PERSIA

The Qajar Dynasty

(Ahmadi, Keyghobadi, Keykavoos, Malek-Qasimi)

GENEALOGY

• 20) H.I.H. Shahzada Ahmad 'Ali Mirza, Rukn ul-Mulk. b. 19th January 1804 (s/o Maryam Khanum Bani Israel), educ. privately. m. (first) a daughter of Muhammad Taqi Khan. m. (second) a daughter of his uncle, General H.H. Hajji Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar [Kuchuk], Governor-General of Fars and Governor of Qashan. m. (third) a Turkoman lady. He d. 1855, having had issue, four sons (ancestors of the Ahmadi family) and seven daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Yakub Mirza (s/o a Turkoman lady).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Husain Mirza (s/o Muhammad Taqi Khan's daughter).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Nadir Mirza (s/o Hajji Husain Quli Khan's daughters).
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Khan Kiladi Khan (s/o a Turkoman lady).
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzadi Fakhr ul-Mulk, Galin Khanum. m. at Nigaristan Palace, Tehran, 1^st July 1845, 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 - see below.
• 21) H.I.H. Shahzada 'Ali Reza Mirza, Zafar ul-Mulk. b. 17th February 1804 (s/o Maryam Khanum), 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 had issue, at least one daughter.
• 22) H.I.H. Shahzada Kaiqubad Mirza, Fazil ul-Mulk,. b. 8th May 1806 (s/o Shah Pasand Khanum), educ. privately. m. a daughter of Hajji Reza Quli Khan-e Qajar Devehlu. He had issue, at least one son and five daughters (ancestor of the Keyghobadi family).
• 23) H.I.H. Shahzada Bahram Mirza, Nami ul-Mulk. b. 23rd May 1806 (s/o Sakina Khanum-e Isfahaniya). m. (first) a daughter of Amir Arslan Khan Kurdistani. m. (second) a daughter of Lutf 'Ali Agha Qajar Quyunlu. m. (third) a lady from Mazandaran. He had issue, at least three sons and two daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Amir Arslan Mirza (s/o Amir Arslan Khan Kurdistani's daughter).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Shakru'llah Mirza (s/o the Mazandaran lady).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Abdu'llah Mirza (s/o the Mazandaran lady).
• 24) H.I.H. Shahzada Darab Mirza, Sami ul-Mulk. He d.v.p. before 23^rd October 1834.
• 25) H.I.H. Shahzada Shahpur Mirza, Ghaushan ul-Mulk. b. 22nd April 1807 (s/o Ziba Kahar Khanum Shirkuhi), educ. privately. m. (first) a daughter of Mir Fandarski. m. (second) a daughter of Amir Arslan Khan Kurdistani. He had issue, at least one son and one daughter, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Mahdi Quli Mirza (s/o Mir Fandarski's daughter).
• 26) H.I.H. Shahzada Malik Qasim Mirza. b. 7th August 1807 (s/o Shahzadi Begum Khanum, senior), educ. privately. Governor of Urumiya 1829-1830 and 1840-1848, and of Burujird 1840-1844, Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1848-1849. m. (first) a daughter of H.E. Mirza Isa Khan-e Farahani [Mirza Buzurg], sometime Vizier to Crown Prince 'Abbas Mirza. m. (second) Gul Qunchi Khanum, a Georgian. He d. 1859, having had issue, including two sons and one daughter:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Reza Quli Mirza.
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Imam Quli Mirza. b. 1847 (s/o Gul Qunchi Khanum), educ. privately. Governor of Maragha, Urumiya, Sajbulak, and Khoi to 1897, of Tabriz 1897-1904, and of Urumiya 1904-1905 and 1906-1907, Persian delegate on the Turko-Persian Frontier Comsn 1905-1906, Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1918-1919. He had issue, three sons:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Nasru'llah Mirza [Nasrollah Malek-Qasimi].
    • ii) H.H. Shahzada Mahmud Mirza [Mahmud Malek-Qasimi].
    • iii) H.H. Shahzada 'Ali Quli Mirza [Ali-Gholi Malek-Qasimi].
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzadi Abida Begum. b. 1845. 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 had issue, one son - see below.
• 27) H.I.H. Shahzada Hormuz Mirza, Ihtisham ul-Mulk. b. 20th July 1807 (s/o Sakina Khanum-e Isfahaniya), educ. privately. m. (first) a daughter of General H.E. Ibrahim Khan-e Qajar Devehlu. m. (second) a Turkoman lady. He had issue, at least four sons and two daughters, including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Farukhzad Mirza (s/o the Devehlu lady).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Faridun Mirza (s/o the Devehlu lady).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Nasru'llah Mirza (s/o the Turkoman lady).
