Qajar dynasty

Qajar dynasty
The Qajar dynasty (1789–1925) was an Iranian dynasty founded by Mohammad Khan of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman Qajar tribe.
List of Qajar monarchs
Qajar imperial family
The Qajar Imperial Family in exile is currently headed by the eldest descendant of Mohammad Ali Shah, Sultan Mohammad Ali Mirza Qajar, while the Heir Presumptive to the Qajar throne is Mohammad Hassan Mirza II, the grandson of Mohammad Hassan Mirza, Sultan Ahmad Shah's brother and heir. Mohammad Hassan Mirza died in England in 1943, having proclaimed himself shah in exile in 1930 after the death of his brother in France.
Today, the descendants of the Qajars often identify themselves as such and hold reunions to stay socially acquainted through the Kadjar (Qajar) Family Association, often coinciding with the annual conferences and meetings of the
International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA). The Kadjar (Qajar) Family Association was founded for a third time in 2000. Two earlier family associations were stopped because of political pressure. The offices and archives of IQSA are housed at the International Museum for Family History in Eijsden.
Titles and styles
The shah and his consort were styled Imperial Majesty. Their children were addressed as Imperial Highness, while male-line grandchildren were entitled to the lower style of Highness; all of them bore the title of Shahzadeh or Shahzadeh Khanoum.
Qajar dynasty since 1925
Heads of the Qajar Imperial Family
The headship of the Imperial Family is inherited by the eldest male descendant of Mohammad Ali Shah.
Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar (1925–1930)
Fereydoun Mirza (1930–1975)
Sultan Hamid Mirza (1975–1988)
Sultan Mahmoud Mirza (1988)
Sultan Ali Mirza Qajar (1988–2011)
Sultan Mohammad Ali Mirza (2011–present)
Heirs Presumptive of the Qajar dynasty
The Heir Presumptive is the Qajar heir to the Persian throne.
Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar (1925–1930)
Mohammad Hassan Mirza (1930–1943)
Fereydoun Mirza (1943–1975)
Sultan Hamid Mirza (1975–1988)
Mohammad Hassan Mirza II (1988–)
Notable members
Politics
Prince Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma, prime minister of Iran
Mohammad Mosaddegh, prime minister of Iran and nephew of Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma.
Prince Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III, son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma, foreign minister of Iran
Hossein Khan Sardar, last ruler of the Erivan Khanate administrative division
Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Iranian economist and politician, prime minister of Iran from 1965 to 1977, a Qajar descendant on his maternal side
Ali Amini, prime minister of Iran
Prince Iraj Eskandari, Iranian communist politician
Princess Maryam Farman Farmaian, Iranian communist politician, founder of the women's section of the Tudeh Party of Iran
Ardeshir Zahedi, Iranian diplomat, Qajar descendant on his maternal side.
Prince Sabbar Farmanfarmaian, health minister in Mosaddeq cabinet
Abdol-Hossein Sardari, Consul General at the Iranian Embassy in Paris 1940–1945; helped and saved the lives of Jews in danger of deportation by issuing them with Iranian passports. A Qajar Qoyunlu and through his mother a grandson of Princess Malekzadeh Khanoum Ezzat od-Doleh, the sister of Nasser ed-Din Shah.
Aga Khan III, President of the League of Nations from 1937 to 1938, one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League and the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims.
Military
Prince Amanullah Mirza Qajar, Imperial Russian, Azerbaijani, and Iranian military commander
Prince Feyzulla Mirza Qajar, Imperial Russian and Azerbaijani (ADR) military commander
Prince Aleksander Reza Qoli Mirza Qajar, Imperial Russian military leader, commander of Yekaterinburg (1918)
Prince Amanullah Jahanbani, senior Iranian general
Nader Jahanbani, general and vice-deputy chief of the Imperial Iranian Air Force
Social work
Princess Sattareh Farmanfarmaian, Iranian social work pioneer
Business
Princess Fakhr-ol-dowleh
Religion
Aga Khan IV, the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism, a denomination of Isma'ilism within Shia Islam.
Women's rights
Princess Mohtaram Eskandari, intellectual and pioneering figures in Iranian women's movement.
Iran Teymourtash (Légion d'honneur), journalist, editor and publisher of the newspaper Rastakhiz, founder of an association for helping destitute women. Daughter of court minister Abdolhossein Teymourtash and through both her maternal grandparents a Qajar.
Literature
Prince Iraj, Iranian poet and translator
Sadegh Hedayat, a Qajar descendant through the female line
Anvar Khamei, the Iranian economist, politician, and sociologist.
Entertainment
Gholam-Hossein Banan, Iranian musician and singer, Qajar descendant on his maternal side.
Family tree
Mothers of Qajar Shahs
See also
Abdolhossein Teymourtash
Austro-Hungarian military mission in Persia
Bahmani family
History of Iran
History of the Caucasus
Khanates of the Caucasus
List of kings of Persia
List of Shi'a Muslims dynasties
Mirza Kouchek Khan
Qajar art
Qajar Iran
Notes
Citations
Sources
Gvosdev, Nikolas K.: Imperial policies and perspectives towards Georgia: 1760–1819, Macmillan, Basingstoke 2000,
Lang, David M.: The last years of the Georgian Monarchy: 1658–1832, Columbia University Press, New York 1957
External links
The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
The International Qajar Studies Association
Dar ol-Qajar
Qajar Family Website
Some Photos of Qajar Family Members
Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran Digital Archive by Harvard University
Qajar Documentation Fund Collection at the International Institute of Social History
1785 establishments in Iran
1925 disestablishments in Iran
Middle Eastern dynasties
Shia dynasties