He was governor of Fars when his uncle was assassinated in 1797. Fat Ali shah's real name was "B Kh but he was crowned as Fat Ali Shah. He became suspicious of his chancellor Hajji Ebrahim Khan Kalantar and ordered his execution. Hajji Ebrahim Khan had been chancellor to Zand and Qajar rulers for some fifteen years.
    Much of his reign was marked by the resurgence of Persian arts and painting, as well as a deeply elaborate court culture with extremely rigid etiquette. In particular during his reign, portraiture and large-scale oil painting reached a height previously unknown under any other Islamic dynasty, largely due to his personal patronage.
    Fat Ali also ordered the creation of much royal regalia, including coronations chairs, "Takht-e-Tâvoos" or Peacock throne and "Takht-e-N Naderi throne , which was also used by later kings, and the "T Kiani Crown , a modification of the crown of the same name created by his uncle Agha Mohammad Khan . This, like most of his regalia, was studded with innumerable pearls and gems. His Crown Jewels were valued at the time at a minimum of fifteen million pounds .

    During the early reign of Fat Ali Shah, Imperial Russia took control of Georgia claimed by the Persians. The war broke between Persia and Russia when Fat Ali Shah ordered the invasion of Georgia in 1804, under pressure from the Shia clergy, who were urging a war against Russia. The war began with notable victories for the Persians, but Russia shipped in advanced weaponry and cannons that disadvantaged the technologically inferior Qajar forces, who did not have artillery to match. Russia continued with a major campaign against Persia; Persia asked for help from Britain on the grounds of a military agreement with that country (the military agreement was signed after the rise of Napoleon in France). However, Britain refused to help Persia claiming that the military agreement concerned a French attack not Russian.

    Persia had to ask for help from France, sending an ambassador to Napoleon and concluding a Franco-Persian alliance with the signature of the Treaty of Finkenstein . However, just when the French were ready to help Persia, Napoleon made peace with Russia. At this time, John Malcolm arrived in Persia and promised support but Britain later changed its mind and asked Persia to retreat. Russian troops invaded Tabriz in 1813 and Persia was forced to sign the Treaty of Gulistan with Russia.

    On account of consecutive defeats of Persia and after the fall of Lankaran on 1 January 1813, Shah was forced to sign the Treaty of Gulistan . The text of treaty was prepared by a British diplomat; Sir Gore Ouseley ; and was signed by Nikolai Fyodorovich Rtischev from the Russian side" and Hajji Mirza Abol Hasan Khan from the Iranian side on 24 October 1813 in the village of Gulistan .
    By this treaty all of the cities, towns, and villages of Georgia , villages and towns on the coast of the Black Sea , all of the cities, towns and villages of the Khanates in South Caucasus and part of the Talysh Khanate , including Megrelia , Abkhazia , Imeretia , Guria , Baku khanate , Shirvan Khanate , Derbent , Karabakh khanate , Ganja khanate , Shaki Khanate and Quba Khanate became part of Russia. In return Russia pledged to support Abbas Mirza as heir to the Persian throne after the death of Fat Ali Shah.

    In 1826, 13 years after the Treaty of Gulistan Shah on the advice of British agents, decided to occupy the lost territories. Abbas Mirza invaded the Talysh Khanate and Karabakh khanate with an army of 35000 on 16 July 1828. The Khans quickly switched sides and surrendered their principal cities, Lenkoran , Quba and Baku to the Persians. In May 1827, Ivan Paskevich , Governor of Caucasus , invaded Echmiadzin , Nakhichevan , Abbasabad and on 1 October Erivan . Fourteen days later, General Eristov entered Tabriz . On January 1828 when Russians reached the shores of Lake Urmia , Abbas Mirza urgently signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay on 2 February 1828.

    Ali Shah had 158 wives, many of them were Zand or Afshar princesses. He had 260 children. Of those, 57 sons and 46 daughters survived him. Just his 10 eldest sons had 333 children. He had, in total, 786 grandchildren, 313 grandsons and 473 grand daughters.
    His first son, Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatsh , was seven months older than his brother Abbas Mirza (Fath Ali Sha's Crown Prince), but on account of his mother, Ziba Chehreh Khanoum, non-Qajar origin he was unable to claim the title "Valiahd." (Crown prince ).
    Treaty was signed on 21 February 1828 by Hajji Mirza Abol Hasan Khan and General Ivan Paskievich . By this treaty Erivan khanate , Nakhchivan khanate , Talysh Khanate , Ordubad and Mughan became under the rule of Imperial Russia . [3] Iran pledged to pay Russia 10 Million in Gold and in return Russia pledged to support Abbas Mirza as heir to the Persian throne after the death of Fat Ali Shah . The treaty also stipulated the resettlement of Armenians from Persia to the Caucasus, which also included an outright liberation of Armenian captives who were brought and had lived in Iran since 1804 or as far back as 1795.

    Fat Ali later employed writers and painters to make a book about his wars with Russia, inspired by the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi . This book, considered by many to be the most important Persian book written in the Qajar period, is called the Shahanshahnama.
    In 1829, Alexandr Griboyedov , the Russian diplomat and play writer was killed in the encirclement of Russia embassy in Tehran . To apologize, the Shah sent Tsar Nicholas I one of the biggest diamonds of his crown Jewelry, Shah Diamond .

    When his beloved son and crown prince Abbas Mirza died on 25 October 1833, Fat Ali named his grandson Mohammed Mirza as his crown prince. Fat Ali died a year later, on 23 October 1834.
    He is instantly recognizable in all 25 known portraits - mainly due to his immense, deeply black beard, which reached well beneath his narrow waist.
    Besides eulogistic chronicles, the only real sources that allow us to judge his personality are those of British, French and Russian diplomats. These vary greatly: earlier in his reign they tend to portray him as vigorous, manly and highly intelligent. Later they begin to point out his extreme indolence and avarice.
    In 1797, he was given a complete set of the Britannica's 3rd edition, which he read completely; after this feat, he extended his royal title to include "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopædia Britannica ."

    Ali Shah had 158 wives, many of them were Zand or Afshar princesses. He had 260 children. Of those, 57 sons and 46 daughters survived him. Just his 10 eldest sons had 333 children. He had, in total, 786 grandchildren, 313 grandsons and 473 grand daughters.
    His first son, Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatsh , was seven months older than his brother Abbas Mirza (Fath Ali Sha's Crown Prince), but on account of his mother, Ziba Chehreh Khanoum, non-Qajar origin he was unable to claim the title "Valiahd." ( Crown prince ).

    Fat'h married Assiyeh Davallou. Assiyeh and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Assiyeh Davallou and died.

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    Married:
    Fat Ali Shah had 158 wives, many of them were Zand or Afshar princesses. He had 260 children. Of those, 57 sons and 46 daughters survived him. Just his 10 eldest sons had 333 children. He had, in total, 786 grandchildren, 313 grandsons and 473 grand daughters.
    His first son, Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatsh , was seven months older than his brother Abbas Mirza (Fath Ali Sha's Crown Prince), but on account of his mother, Ziba Chehreh Khanoum, non-Qajar origin he was unable to claim the title "Valiahd." ( Crown prince ).

    Children:
    1. 8. Abbas Qajar Mirza was born on 26 Aug 1789; died on 25 Oct 1833 in Mashad.


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