PERSIA

The Qajar Dynasty

(Arasteh, Badie, Molk Ara)

GENEALOGY

• 2) H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Quli Mirza, Qawam ul-Mulk, Mulk Ara. b. 26^th May 1789 (s/o H.M. Queen Aisha Khanum-e Qajar Quyunlu), educ. privately. Governor-General of Mazandaran 1799-1844, Governor of Gilan 1807, and of Tabaristan 1821-1834. A peot under the nom de plume Khusravi. m. (first) Gulpari Khanum, Sara-ya-Mulk, younger daughter of his uncle, Murtaza Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Jahansuz Shah. m. (second) H.R.H. Shahzadi Shah Zanan Khanum, daughter H.M. Hast Sultan bar Salatin-i-Jahan Shah-i-Shahhan Shah-i-Jahan Shahrukh Shah, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, of the Afshar dynasty. m. (third) Khadija Khanum, only daughter of Amir Qasim Khan. He d. at Tehran, before 10^th January 1845, having had issue, twenty-four sons and twenty-three daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Qasim Mirza. Author and poet.
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Timur Mirza. Governor of Anob.
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Iskandar Mirza.
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Badi uz-Zaman Mirza, Mulk Ara, Sahib Iqtiar. b. at Ispahbad, 18xx (s/o Shah Zanan), educ. privately. Deputy Governor of Astarabad, and Deputy Governor-General of Mazandaran 1822-1835. Imprisoned for his part in the insurrection of Zill us-Sultan. m. H.R.H. Shahzadi Jahan Sultan Khanum, daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Taqi Mirza, Rashid ul-Mulk, Hisam us-Sultana. He had issue, three sons (ancestor of the Molk Ara, Arasteh, Badie, Badiee, Badiei, and Badii families):
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Nadir Mirza, Mulk Ara. b. at Astarabad, 27^th April 1827 (s/o Jahan Sultan), educ. privately at Tabriz. Governor of Sarab and Khalkhal, Chief of the Central Granaries of Tabriz and Collector of Divan Taxes in 1880, Chief of Police (Darogarh) of Tabriz 1884-1885. Historian and poet. Author of “Tarikh va Gografiya-ye Dar al-Saltaneh-ye Tabriz, be Zamimeh-ye Sharh-e-Hal-e-Bozorgan” (1883-1885) and “Navadir al-amsal” (1883). m. (first) at Tabriz, before 10^th January 1845 (d. before 27^th November 1848), daughter of his aunt. m. (second) Khadija Javanshir Shah Bajji, sister of the Khan of the Javanshir tribe. He d. at Tabriz, 18^th November 1885, having had issue, three sons
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada Badi uz-Zaman Mirza, Mutashim Huzur [Badi Zaman Molk-Ara]. m. his cousin, H.H. Shahzadi Malikzadi Khanum. He had issue, a son:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Nadir Mirza [Prince Nadir Mirza Arasteh]. b. at Tabriz, Azerbaijan, before 30^th September 1886, educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, Cambridge Univ, and St Petersburg Imperial Univ (LLB), St Petersburg, Russia. Joined Persian Foreign Service 1908, Official Russian Translator, Mayor of Gilan 1918, Consul-Gen Tashkent, Charge d‘Affaires at London 1926-1927 & 1933, Governor of Enzeli and of Pahlavi 1928-1930, Deputy Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1930-1932, and Khuzistan 1932-1933, and Governor-General of Mazandaran and Governor of Gilan 1942-1944, and of Isfahan 1946, Envoy Ext and Minister Plen to Poland 1934-1935, Argentina 1935-1937, and Germany 1937-1940 (conc to the Netherlands 1939-1940), Head of Consular Dept at the MOFA 1936-1937, Minister for Posts & Telegraphs 1944-1945 & 1948-1949, Roads & Communications 1945-1948, Ambassador to the USSR 1949-1952 and Argentina 1953-1955. Mbr Brd of the Iran-Soviet Cultural Relations Soc 1963. Translator of Gogol’s plays into Persian. m. Ashraf us-Sultana, daughter of H.E. Mirza Davud Khan, Meftah us-Sultana, sometime Persian Envoy Extr and Min Plen at the Court of St James’s. He d. before 21^st March 1975, having issue, two sons and one daughter:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada Cyrus Mirza [Dr Cyrus Arasteh]. b. September 1923. Dir Communicable Disease Control & Quarantine Dept. Assoc Mbr Pasteur Inst of Iran. He had issue, three sons:
            • 1. H.H. Shahzada Shariar Mirza [Shariar Arasteh]. b. 1957. m. Nanette Joy (b. 1960).
            • 2. H.H. Shahzada Shahrzad Mirza [Shahrzad Arasteh]. b. 1968.
            • 3. H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’llah Mirza [Abdollah Arasteh].
