PERSIA

The Qajar Dynasty

(Afsar)

GENEALOGY

• 14) H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Reza Mirza, Nawab-i Iftikhar ul-Mulk. b. 30th April 1797 (s/o Maryam Khanum Goraiya), educ. privately. Governor of Gilan 1818, and of Rasht. m. (first) a descendant of 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, possibly a daughter of H.H. Shahzada Reza Quli Mirza. m. (second) a daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan-e Qajar Devehlu. m. (third) a daughter of 'Ali Khan Isfahani. He d. 1860, having had issue, at least ten sons and three daughters (ancestor of the Afsar family), including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Reza Quli Mirza (s/o the Afshar princess). He had issue, a daughter:
    • i) H.H. Shahzadi Badar us-Sultana. m. H.I.M. Nasir ud-Din Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, KG (b. at Kuhnamir, 17th July 1831; k. Tehran, 1st May 1896), son of H.I.M. Muhammad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his second wife, H.M. Malika Jahan Khanum, Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Amir Muhammad Qasim Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Amir-i-Kabir. She d. at Tehran, 18xx, having had issue, an only son - see below.
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Ali Quli Mirza (s/o Mirza Muhammad Khan Devehlu's daughter).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Zaman Mirza (s/o Mirza Muhammad Khan Devehlu's daughter).
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Hisam ud-din Mirza (s/o 'Ali Khan Isfahani's daughter).
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Ja'afar Mirza (s/o a lady from Tehran).
  • f) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Hashim Mirza (s/o a lady from Mazandaran).
  • g) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Baqi Mirza (s/o a lady from Tehran).
  • h) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Isma'il Mirza (s/o a lady from Mazandaran). He had issue:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Nuru'llah Mirza. He had issue, two sons:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada Muhammad Hashim Mirza [Muhammad Hashim Afsar], Shaikh ur-Rais. b. 1874. Sometime Dir. of Endowments and Public Prosecutor at Mashhad, Deputy Majlis (Mashhad) 1911-1924, Vice-Presdt. Majlis 1933, Presdt. Literary Soc. of Persia.
      • (2) Shahzada Muhammad Hasan Mirza. b. 1895, educ.
  • i) H.R.H. Shahzada Akbar Mirza (s/o a lady from Gilan).
  • j) H.R.H. Shahzada Jamal ud-din Mirza (s/o a lady from Tehran).
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzadi Shams-i-Jahan Khanum.
• 15) H.I.H. Shahzada Mahmud Mirza, Mu'iz ul-Mulk,. b. 16th July 1799 (s/o Maryam Khanum Bani Israel), educ. privately. Governor of Nihavand. A noted poet and author of 'Bayan al-Mahmud', 'Gulshan-i-Mahmud' and 'Tarikh-i-Sahib-i-Qirani'. m. (first) a daughter of H.H. Muhammad Khan-e Qajar Ziadlu, Governor-General of Erevan. m. (second) a descendant of H.M. 'Ali Murad Shah Zand, Shahanshah of Persia. m. (third) a descendant of 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. He d. at Tabriz, 1853, having had issue, at least seventeen sons and seventeen daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Masud Mirza (s/o the Ziadlu lady).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Zaman Mirza (s/o the Zand lady).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Seyawush Mirza (s/o the Ziadlu lady).
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Takash Mirza (s/o the Afshar lady).
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Jahan Mirza (s/o the Afshar lady).
  • f) H.R.H. Shahzada Kayan Mirza.
  • g) H.R.H. Shahzada Qa'an Mirza.
  • h) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Abdu'l Baqi Mirza (s/o a lady from Qazvin).
  • i) H.R.H. Shahzada Subaktagin Mirza.
  • j) H.R.H. Shahzada Khusru Mirza.
  • k) H.R.H. Shahzada Mubaraq Mirza (s/o the Afshar lady).
  • l) H.R.H. Shahzada Shakru'llah Mirza.
  • m) H.R.H. Shahzada Nimatu'llah Mirza.
  • n) H.R.H. Shahzada Minktush Mirza.
  • o) H.R.H. Shahzada Atau'llah Mirza.
  • p) H.R.H. Shahzada Haidar Mirza.
  • q) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Mirza.
