Children of Nasser-ed-Din Shah Qajar (Kadjar)



Nasser-ed-Din Shah Qajar (Kadjar) (b. July 1831--d. May 1, 1896) (r. 1848-1896/A.H. 1313)


Nasser-ed-Din Shah's wives (in order of marriage):

1. Princess Galin Qajar (aghdi wife), daughter of Ahmad Ali Mirza, 19th son of Fath Ali Shah.

2. Setareh Khanoum (aghdi wife, later divorced)

3. Effat-os-Saltaneh (sigheh), daughter of Mirza Gholi Beg, equerry of Bahman Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza

4. Princess Akhtar-os-Saltaneh Qajar, (sigheh), daughter of Hassan Ali Mirza Qajar

5. Princess Shokouh ol-Saltaneh Qajar (aghdi wife), daughter of Fathollah Mirza Qajar "Shoa-ol-Saltaneh," 35th son of Fath Ali Shah

6. Princess Khojasteh Qajar "Tadj ed-Dowleh," (aghdi), daughter of Seyfollah Mirza Qajar, 42nd son of Fath Ali Shah

7. Jayran "Forough-ol-Saltaneh," (sigheh, later aghdi after divorce of Setareh Khanoum), the Shah's favorite wife.

8. Monir-ol-Saltaneh, (sigheh), daughter of Mohammad Taghi Khan and sister of Mohammad Ebrahim Khan Vazir Nezam "Nezam-od-Dowleh"

9. Ghamar Taj Khanoum "Zighouleh," (sigheh), sister of "Saheb-os-Soltan".

10. Zinat-os-Saltaneh, (sigheh), daughter of Hassan Khan Salar

11. Princess Sorour-os-Saltaneh Qajar, (sigheh), daughter of Prince Emad-ed-Dowleh, son of Fath Ali Shah

12. Princess Badr-os-Saltaneh Qajar, (sigheh), daughter of ....

13. Princess Shams-od-Dowleh Qajar, (sigheh) daughter of Prince Soltan Ahmad Mirza "Azod-ed-Dowleh," 49th son of Fath Ali Shah (author of Tarikh-e Azodi) (See picture below)

14. Anis-ed-Dowleh, (sigheh), the Shah's favorite wife after Jayran. She died 1897.

15. Zobeideh Amineh Aghdas, (sigheh), aunt of Aziz-os-Soltan, Malijak.

16. Nadim-os-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

17. Homa Khanoum "Valizadeh," , (sigheh), daughter of Khosrow Khan Ardalan and Princess Hosn-e Jahan Qajar.

18. Khazen-ed-Dowleh, (sigheh)

19. Vajieh od-Dowleh, (sigheh)

20. Marjan Khanoum, (sigheh)

21. Touran-os-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

22. Hormat-os-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

23. Mahboub-os-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

24. Vaghar-os-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

25. Khojasteh, , (sigheh), daughter of Mirza Abdol Motaleb.

 

Sons of Nasser-ed-Din Shah (in order of seniority):

1. (By Princess Galin Khanom, daughter of Ahmad Ali Mirza, 19th son of Fath Ali Shah), Soltan Mahmoud Mirza, (b. 1847 -- d. 1849), proclaimed Crown Prince of Persia, 1849. Died in infancy. (See also below.)

2.(By Princess Khojasteh Khanom, Taj od-Dowleh), Soltan Moin ed-Din Mirza, (b. 1849 -- d. Nov. 1856), proclaimed Crown Prince of Persia, 1851(52). Died in early childhood. No issue.

3. (By Effat-os-Saltaneh, daughter of Mirza Gholi Beg, equerry of Bahman Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza), Soltan Mass'oud Mirza "Zell-e-Soltan," (b. 1850 -- d. 1918). Not proclaimed Crown Prince of Persia by reason of non-Qajar origin of mother.