          • (ii) H.H. Shahzada Farhad Mirza [Dr Farhad Mirza Arasteh], educ. Univ of Gottingen (PhD 1947), Germany. He had issue:
            • 1. H.H. Shahzada ‘Ali Reza Mirza [Dr Alireza Farhad Arasteh]. b. June 1956, educ. Inst of Statistics & Informatics (BSc 1978), Tehran, Brunel Univ (MSc stats 1982), Uxbridge, Middlesex, New Mexico State Univ (MSc maths 1985, PhD 1989), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. Professor of Mathematics at New Mexico State Univ.
          • (i) H.H. Shahzadi Guity Ara Khanum [Ara Arasteh]. b. 1929. m. Charles Louis Tosti [Chuck L Tosti] (b. 1928). She had issue, four daughters.
      • (2) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza. He had issue:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza. He had issue:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza. He had issue:
            • 1. H.H. Shahzada Niru Mirza [Niroo Arasteh]. b. at Masshad, 1955. m. (first) ... m. (second) ... He d. at Tehran, 23^rd January 2004, having had issue, one son by his second wife.
    • ii) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Javad Mirza (s/o Jahan Sultan Khanum). m. Hayat Khanum. He had issue:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l ‘Ali Mirza [Abdol Ali Mirza Badie]. m. H.H. Shahzadi Partow Piale, daughter of his uncle, H.H. Shahzada Jalil Mirza, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Zinat Agha Khanum, eldest daughter of H.H. Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Mirza, of the Hessami family. He had issue, one son and two daugters:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Javad Mirza [Abdol Javad Badie]. He had issue:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada Fath ‘Ali Mirza [Fathali Badie]. He has issue:
            • 1. H.H. Shahzada Amin Mirza [Amin Badie].
        • (a) H.H. Shahzadi Zarin Malik Khanum [Zarrin Malek Badie]. m. her maternal cousin, Agha Bozurg Habibu’llahi [Agha Bozorg Habibollahi], son of Hajji Mirza ‘Ali Habibollahi, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Badar ul-Mulk Khanum, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Jalal ud-din Mirza. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi Maliha Afaq Khanum [Malihe Afagh Vida]. m. ... Vida.
    • iii) H.H. Shahzada Jalil Mirza (s/o Shahzadi Jahan Sultan Khanum). m. (first) H.H. Shahzadi Zinat Aga Khanum, eldest daughter of H.H. Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Mirza Hessami, by his wife, Fakhr ul-Hajjiya. m. (second) Fatima Khanum [Shah Bajji]. He had issue, four sons and six daughters:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada Ibrahim Khalil Mirza [Ebrahim Khalil Badiei] (s/o Zinat Aga). m. H.H. Shahzadi Fakhr ul-Mulk, daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Hasan Mirza, Shaikh ur-Rais, sometime Chief Librarian at Mashhad,by his wife, a daughter of Haji Mirza ‘Abu’l Qasim, sometime Imam Jum’a.
      • (2) H.H. Shahzada Jalal ud-din Mirza [Jalaleddin Badie]. m. (first) H.H. Shahzadi Shukhri Afaq Khanum, Iftikhar-i-Azam, of the Hessami family. m. (second) Shah Bajji Khanum, of the Fatemah family. He had issue, five sons and six daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Ahmad Mirza [Ahmad Mirza Badiei]. b. at Burujird. m. H.H. Shahzadi Shukoh-i-Aqdas [Shokuh Aghdas Zamanian] (b. at Nahavand, 1^st January 1918; d. at Tehran, 1988), daughter of H.H. Shahzada Mahmud Mirza [Mahmood Zamanian]. He d. at Tehran, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei].
          • (ii) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei].
          • (iii) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei].
          • (iv) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei].
          • (i) H.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum [... Badiei].
          • (ii) H.H. Shahzadi Farashta Khanum [Fereshteh Badiei]. m. Sina Parissay (m. second, Fatima), MD of Street Connection Inc, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, son of Javad Parissay, by his wife, Mahboubeh, daughter of Reza Moghaddam. She d. in Sweden, 1988, having had issue, two daughters.
          • (iii) H.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum [... Badiei]. m. ... She had issue, one son and one daughter.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei]. m. ... Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Pirzad, by his wife, Mulk Rakhshan Navaz. He had issue, one son and one daughter.
        • (c) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei]. He had issue, two sons and two daughters.
        • (d) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei]. unm.
        • (e) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei]. unm.
        • (f) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiei]. He had issue, one son and two daughters.
        • (a) H.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum [... Badiei]. unm.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum [... Badiei]. unm.
        • (c) H.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum [... Badiei]. unm.