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Faraju'llah Mirza (s/o the Turkoman lady).
• 28) H.I.H. Shahzada Iraj Mirza, Mahabat ul-Mulk. b. 6th August 1807 (s/o Shahpari Khanum), educ. privately. m. (first) H.H. Shahzadi Asfa Khanum, daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Khanlar Khan, of the Afshar dynasty. m. (second) a daughter of Husain Quli Beg-e Pazuki. m. (third) a Georgian lady. He had issue, at least five sons and five daughters:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Husain Mirza (s/o Asfa Khanum).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Sanjar Mirza (s/o the Georgian lady).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Ghulam Husain Mirza (s/o Husain Quli Beg's daughter). He d. at Tabriz, ca. 1893, having had issue, a son:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada Iraj Mirza, Jalal ul-Mamaluk. b. at Tabriz, October 1874, educ. privately. Assist. Revenue Officer at Khorasan 1921-1926. A noted poet. m. ca. 1890, … Khanum. He d. at Tehran, 14th March 1926, having had issue, two sons:
      • (1) H.H. Shahzada Ja'afar Quli Mirza. He d. (committed suicide), 1915.
      • (2) H.H. Shahzada Khusru Mirza.
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Quli Mirza (s/o Husain Quli Beg's daughter).
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada Ja'afar Quli Mirza (s/o Husain Quli Beg's daughter).
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzadi … Khanum. m. 1847, as his third wife (div.), H.H. al-Haj Sayyid Said bin Sultan, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman (b. at Sumail, 1790; d. at sea off the Seychelles, 19th October 1856), second son of H.H. Sayyid Sultan bin Ahmad, Imam of Muscat and Oman. She d.s.p. legit. in Persia after having given birth to an illegitimate son by a bath attendant - see Oman.
• 29) H.I.H. Shahzada Manuchir Mirza, Baha ul-Mulk. b. 19th August 1807 (s/o Sitara Khanum), educ. privately. m. (first) a daughter of his uncle, General H.H. Hajji Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar [Kuchuk], Governor-General of Fars and Governor of Qashan. m. (second) a daughter of Muhammad Husain Beg-e Afshar. m. (third) a Georgian lady. He had issue, five sons and two daughters:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Asadu'llah Mirza (s/o Hajji Husain Quli Khan's daughter).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Yusuf Mirza (s/o the Georgian lady).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Kazim Mirza (s/o Hajji Husain Quli Khan's daughter).
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Husain Mirza (s/o the Afshar lady).
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Ali Muhammad Mirza (s/o Hajji Husain Quli Khan's daughter).
• 30) H.I.H. Shahzada Hajji Kaikavus Mirza, Faris ul-Mulk. b. 19th December 1807 (s/o Shah Pasand Khanum), educ. privately. m. (first) the Galin Khanum, daughter of Fazil 'Ali Beg Shahsevani. m. (second) a daughter of 'Ali Quli Beg. He had issue, five sons and three daughters (ancestor of the Keykavoos family), including:
  • a) H.R.H. Shahzada Shah Verdi Mirza [Shah Verdi Khan] (s/o the Galin Khanum).
  • b) H.R.H. Shahzada Khazal Arslan Mirza (s/o the Galin Khanum).
  • c) H.R.H. Shahzada Asadu'llah Mirza (s/o 'Ali Quli Beg's daughter). He possibly had issue, two sons:
    • i) Major-General H.H. Shahzada Ruhu'llah Mirza [Rohollah Kaikavusi Jahanbani]. Cdt of Artillery at Tehran 1931, GOC 14^th (Kerman) Dvsn. 1941-1943, actg Governor-General of Kerman 1942, GOC 1^st (Tehran) Dvsn 1943-1944, Insp-Gen Western Forces and Military Governor of Tehran 1944, Dir of Arsenals & Factories 1944-1947. Rcvd: Cdr. 1st class of the Order of the Sword of Sweden (10.11.1934), and the Order of the Red Banner of the USSR (30.9.1946).
    • ii) Brigadier H.H. Shahzada Faraju'llah Mirza [Faraju'llah Kaikavusi]. Cdr1^st (Tehran) Dvsn until 1943.
  • d) H.R.H. Shahzada Isma'il Mirza (s/o the Galin Khanum). He had issue, a son:
    • i) H.H. Shahzada 'Abu'l Khair Mirza [Abolkheir Keykavoosi Jahanbani].
  • e) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Ali Quli Mirza (s/o the Galin Khanum).

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