4. (By Jayran, Forouq-os-Saltaneh), Amir Mohammad Qassem Mirza, "Amir-Kabir", "Amir Nezam", (b. 1852 -- d. June 1858), proclaimed Crown Prince of Persia, (1856?) 1857. Died in early childhood. No issue.

5. (By Effat-os-Saltaneh), Soltan Hossein Mirza "Jalal ed-Dowleh" (b. 1852 -- d. 1868), full brother of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan and of Banou Ozma. Governor of Mashhad. Died in adolescence leaving behind one son, Mehdi Gholi Mirza Moayed Soltan, who was raised by his uncle Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan.

6. (By Princess Shokouh-os-Saltaneh, daughter of Shahzadeh Fathollah Mirza, Shoa' os-Saltaneh, 35th son of Fath Ali Shah), Mozaffar-ed-Din Mirza, later Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah, (b. 1853 -- d. 1907; r. 1896 -1907). See descendants of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah.

7. (By Jayran) Malek Shah. died in infancy

8. (By Jayran) child.

9. (By Jayran) child.

10. (By Monir os-Saltaneh), Kamran Mirza, (b. 1856 -- d. 1927), "Nayeb-Saltaneh", "Amir Kabir," father of Princess Djahan Khanom (b.1875), later Malekeh Djahan, wife of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. Kamran Mirza is the ancestor of the Kamrani family.

11. (By Princess Zinat-os-Saltananeh), Nosrat-ed-Din Mirza "Salar-al-Saltaneh," (b. 1882 -- d. ?). He had issue. (To be completed)

12. (By Princess Badr-os-Saltaneh), Mohammad Reza Mirza, "Rokn-es-Saltaneh", (b. 1883 -- d. ?) He had issue. (To be completed)

13. (By Marjan Khanom) Hossein Ali Mirza "Yamin-al-Saltaneh," (b. 1890 -- d. ?) He had issue (To be completed)

14. (By Touran-os-Saltaneh) Soltan Ahmad Mirza "Azod-al-Saltaneh," (b. 1891 -- d. ?) He had issue (See Christopher Buyers, "Qajar")


Daughters of Nasser-ed-Din Shah (in order of seniority):

1. (By Princess Galin Khanom, daughter of Ahmad Ali Mirza, 19th son of Fath Ali Shah), Princess Afsar-ed-Dowleh (m. Moayyed-od-Dowleh Hessam-Saltaneh) (For her descendants see Ahmadi Genealogy.)

2. Princess Fakhr-ol-Molouk (m. E'tezad-od-Dolwleh) (To be completed)

3. (By Effat-os-Saltaneh) Princess Banou Ozma (full sister of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan), married Abol Fath Khan Sarem-ed-Dowleh Qajar, paternal cousin of Nasser-ed-Din Shah, son of Khan Baba Khan Mohammad Hassan Khan Sardar Makoui Qajar paternal cousin of Fath Ali Shah. (Sarem-ed-Dowleh plotted with Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan to overthrow Nasser-ed-Din Shah and was poisoned on orders of Nasser-ed-Din Shah while on visit to the palace in Tehran. The plot was in opposition to Nasser-ed-Din Shah choosing Mozaffar-ed-Din Mirza as his successor. Tehran was under lockdown for two weeks when the news of his death became public.)

Princess Banou Ozma and Abol Fath Khan Sarem-ed-Dowleh Qajar had seven sons and one daughter. Five of their sons married their cousins, daughters of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan. Their only daughter, Malekeh Ozma married Firouz Mirza, son of Zell-e Soltan. (See descendants of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan).

4. Other daughters (to be completed)

 

        

Princess Shams-ed-Dowleh, wife of Nasser-ed-Din Shah, sitting between her father Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod-ed-Dowleh (left) and her uncle Hossein Gholi Mirza Jahansouz Amir Noyan (right).

 

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Source:

Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod-ed-Dowleh, Tarikh-e Azodi, Nashr-e Elm, Tehran, 1376 solar.
Christopher Buyers, "Qajar."

 

 

 

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