        • (d) H.H. Shahzadi Faruq Laqa Khanum [Farookh Lagha Badii]. b. at Burujird, 20^th March 1918. m. Ahmad Minovi (b. at Tehran, 30^th August 1910; d. there, 14^th August 1990), son of ‘Isa Shariatmadary, by his wife, Talat ul-Shariya. She d. at Tehran, 11^th July 2000, having had issue, three sons and two daughters.
      • (3) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Reza Mirza [Abdol Reza Badie]. b. 21^st August 1892 (s/o Zinat Aga). m. Sidiqa Khanum, from the Khosravi family. He d. 25^th February 1967 (bur. Zahir ud-Daula Cemetery, Shemiran).
      • (4) H.H. Shahzada Nuzhar Mirza [Nourdhahr Mirza Badiee] (s/o Shah Bajji). m. (first) H.H. Shahzadi Tarawat us-Sultana, previously styled ‘Aziz ud-Mulk daughter of General H.R.H. Shahzada Azizu’llah Mirza Jalali, Zafar us-Sultana, sometime Minister for War. m. (second) at Clark, Nevada, USA, Masomeh Tavakol. m. (third) at Douglas, California, USA, Nazanin Saraj. He had issue:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Akbar Mirza [Akbar Mirza Badiee]. b. at Tehran, 7^th February 1931 (s/o Tarawat). m. ..., daughter of Abolghasem Dabir (b. at Bushire; d. at Tehran, 1962), by his wife, Makieh Khanum (d. at Tehran 1964), from the Meraji family of Bushire. He d. at Los Altos, California, USA, 3^rd July 1992, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada ... Mirza [... Badiee]. m. ... He had issue, one daughter.
          • (i) H.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum [... Badiee]. m. ... She had issue, one daughter.
      • (1) H.H. Shahzadi Partow Piale Khanum (d/o Zinat Aga). m. H.H. Shahzada &squo;Abu’l ‘Ali Mirza [Abdol Ali Mirza Badie], son of her uncle, H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Javad Mirza, by his wife, Hayat Khanum. She had issue, one son and two daughters – see above.
      • (2) H.H. Shahzadi Badr ul-Mulk [Badr-ol-Molouk Badie] (d/o Zinat Aga). m. Haji Mirza ‘Ali Habibollahi. She had issue, at least one son.
      • (3) H.H. Shahzadi Nur us-Sultana [Nour-ol-Saltaneh Badie] (d/o Zinat Aga). m. (first) Mirza Hidayatu’llah Khan Mohit Mafi [Hedayat Allah Mohit Mafi], possibly a son of Mirza Hashim Khan Mohit Mafi. m. (second) Brigadier H.H. Shahzada Husam ud-din Mirza [Hesamoddin Hessami] (b. at Istanbul, Turkey, before 20^th March 1892; d. before 21^st March 1954, bur. Zahir ud-Daula Cemetery, Shemiran), youngest son of H.R.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Hasan Mirza, Shaikh ur-Rais, sometime Chief Librarian at Mashhad, by his wife, a daughter of Haji Mirza ‘Abu’l Qasim, sometime Imam Jum’a – see below.
      • (4) H.H. Shahzadi Shams ul-Mulk [Shams-ol-Molouk Badie] (d/o Zinat Aga). m. (first) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Husain Mirza, Sultan ul-Ulama, Deputy for Burujird in the 4^th Majlis. m. (second) Haji Mirza Mahdi Habibu’llahi [Mehdi Habibollahi].
      • (5) H.H. Shahzadi Zia ul-Mulk [Zia-ol-Molouk Badie] (d/o Zinat Aga). m. Azizu’llah Shirazi.
      • (6) H.H. Shahzadi Baha ul-Mulk [Baha-ol-Molouk Badie] (d/o Zinat Aga). m. Reza Azarakhshi.
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada Noudhar Mirza. He d. 1889.
  • f) H.R.H. Shahzada Qahraman Mirza.
  • g) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Husain Mirza. Governor of Sari.
  • h) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Hasan Mirza.
  • i) H.R.H. Shahzada Darab Mirza.
  • j) H.R.H. Shahzada Nasru’llah Mirza.
  • k) H.R.H. Shahzada Nur ul-Zahar Mirza. He d. 1889.
  • l) H.R.H. Shahzada Shahpur Mirza.
  • m) H.R.H. Shahzada Nadir Mirza.
  • n) H.R.H. Shahzada Kaymuras Mirza.
  • o) H.R.H. Shahzada Sam Mirza, Shams-i-Lashkar.
  • p) H.R.H. Shahzada ‘Abdu’llah Mirza.
  • q) H.R.H. Shahzada Malik Jamshid Mirza.
  • r) H.R.H. Shahzada Shah Mansur Mirza.
  • s) H.R.H. Shahzada Lutf ‘Ali Mirza.
  • t) H.R.H. Shahzada Bahadur Mirza.
  • u) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Rahim Mirza.