• 16) H.I.H. Shahzada Haidar Quli Mirza, Nasir ul-Mulk, Sahib Ikhtidar. b. 19th July 1799 (s/o H.M. Queen Khair un-nisa Khanum-e Qajar Quyunlu), educ. privately. Governor of Gulbaikan 1834, and of Kalamru. An author and poet under the pen name Khavar. m. (first) a daughter of Mihr 'Ali Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. m. (second) a daughter of his uncle, General H.E. Mustafa Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. m. (third) a descendant of 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. He d. at Tehran, before 1848, having issue eight sons and three daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Murtaza Quli Mirza, Khan Baba Khan (s/o Mihr 'Ali Khan Quyunlu's daughter).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Hajji Nasru'llah Mirza (s/o Mihr 'Ali Khan Quyunlu's daughter).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Amanu'llah Mirza (s/o a Qajar lady).
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Nuru'llah Mirza.
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada Asadu'llah Mirza (s/o Mihr 'Ali Khan Quyunlu's daughter).
  • f) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Ali Muhammad Mirza (s/o the Afshar princess).
  • g) H.R.H. Shahzada Shakru'llah Mirza (s/o a Qajar lady).
  • h) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Ali Akbar Mirza (s/o the Afshar princess).
• 17) H.I.H. Shahzada Humayun Mirza, Zain ul-Mulk. b. 5th November 1801 (s/o Maryam Khanum Bani Israel), educ. privately. m. (first) the Galin Khanum, a daughter H.S.H. Hajji Ibrahim Khan [Mirza Shafi' Shirazi], I'timad ud-Daula, sometime Prime Minister to Fath 'Ali Shah. m. (second) a daughter of Murtaza Quli Khan-e Qajar Spanlu. m. (third) a Kurdish lady from the Shadlu tribe. He had issue, eleven sons and nine daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Shafi Mirza (s/o Mirza Shafi's daughter).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Akbar Mirza (s/o the Shadlu Kurdish lady).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Jawan Bakht Mirza.
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Rahim Mirza (s/o Murtaza Quli Khan Spanlu's daughter).
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Siamak Mirza (full brother of Hasan Mirza).
  • f) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Abu'l Faiz Mirza (full brother of Abu Nasir ud-din Mirza).
  • g) H.R.H. Shahzada Najaf Quli Mirza.
  • h) H.R.H. Shahzada Abu Nasir ud-din Mirza (full brother of Abu'l Faiz Mirza).
  • i) H.R.H. Shahzada Hasan Mirza (full brother of Sultan Siamak Mirza).
  • j) H.R.H. Shahzada Husain Mirza (full brother of Sultan Siamak Mirza).
  • k) H.R.H. Shahzada Nur ul-dahar Mirza.
• 18) H.I.H. Shahzada 'Allah Verdi Mirza, Raunaq ul-Mulk. b. 27th January 1802 (s/o Niqia Badan), educ. privately. m. a daughter of his uncle, General H.H. Hajji Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar [Kuchuk], Governor-General of Fars and Governor of Qashan. He d. 1843, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Rustam Mirza (s/o Hajji Husain Quli Khan's daughter).
  • a) a daughter. m. H.R.H. Shahzada Hamza Mirza, Hashmat ud-Daula (d. 1882), Governor of Isfahan, Yazd and Luristan, Governor-General of Azerbaijan, Khorasan, and of Arabistan, son of Field Marshal H.I.H. Shahzada 'Abbas Mirza, Qahraman ul-Mulk, Nai'b us-Sultana, Crown Prince of Persia.
  • b) another daughter. m. H.R.H. Shahzada Hamza Mirza, son of her uncle, H.I.H. Shahzada 'Ali Naqi Mirza, Rukn ud-Daula - see above.
• 19) Lieutenant-General H.I.H. Shahzada Isma'il Mirza, Shaukat ul-Mulk. b. 10th December 1802 (s/o Zulaikha Khanum), educ. privately. Governor of Dogman. m. a daughter of his uncle, General H.H. Hajji Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar [Kuchuk], Governor-General of Fars and Governor of Qashan. He d. 1872, having had issue, at least eight sons and seven daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Uvais Mirza (s/o a lady from Khorasan).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Ardeshir Mirza (s/o a lady from Khorasan).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Mirza.
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Ghulam Reza Mirza (s/o a lady from Khorasan).
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada Ghulam Husain Mirza (s/o a lady from Khorasan).
  • f) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Abu' Qasim Mirza.
  • g) H.R.H. Shahzada Asadu'llah Mirza.
  • h) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Shafi' Mirza.

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