Children of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah Qajar (Kadjar)
Children of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah Qajar (Kadjar)
Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah, (b. 1853--d. 1907; r. 1896-1907)
Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah's wives (in order of marriage):
1. Princess Tadj-ol-Molouk, "Omm-ol-Khaghan," daughter of Amir Kabir and Princess Ezzat-ed-Dowleh I (sister of Nasser-ed-Din shah), who bore him Mohammad Ali Mirza (later Shah) and Princess Ezzat-ed-Dowleh II (later wife of Abdol Hossein Mirza Farman-Farma, see below.)
2. After divorcing Omm-ol-Khaghan, Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah married, Princess Ashraf "Hazrat-e Olia*," daughter of Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh I and sister of Abdol Hossein Mirza Farman Farma. She bore him three daughters and one son as follows: Princesses Fakhr-ed-Dowleh, Shokouh-ed-Dowleh and Shokouh-os Saltaneh and Prince Nasser-ed-Din Mirza (Nasseri) (See below). Princess Hazrat-e Olia was also the sister of Princess Najm-e Saltaneh, the mother of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh.**
3. Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah's third aghdi wife was Ghods-ed-Dowleh, of the Afshar tribe, with whom he had two sons: Abol-Fath Mirza Salar-ed-Dowleh and Abol-Fazl Mirza Azod-os-Soltan. (see below).
4. Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah's fourth aghdi wife was Mahin-Saltaneh. She bore him one son, Hossein Gholi Mirza "Nosrat Saltaneh" (Nosrat-Mozaffari), Soltan Ahmad Shah's favorite uncle.
Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah also married several sigheh wives (to be completed).
His sons: (in order of seniority)
1. Mohammad Ali Mirza, "E'tezad-es-Saltaneh," son of Omm-ol-Khaghan, later Mohammad Ali Shah, (b. 1872--d.1925; r. 1907-09), Imperial Line as well as ancestor of E'tezad Mozaffar family.
2. Ahmad Mirza, son of Omm-ol-Khaghan, died in early childhood.
3. Malek Mansour Mirza, "Sho'a al-Saltaneh," (b. 1880 -- d. 1920), ancestor of Malek Mansour family.
4. Abol Fath Mirza, "Salar-ed-Dowleh," (b. 1881 -- d. 1961), ancestor of Ghajar Mozaffari family.
5. Abol Fazl Mirza, "Azod-os-Soltan," (b. 1882 -- d. 1922), ancestor of Azod family.
6. Hossein Qoli Mirza, "Nosrat-al-Saltaneh,"(b. 1884 (94?)-- d. 1945), ancestor of Nosrat Mozaffari family.
7. Nasser-ed-Din Mirza, (b. 1896 -- d. ?), ancestor of Nasseri family.
One of the last pictures of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah, with four of his sons, (from right to left) Azod-os-Soltan, Mohammad Ali Mirza, Sho'a Saltaneh, one of Nasser-ed-Din Shah's sons and Salar-ed-Dowleh. (Source: Prince Abounasr Azod)
His daughters: (in order of seniority)
1. Princess Ashraf ol-Molouk Khanoum, "Fakhr-os-Saltaneh," (b. 1870), wife of Soltan Abdol-Majid Mirza "Eyn-ed-Dowleh" Azodi (son of Soltan Ahmad Mirza "Azod-ed-Dowleh," 49th son of Fath Ali Shah, author of Tarikh-e Azodi)
2. Princess Zarin Kolah Khanoum, Ehteram-os-Saltaneh, (b. 1871). She married Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat "Sani ed-Dowleh."
3. Princess Ashraf-os-Saltaneh, (b. 1872). She married Mohammad Vali Khan "Saheb Jam" "Assef os-Saltaneh" "Ashraf os-Saltaneh," Chamberlain of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah.
4. Princess Fatemeh Khanoum "Ezzat os-Saltaneh," "Ezzat-ed-Dowleh II," (b. 1873), wife of Abdol Hossein Mirza Farman Farma, mother of Nossrat-ed-Dowleh Firouz and Abbas Mirza Salar Lashgar.
5. Princess Malekeh Khanoum, "Qamar-os-Saltaneh," (b. 1875). She married Gholam Reza Khan Gharehgozlou "Ehtesham od-Dowleh"
6. Princess "Qamar-ed-Dowleh," (b. 1875). She married Mirza Hossein Khan "Motamed ol-Molk," son of Yahya Khan "Moshir ed-Dowleh" and Princess Malekzadeh Khanoum "Ezzat ed-Dowleh," daughter of Mohammad Shah Qajar.
7. Princess "Nour-os-Saltaneh," (b. 1878). She married her maternal cousin Mirza Abol Ghassem "Agha al-Haj" "Sehr os-Soltan," emam jom'eh of Tehran, son of Agha Seyed Zeinolabedin "Zahir-ol-Eslam" and Princess Zia ol-Saltaneh Qajar, daughter of Nasser-ed-Din Shah Qajar.
8. Princess Malek ol-Molouk "Shokouh-os-Saltaneh," (b. 1880). She married Habibollah Khan Qajar Davalou "Keshikchi Bashi" "Movaghar os-Saltaneh"
9. Princess Shokouh-ed-Dowleh, (b. 1879)
10. Princess Ashraf ol-Molk,"Fakhr-ed-Dowleh," (b. 1883), wife of Mohsen Khan Amin-ed-Dowleh (Amini), mother of H.E. Dr. Ali Amini.
11. Princess Noush, Aghdas-os-Saltaneh, (b. 1884)
12. Princess Aghdas-ed-Dowleh, (b. 1891). She married Seyyed Javad Nezam ed-Din "Zahir ol-Eslam" (Zahir), second son of Agha Seyed Zeinolabedin "Zahir-ol-Eslam" and Princess Zia ol-Saltaneh Qajar, daughter of Nasser-ed-Din Shah Qajar. (See Princess "Nour os-Saltaneh" above, wife of the first son of "Zahir ol-Eslam.")
13. Princess Nezhat-ol-Molk (or Nezhat-al-Saltaneh), (b. 1892)
14. Princess Forough-ol-Molk, (b. 1902)
15. Princess Anvar-ed-Dowleh (dates ?), wife of Prince Eghtedar os-Saltaneh, son of Kamran Mirza, Sarhang (Colonel) Kamrani. No issue.
Some of the daughters of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah
in a rare picture (Source: Bahman Bayani.)
From left to right, back row standing: Princesses Shokouh-os-Saltaneh,
Anvar-ed-Dowleh, Shokouh-ed-Dowleh
From left to right, front row seated: Princesses Ghamar-os-Saltaneh,
Ezzat-ed-Dowleh II, Nour-os-Saltaneh, (Mochoul khanoum "nadimeh")
Front center seated: Princess Aghdas-os-Saltaneh
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Notes:
* The title "Hazrat-e Olia" first belonged to this Princess and came
to mean "queen" in Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah's time. The title devolved
to Mohammad Ali Shah's wife Malekeh Jahan and with her changed to "Olia
Hazrat." From that time on this was the official appellation of the queen
of Persian rulers and the Pahlavis adopted that title for their queens as well.
The title was last held by Queen Farah Pahlavi.
** Through Princesses Fakhr-ed-Dowleh, Hazrat-e Olia and Najm-e Saltaneh, the
families of Farman Farmaian, Amini, Diba, Mossadegh, Zahir and Matin-Daftari
are close relatives. Through the other children of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah, the
Malek-Mansours, Azodis, Azods, Nasseris, Mozaffaris and Mozaffari Ghajars are
close relatives.