  • v) H.R.H. Shahzada Malik Bahman Mirza.
  • w) H.R.H. Shahzada Babur Mirza.
  • x) H.R.H. Shahzada ‘Abdu’l Husain Mirza, Shams ul-Shu’ara. b. 1837/1844. Poet and man of letters. Poet Laureate of Persia in succession to his elder brother. Granted his title of Shams-i-Lashkar, and later prom to Shams ul-Shu’ara. m. H.R.H. Shahzadi Jahan Sultan Khanum, daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Saifu’llah Mirza Jahanbani, sometime Governor of Simnan, Qazvin, Malayar and Tuysarkan. He d. 1897, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Muhsin Mirza [Mohsen Mirza Shams Molkara]. b. at Hamadan, (s/o. Jahan Sultan). Interpreter at the German Artillery Sch for Officers. Author of “Divan-i Muhsin Shams Mulk Ara”. m. Shams uz-Zaman Khanum, daughter of H.E. ‘Isa Muhammad Khan Amirsoleymani, Majd us-Saltana. He had issue, one son:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada Iraj Mirza [Iradj Mirza Shams Molkara]. Professor of Engineering at Tehran Univ in 1967, Dir of the Technical Coll until 1972. (a) ?Ramin Shams-Molkara. Settled in Paris and distantly related to Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi m. Michele Dulmet, youngest daughter of Henri Dulmet, by his wife, Henriette Bourbon. He has issue, a daughter:
        • (i) Sophie Shams-Molkara.
    • ii) H.H. Shahzada Hisam Mirza [Hesam Shams Molkara] (s/o. Jahan Sultan). m. Laqa Khanum. He had issue, a son:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada ‘Ali Mirza [Ali Shams Molkara].
    • iii) H.H. Shahzada Yahya Mirza [Dr Yahya Shams], Lesan ul-Hukama. b. at Hamadan, before 11^th March 1872 (s/o. Jahan Sultan), educ. Tehran Acad and Politechnic, and, Paris, France. Dir Dept of Opthalmology at Avicenna Hospital, Dir Sch of Ophthalmology, Deputy for Mashhad and Tehran in the Majlis. m. H.H. Shahzadi Nimtaj Khanum, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Kiumars Mirza, ‘Amid ud-Daula, sometime Governor-General of Kerman, Baluchistan and Mazandaran, by his wife, H.I.H. Shahzadi Aisha Khanum, ’Aziz ud-Daula, second surviving daughter of H.I.M. Muhammad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia. He d. at Tehran, 15th April 1945, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada Muhammad Quli Mirza [Professor Mohamad Gholi Shams]. b. at Tehran, 1904. m. H.H. Shahzadi Nayyar-i-Afaq, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Asadu’llah Mirza, Shahab ud-Daula [Assadollah Shams Molk Ara’i], KCVO, sometime Governor-General of Kurdistan, Fars, and Kermanshah, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Balak Khanum, Karamat us-Sultana, only daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Jahangir Mirza. He had issue, one son and four daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Hormuz Mirza [Dr Hormoz Shams]. b. at Tehran, 1938, educ. Univ of Paris (MSc, PhD), France. Ophthalmic Surgeon and Specialist in Retinal Diseases at Farabi Hospital, Professor of Ophthalmology at Tehran Univ of Medical Sciences. Presdt Assoc of Physicians 2006. Co-Dir Iranian Soc of Ophthalmology. Mbr Brd of Ophthalmology, Iranian Coll of Surgeons, Iranian Soc of Ophthalmology, etc.
        • (a) H.H. Shahzadi Nasrin Khanum [Nassrin Shams]. m. Faruq Hamy. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi Susan Khanum [Soussan Shams]. m. Parviz Yekta. She had issue, three daughters.
        • (c) H.H. Shahzadi Lila Khanum [Lila Shams]. m. Amir Masoumi. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
        • (d) H.H. Shahzadi Ladan Khanum [Ladan Shams]. m. Siamak Mosadeghi. She had issue, two sons and one daughter..
      • (2) Major-General H.H. Shahzada Muhammad ‘Ali Mirza [Mohamad Ali Shams]. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut IIAF, retd as Maj-Gen IIAMC, Professor of Hematology at Tehran Univ. Rcvd: Nishan-i-Liaqat 3^rd class, Nishan-i-Iftikhar 3^rd class, Rastakhiz Decoration, Nishan-i-Kidmat 3^rd class (mil), and Nishan-i-Ghiyam Melli (1953). m. (first) (div.) H.H. Shahzadi Nusrat Khanum, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Shahzada Amanu’llah Mirza Jahanbani, sometime Inspector-Gen of the Forces, by his first wife, Qamar ul-Mulk. m. (second) Sonya Khanum. He had issue, four daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzadi Sheida Khanum [Sheida Shams Molkara] (d/o. Nusrat). m. Fereydun ..., son of Abbas ..., by his wife, Sala, née Baldinger. She has issue, one son.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi Guity Khanum [Guity Shams Molkara] (d/o. Nusrat).
