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Ahmad Shah Mirza

Male 1898 - 1930  (32 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Ahmad Shah Mirza 
    Birth 21 Jan 1898 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Feb 1930  Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I670850  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2009 

    Father Mohammad Ali E’tezad es-Saltaneh Mirza,   b. 21 Jun 1872   d. 5 Apr 1925, San Remo Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Malakeh Jahan Mirza   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F295237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lida jahanbani   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F295093  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2009 

    Family 2 Fatemeh   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Fereydoun Kadjar Mirza,   b. 1922, Tehran Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1975, Genève, Confoederatio Helvetica Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F295095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2009 

    Family 3 NN   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Maryamdokht Kadjar Mirza,   b. 1915, Tehran Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 2005 (Age 90 years)
    +2. Irandokht Kadjar Mirza,   b. 1916, Tehran Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1984 (Age 68 years)
     3. Homayoundokht Mirza,   b. 1917   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F295202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2009 

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  • Notes 
    • Shah of Iran from July 16 , 1909 , to October 31 , 1925 and the last of the Qajar dynasty .
      Ahmad acceded to the Peacock Throne on July 16 , 1909 , following the overthrow of his father and predecessor, Mohammad Ali Shah , who had attempted to reverse earlier constitutional restrictions on royal power, and thus enraged the majority of Iranians . Ahmad Shah inherited a kingdom in turmoil, frustrated with British and Russian imperialism and the absolute rule of his father. He attempted to fix the damage done by his father by appointing the best ministers he could find. He was, however, an ineffective ruler who was faced with internal unrest and foreign intrusions, particularly by the British and Russian Empires . In 1917, Britain used Persia as the springboard for an attack into Russia in an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the Russian Revolution of 1917 . The newly born Soviet Union responded by annexing portions of northern Persia as buffer states much like its Tsarist predecessor. Marching on Tehran, the Soviets extracted ever more humiliating concessions from the Qajar government - whose ministers Ahmad Shah was often unable to control. The weakness of the central bureaucracy in the face of such aggression by an atheist foreign power sparked seething anger among many traditional Iranians - including the young Ruhollah Khomeini , who would later condemn both communism and monarchy as treason against Iran's sovereignty and the divine laws of Islam .
      Eventually, the British crown and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company decided that the old, decaying feudalistic Qajar system was no longer useful to them, and shifted their support to Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee and Colonel Reza Khan Mirpanj of the Cossack Brigade , who believed in a heavily centralized authoritarian government that would bring the entire nation under his direct control. By 1923, with Reza's power rapidly on the rise, the young Shah's days in power were numbered.

      Ahmad Shah was pushed aside in a military coup in 1921 by his Minister of War, Colonel Reza Khan , who subsequently seized the post of Prime Minister. Stripped of all his remaining power, Ahmad Shah went into exile with his family in 1923. He was formally deposed on October 31 , 1925 , when Reza Khan was proclaimed Shah by the Founders Assembly, taking the name Reza Shah Pahlavi .
      He died in 1930 at Neuilly-sur-Seine , outside Paris , France . His brother, former crown prince Mohammad Hassan Mirza , assured the physical continuation of the dynasty through his descendants



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