Children of Abbas Mirza Nayeb-Saltaneh

Crown Prince Abbas Mirza Nayeb-Saltaneh (b. 1203/1789-d.1249/1833)

Statue of Abbas Mirza Nayeb Saltaneh in Golestan Palace Museum

(Larger than life-sized bronze cast in Austria)

Sons of Abbas Mirza and other princes in the early years of the reign of Nasser-ed-Din Shah from a painting by Sani-ol-Molk in the Nezamiyeh Hall.
From left to right:

Bahram Mirza "Moezz-ed-Dowleh" (2nd son of Abbas Mirza); Ardeshir Mirza "Rokn-ed-Dowleh" (9th son of Abbas Mirza); Soltan Morad Mirza "Hessam-ol-Saltaneh," "Conqueror of Herat" (13th son of Abbas Mirza); Fereydoun Mirza "Nayeb-ol-Ayaleh" (5th son of Abbas Mirza); Khanlar Mirza "Ehtesham-ed-Dowleh" (17th son of Abbas Mirza); Firouz Mirza "Nosrat-ed-Dowleh" (16th son of Abbas Mirza); Hamzeh Mirza "Heshmat-ed-Dowleh" (21st son of Abbas Mirza); Fathollah Mirza "Sho'a Saltaneh" (53rd son of Fath Ali Shah); Ildorom Bayazid Mirza (22nd son of Abbas Mirza); Ahmad Mirza "Mo'in-ed-Dowleh" (10th son of Abbas Mirza); Emam Gholi Mirza "E'mad-ed-Dowleh" (6th son of Mohammad Ali Mirza "Dowlatshah," son of Fath Ali Shah); Tahmasseb Mirza "Moayyed-ed-Dowleh" (2nd son of Mohammad Ali Mirza "Dowlatshah," son of Fath Ali Shah).


[Scan courtesy of our cousin Antoine Hedayat-Pagenstecher]

Abbas Mirza had forty eight children. Twenty two daughters and twenty six sons.

His wives in order of seniority are:

To be completed ...

His sons, in order of seniority, are:

1. Mohammad Mirza (b. 1222/1806--d.1264/1848), reigned as Mohammad Shah Qajar from 1834/35-1848.

2. Bahram Mirza "Moez-ed-Dowleh," (b. 1223-4?--d. 1299), ancestor of the Moezi (Moezzi) family.

3. Djahangir Mirza (b. 1225--d.1269), full brother of Khosrow Mirza, Ahmad Mirza and Mostafa Gholi Mirza.

4. Bahman Mirza (b. ) Full brother of Mohammad Mirza (Mohammad Shah). Governor of Azarbaijan. Banished under Mohammad Shah. Later rehabilitated under Nasser-ed-Din Shah. Ancestor of the Kadjars of Russian Azarbaijan.

5. Fereydoun Mirza "Nayeb-al-Ayaleh" (b. ?--d. 1272)

6. Eskandar Mirza, (b. 1226--d.1273), ancestor of the Eskandari family.

7. Khosrow Mirza, (b. ?--d.1301), full brother of Djahangir Mirza.

8. Ghahreman Mirza, (b. ? --d. 1255), full brother of Mohammad Mirza (Mohammad Shah), ancestor of the Ghahremani family.

9. Ardeshir Mirza "Rokn-ed-Dowleh", (b. ?--d.1283), Governor of Azarbaijan.

10. Ahmad Mirza "Mo'in-ed-Dowleh", (b. 1234--d.1310), full brother of Khosrow Mirza, Djahangir Mirza and Mostafa Gholi Mirza.

11. Ja'far Gholi Mirza

12. Mostafa Gholi Mirza, (b. 1235--d. 1271), full brother of Khosrow Mirza, Djahangir Mirza and Ahmad Mirza.

13. Soltan Morad Mirza "Hessam Saltaneh,"(b. 1233--d.1300), Conqueror of Herat, ancestor of later Hessam Saltanehs; see Dowlatshahi family.

14. Manoutchehr Mirza

15. Farhad Mirza "Mo'tamed-ed-Dowleh," ancestor of the Motamedi family.

16. Firouz Mirza "Nosrat-ed-Dowleh", (b. 1233--d. ?), ancestor of the Farmanfarmaian family.

17. Khanlar Mirza "Ehtesham ed-Dowleh," (b. ?--d. 1278), Governor of Khuzestan and Lorestan. Commanded the Persian army at Mohammareh in 1857 and fled with an army of eight thousand before the British in Khuzestan, delivering Persia to 300 British soldiers!

18. Bahador Mirza

19. Mohammad Rahim Mirza

20. Mehdi Gholi Mirza, (b. ? --d. 1270/1854), father of Mohammad Hassan Mirza Heshmat ol-Saltaneh (Mo'tazed ed-Dowleh), ancestor of the Mahvi and Mo'tazedi families.

21. Hamzeh Mirza "Heshmat ed-Dowleh," (b. ?--d. 1297/1882). Hessam Saltaneh's full brother. Governor of Khorasan. Led the ill-fated expedition against Marv in 1860.

22. Ildorom Bayazid Mirza

23. Lotfollah Mirza "Shoa' ed-Dowleh,"(b. ?--d. 1299).

24. Mohammad Karim Mirza

25. Ja'ffar Khan

26. Abdollah Khan, died in his youth. His son, Ebrahim Mirza, was named Abdollah Mirza by Nasser-ed-Din shah in commemoration of his father, and was given the title "Heshmat-ed-Dowleh." He is the ancestor of the Heshmati family.


 

His daughters, in order of seniority, are:

To be completed ...

 

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Source:

Soltan Ahmad Mirza (aka Mirza Ahmad Khan) Azod-ed-Dowleh, Tarikh-e Azodi, Nashr-e Elm, Tehran, 1376 solar.

 

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