        • (c) H.H. Shahzadi Leyli Khanum [Leyli Shams Molkara] (d/o. Nusrat).
        • (d) H.H. Shahzadi Alam Taj Khanum [Vida Shams Molkara] (d/o. Sonya)..
      • (3) H.H. Shahzada Akbar Mirza [Akbar Shams Molkara]. m. H.H. Shahzadi Iran Khanum, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Azizu’llah Mirza [Azizollah Djahanbani], by his wife, Shauqat Malik Khanum [Mrs Shokatmalek Jahanbani], sometime Iranian Ambassador to France. He had issue, one son and three daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Shahriar Mirza [Shahriar Shams Molkara]. Settled in Lausanne, Switzerland.
        • (a) H.H. Shahzadi Nilufar Khanum [Niloofar Shams Molkara]. m. Farhad Navab. She has issue, three daughters.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi Nushin Khanum [Noushin Shams Molkara]. m. 30^th June 1979, Dr Reza Nemazee (b. at Tehran, 22^nd September 1949), educ. Hobart Coll (BA 1971), State Univ of New York (MSc 1977), Oswego, New York, and Syracuse Univ (PhD 1978), settled in the USA 1966, Instr in Rehabiliation at Syracuse Univ 1976, Clinical Superviser 1975-1977, Assist Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology at the Imperial Medical Centre, Tehran 1978, son of Muhammad Husain Nemazee, of South Burlington, by his wife, Luz Belén Maldonado, daughter of The Rev Primitivo Maldonado, of Ponce, Puerto Rico. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
        • (c) H.H. Shahzadi Afarin Khanum [Afarin Shams Molkara]. m. Kamran Mesbah Karimi. She has issue, one son and one daughter..
      • (4) H.H. Shahzada Qahraman Mirza [Ghareman Shams Molkara]. m. Dodo Khanum, née Shams. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Manuchihr Mirza [Manoutchehr Shams]. m. Bernadette Shams. He has issue, two sons:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada Damien Mirza [Damien Shams].
          • (ii) H.H. Shahzada Cyril Mirza [Cyril Shams].
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi Mitra Khanum [Mitra Shams]. m. Reza Seddigh. She has issue, one son.
      • (5) H.H. Shahzada Fath ‘Ali Mirza [Dr Fathali Shams Molkara], educ. (MD). Professor of Ophthalmology at Tehran Univ. m. Irandokht Khanum, née Kahalzadeh. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Behruz Mirza [Behrouz Shams]. m. Zahra Khanum [Zohreh Shams], daughter of Husain ‘Ali Baharlou, by his wife, Azize, daughter of ... Khan Hadavand, Shahab-i-Nizam. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada Shaya Mirza [Shaya Shams].
          • (i) H.H. Shahzadi Sogol Khanum [Sogol Shams]. m. H.H. Shahzada Narsi Mirza [Nersi Zamanian], only son of H.H. Shahzada Faridun Mirza [Fred Zamanian], by his wife, Jarirh. She has issue, one son.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzada Behzad Mirza [Behzad Shams].
        • (a) H.H. Shahzadi Mojgan Khanum [Mojgan Shams]. m. ... Shaarbaffan.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi Amina Khanum [Mina Shams].
      • (1) H.H. Shahzadi Malik Taj Khanum. m. A. Hamedi. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
      • (2) H.H. Shahzadi Alam Taj Khanum. m. H.H. Shahzada Arsalan Mirza [Arsalan Shams Molkara], son of her paternal uncle, H.H. Shahzada Asadu’llah Mirza, Shahab ud-Daula [Assadollah Shams Molk Ara’i], KCVO, sometime Governor-General of Kurdistan, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Balak Khanum, Karamat us-Sultana, only daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Jahangir Mirza, of the Jahanbani family. She had issue, one son and three daughters – see above.
      • (3) H.H. Shahzadi Parvin Taj Khanum. m. H.H. Shahzada ‘Abul Hasan Mirza Jahanbani, son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Shahzada Habibu’llah Mirza, Sardar Muntakhab, sometime Commissary-Gen of the Army, by his wife, Akhtar Khanum. She had issue, one son and three daughters – see below.
    • iv) H.H. Shahzada Asadu’llah Mirza, Shahab ud-Daula [Assadollah Shams Molk Ara’i], KCVO (31.10.1919). b. at Tehran, before 11^th March 1872 (s/o. Jahan Sultan), educ. Dar ul-Funan Coll, Tehran, and in the UK. Translator Imperial Telegraph Service, Deputy for Tehran (landholders) 1^st Majlis 1906-1908 and 2^nd Majlis 1909-1911, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs 1910-1911 & 1921-1922, Endowments & Public Works 1914-1915, and Education 1914 & 1915-1916, Chief of Protocol 1919, Master of Ceremonies 1922-1925, Governor of Yazd 1911-1914, Kermanshah 1928-1933, and Kurdistan 1934-1936, Governor-General of Kurdistan 1919-1920 & 1944-1946, Fars 1941-1943, and Kermanshah 1946-1949, Senator 1949-1953. m. H.H. Shahzadi Balak Khanum, Karamat us-Sultana (d. before 28^th July 1911, bur. Qum), only daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Jahangir Mirza, of the Jahanbani family, by his wife, Qawat ul-Ghulab. He d. before 21^st March 1960, having had issue, four sons and four daughters:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada Houshang Mirza.
      • (2) H.H. Shahzada Arslan Mirza [Arsalan Shams Molkara]. m. H.H. Shahzadi Alam Taj Khanum, daughter of his paternal uncle, H.H. Shahzada Yahya Mirza, Lesan ul-Hukama, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Nimtaj Khanum, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Kiumars Mirza, ‘Amid ud-Daula, sometime Governor-General of Kerman, Baluchistan and Mazandaran. He had issue, one son and three daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Husain Mirza [Hossein Shams]. He has issue, one son:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzada Reza Mirza [Reza Shams].
        • (a) H.H. Shahzadi Shahla Khanum [Shahla Shams].
        • (b) H.H. Shahzadi Suhaila Khanum [Soheila Shams].
        • (c) H.H. Shahzadi Soraya Khanum [Soraya Shams]. m. ‘Ali Naqi Entezam Vaziri. She has issue, two sons and one daughters.
      • (3) H.H. Shahzada Shahpur Mirza [Chapour Shams Molkara]. m. Parishihr Khanum [Parichehr Shams Molkara], née Hekmat, Dir Rah-e Xow Soc 1970.
      • (4) H.H. Shahzada Ardeshir Mirza [Ardeshir Shams Molkara]. b. at Tehran, 1917, educ. Tehran Univ (LLB), and in Europe (BA). Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1952, Head of First Political Dept. m. Mahin Khanum, née Akhavan. He had issue, three sons:
        • (a) H.H. Shahzada Shahram Mirza [Shahram Shams Molkara]. b. 1959. Settled in Monaco. Editor-in-Chief “Caritas Monaco Bulletin Infos”.
        • (b) H.H. Shahzada Ardavan Mirza [Ardavan Shams Molkara]. b. May 1962. m. Leah Dunlap. He has issue, two daughters:
          • (i) H.H. Shahzadi Maheen M. Khanum [Maheen M. Shams Molkara].
          • (ii) H.H. Shahzadi Jade Khanum [Jade Shams Molkara].
        • (c) H.H. Shahzada Humayun Mirza [Homayoun Shams Molkara]. b. 1968.
      • (1) H.H. Shahzadi Nayyar-i-Afaq [Nayer Afagh Shams Molkara]. m. H.H. Shahzada Muhammad Quli Mirza [Mohamad Gholi Shams], son of her paternal uncle, H.H. Shahzada Yahya Mirza, Lesan ul-Hukama, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Nimtaj Khanum, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Kiumars Mirza, ‘Amid ud-Daula, sometime Governor-General of Kerman, Baluchistan and Mazandaran. She had issue, one son and four daughters – see below.
      • (2) H.H. Shahzadi Faruq-i-Laqa [Farokhlagha Shams Molkara]. m. H.H. Shahzada ‘Abdu’llah Mirza Ahmadi. She had issue, one daughter.
      • (3) H.H. Shahzadi Faruq Khanum [Fooroogh Shams Molkara]. m. Fazlu’llah Samadi. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
      • (4) H.H. Shahzada Shams-i-Afaq [Chamsafagh Shams Molkara]. m. Taqi Sohrabi (m. second Irene, and had a further sons and daughter). She had issue, two daughters.
    • i) H.H. Shahzadi Turkhan Khanum (d/o Jahan Sultan). m. Mirza Jan Muhammad Khan Sharghi, son of Brigadier-General H.E. Husain Quli Khan Sharghi, by his wife, Zarrin Taj Khanum, daughter of Nasru’llah Khan Rostami. She had issue, three sons and six daughters.
    • ii) H.H. Shahzadi Bibi Khanum (d/o Jahan Sultan). m. ... Khan Hadavand, Shahab-i-Nizam. She had issue, two sons and two daughters.
    • iii) H.H. Shahzadi Iran Khanum, Shams us-Sultana (d/o Jahan Sultan). m. as his first wife, Major-General H.H. Shahzada ‘Amanu’llah Mirza, Zia ud-Daula (d. by suicide at the British Consulate at Tabriz, 5^th February 1912), sometime Deputy Governor of Khorassan, son of H.R.H. Shahzada Jahangir Mirza, of the Jahanbani family, by his wife, Qawat ul-Ghulab. She had issue, three sons and two daughters – see above.
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzadi Shams ul-Mulk. m. Haji Muhammad Karim Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu (b. at Kerman, 23^rd February 1810; d. at Teh-Rud, 6^th November 1871), eldest son of H.H. Amir Ibrahim Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Zahir ud-Daula, Governor of Kerman, Yazd, Qashan, and Baluchistan, by his first wife, a daughter of Mirza Mirza Rahim, sometime Mustawfi of Tiflis, Georgia. She had issue - see above.
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum. m. her cousin, H.R.H. Shahzada Ismail Mirza.
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum. m. H.H. Amir Abbas Quli Mirza, Zahir ud-Daula, sometime Governor of Kerman, eldest son of H.H. Amir Ibrahim Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Zahir ud-Daula, Governor of Kerman, Yazd, Qashan, and Baluchistan, by his wife H.I.H. Shahzadi Daulatgeldi Khanum Khanuman, Nawab-i-Mutalia, Humayun us-Sultana, eldest daughter of H.I.M. Fath ‘Ali Shah. She had issue - see above.
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzadi Malikzadi Khanum (d/o Saraye ul-Mulk). m. Sulaiman Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Khan Khanan, son of Field Marshal H.H. Amir Muhammad Qasim Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Amir-i-Kabir, by his wife, H.I.H. Shahzadi Begum Jan Khanum, daughter of H.I.M. Fath ‘Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia. She had issue, an only - see Persia (Qajar Quyunlu).
• 3) General H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Vali Mirza, Mu’in ul-Mulk, Nai’b us-Sultan. b. 25^th June 1789 (s/o Taj ud-Daula), educ. privately. Governor-General of Mazandaran and Astarabad, and Governor of Simnan and Qazvin 1799-1800, and Damghan 1800-1806, Governor-General of Khorasan 1806-1810, and Governor of Yazd. Mbr High Council of State. Astronomer. m. (first) at Samanan, before 25^th August 1801, a daughter of H.H. Prince Murtaza Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Jahansuz Shah. m. (second) a daughter of Husain Quli Khan Bayat, sometime Governor of Nishapur. m. (third) a daughter of Muhib ‘Ali Khan-e Qajar Ziadlu. m. (fourth) a daughter of H.E. Ishaq Khan Qarai, of Turbat-i-Haidari, sometime Governor of Mashhad. m. (fifth) a daughter of a Kurd. m. (sixth) a lady from Khorasan. m. (seventh) a Qureshi Sayyida. One of these wives was named Sugra Khanum. Another was named Arous Javaheri. He d. at Tehran, before 26^th May 1865, having had issue, twenty six sons and twenty daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Ismail Mirza (s/o of a Kurdish lady).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Chinghiz Mirza (full brother of Timur Shah).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Nasru’llah Mirza (s/o Husain Khan Bayat’s daughter).
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Mirza (s/o Mahbub ‘Ali Khan’s daughter).
  • e) General H.R.H. Shahzada Ja’afar Quli Mirza (s/o Ishaq Khan’s daughter). Joined the Persian army and served in several campaigns against the Turkomen and against Hisam us-Sultana in Khorasan, where he distinguished himself at the taking of Gulistan Fort. Governor of the tribes of Baharlu, Nafar and Inalu 1859. A distinguished freemason. He had issue, a son and a daughter:
    • i) Colonel H.H. Shahzada Muhammad Hasan Mirza [Shahzada Hasan Khan], Muntasir ul-Mulk (cre. 1895). b. 1847, educ. privately. Cdr of Persian Cossacks and Police at Mashhad 1894-1895, Governor of Turbat-i-Haidari 1895 and 1902-1908, Presdt Mashhad Municipality 1908. m. (first) ... m. (second) ... m. (third) ... m. (fourth) H.H. Shahzadi Rabiya Khanum, ‘Ihtiram us-Sultana (d. at Mashhad, before 21^st March 1949), founder and first Presdt of the Brd of the Montaserieh Hospital in Mashhad, daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Qahraman Mirza. He d.s.p. at the Hassan Mirza Castle, Mashhad, before 30^th November 1913 (bur. Astan Quds Razavi Sharif).
    • i) H.H. Shahzadi ... Khanum. m. Saif ul-Mulk, Governor of Ujarud. She had issue, two sons.
  • f) H.R.H. Shahzada Reza Quli Mirza (s/o a Khorasani lady).
  • g) H.R.H. Shahzada Timur Shah Mirza (full brother of Chinghiz Mirza).
  • h) H.R.H. Shahzada Sher Dil Mirza (s/o a Khorasani lady).
  • i) H.R.H. Shahzada Hadi Mirza (s/o a Khorasani lady).
  • j) H.R.H. Shahzada Jalal ud-din Mirza (s/o a Qarashi Sayyida).
  • k) H.R.H. Shahzada Haji Muhammad Tahir Mirza (full brother of Ja’afar Mirza).
  • l) H.R.H. Shahzada Haji Muhammad Azam Mirza (s/o Mahbub ‘Ali Khan’s daughter).
  • m) H.R.H. Shahzada Jahangir Mirza (full brother of Chinghiz Mirza).
  • n) H.R.H. Shahzada Hasan Mirza (s/o Husain Khan Bayat’s daughter).
  • o) H.R.H. Shahzada Musa Mirza (s/o a Khorasani lady).
  • p) H.R.H. Shahzada Ja’afar Mirza (full brother of Muhammad Tahir Mirza).
  • q) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Vali Mirza (s/o a Qarashi Sayyida). He had issue, a son:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Ishaq Mirza. He had issue, a daughter:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzadi Hajieh Khanum (Aisha Khanum?). m. a son of General Aga Mirza Sadu’llah (d. at Kermanshah, before 23^rd September 1892), Lashkarnarvis of Kerman 1878-1890, brother of Aga Mirza ‘Abdu’llah. She had issue.
  • r) H.R.H. Shahzada Sher Muhammad Mirza.
  • s) H.R.H. Shahzada Amir Mirza (s/o a Qarashi Sayyida).
  • t) H.R.H. Shahzada Shahrukh Mirza.
  • u) H.R.H. Shahzada Tahmasp Quli Mirza.
  • v) Major-General H.R.H. Shahzada Mahdi Quli Mirza [Agha Amir], Saham ul-Mulk (cre. 1888). b. 1832, educ. privately. Styled Sarim ud-Daula before 1888. Served at the siege of Herat 1856. Governor of Mazandaran 1848-1850, Darab 1858-1859, Saba at Luristan 1859-1860 and 1865-1868, of Bandar Abbas 1868, of Jam, Bakhaz and Khaf 1888, and of Gulpaijan 1897, Dir of Posts & Telegraphs 1873, GOC Khorasan 1885, Governor-General of Fars 1893, Deputy Mutawali of the Astan-i-Quds at Mashhad 1902-1904. He d. of cholera at Mashhad, 1904, having had issue:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Khan Baba Khan, I’zaz us-Sultan.
    • ii) H.H. Shahzada Abbas ‘Ali Mirza.
  • w) H.R.H. Shahzada Abbas Mirza, Iftikhar-i-Nizam (full brother of Masud Mirza). m. Huma Khanum. He had issue, two daughters:
    • i) H.H. Shahzadi Ihtiram ud-Daula (d/o Huma). m. H.I.H. Shahzada Malik Mansur Mirza, Shua us-Sultana (b. at Tabriz, 30^th March 1880; d. at Tehran, 6^th November 1920), sometime Governor-General of Fars, second son of H.I.M. Muzaffar ud-din Shah, Shahanshah of the God protected realms of Persia, KG, by his second wife, H.H. Shahzadi Nizhat us-Sultana, daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Ismail Mirza, Shua us-Sultana. She had issue - see below.
    • ii) H.H. Shahzadi Afhar ul-Mulk. m. Reza Quli Khan-e Qajar Devehlu Tajbaksh Zamandar. She had issue, two sons and two daughters – see Persia (Qajar-Devehlu).
  • x) H.R.H. Shahzada Ahmad Mirza (full brother of Khushru Mirza).
  • y) H.R.H. Shahzada Masud Mirza (full brother of Abbas Mirza). He had issue:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Abbas Quli Mirza. Fl 1889.
  • z) H.R.H. Shahzada Khushru Mirza, Burhan ul-Mulk. b. 1847 (full brother of Ahmad Mirza). Deputy Governor of Khaf 1888-1889. He d. before, 1898.
  • aa) H.R.H. Shahzada Iskandar Mirza (full brother of Masud Mirza?).
  • bb) H.R.H. Shahzada Said Mirza (full brother of Ahmad Mirza).
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzadi Falaq Khanum (d/o Sugra).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzadi Hamida Sultana Khanum (d/o Sugra). m. at Tehran before 5^th November 1850, H.E. Mirza Muhammad Zaman Khan-e Nuri, Mu’taman us-Sultan (cre. before 26^th September 1870), Amir-i-Divan (cre. Before 15^th July 1855) (d. before 11^th August 1885), sometime mustafi, rcvd: the Order of the Lion & Sun 1st class with red sash (1857). She had issue, a son.
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzadi Kamiya Khanum (d/o Sugra). She d. unm. before 31^st December 1902.
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzadi Nimtaj Khanum (d/o Arous). m. Agha Shaikh Ahmad Mahjoubi, Amin us-Shariya. She had issue, one son.

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