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Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (; 5 August 1772 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Caucasus, comprising what is nowadays Georgia, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, to the Russian Empire following the Russo-Persian Wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 and the resulting treaties of Gulistan and Turkmenchay., page 728 These two treaties are closely tied to Fath-Ali Shah's legacy amongst Iranians, who often view him as a weak ruler. Fath-Ali Shah successfully reconstituted his realm from a mostly Turkic tribal khanship into a centralized and stable monarchy based on the old imperial design. At the end of his reign, his difficult economic problems and military and technological liabilities took Iran to the verge of governmental disintegration, which was quickened by a consequent struggle for the throne after his death. Under Fath-Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahanshah
Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the List of monarchs of Iran, monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Persianate society, Persianate societies, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Khanate of Bukhara and the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, and various History of Afghanistan, Afghan dynasties, as well as among Gurkha, Gurkhas. With regard to Iranian history, in particular, each ruling monarch was not seen simply as the head of the concurrent dynasty and state, but as the successor to a long line of royalty beginning with the original Persian Empire (dynasty)#Classical antiquity, Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great. To this end, he was more emphatically known as the Shāhanshāh ( ), meaning "King of Kings" since the Achaemenid dynasty. A roughly equivalent title is Pādishāh (; ), which was most wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golbadan Baji
Golbadan Baji () or Gulbadan Khanum (), also known by her title Khazen ol-Dowleh (; ) was a concubine and later wife of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar of Persia (r. 1797–1834). Biography Of Georgian origin, she was originally a slave girl of Fath-Ali Shah's mother after whose death she rose to prominence. Fath-Ali Shah's mother Mahd-e Olya Asiye Khanum Ezzeddin Qajar had been responsible for functioning as the administrator of the Qajar harem household and treasurer until her death. When she died, Fath-Ali Shah's wives were unable to choose a new head of the royal harem, and therefore requested Fath-Ali Shah to leave Golbadan Baji in charge of the household as she was reportedly familiar with the ways of her mistress. By choosing a concubine, Fath-Ali Shah's wives protected themselves from the perception of favouring one wife over another. Golbadan Baji therefore became head of the household pursestrings. According to contemporaneous sources, she fulfilled this task efficiently and with f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza (; 26 August 1789 – 25 October 1833) was the Qajar dynasty, Qajar crown prince of Qajar Iran, Iran during the reign of his father Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (). As governor of the vulnerable Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province, he played a crucial part in the two wars against the Russian Empire (Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828), as well as the Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823), war of 1821–1823 against the Ottoman Empire. He is also recognized for leading Iran's first reform and modernization attempts with the help of his ministers Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam and Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam. The conflict in the Azerbaijan and Caucasus regions between Iran and the Russian Empire was prevalent throughout the time that Abbas Mirza was growing up. On March 20, 1799, he was made the crown prince and given the title of ''Nayeb-al-saltana'' (viceregent). Around the same time, he was appointed the governor of Azerbaijan, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowlatshah
Mohammad-Ali Mirza Dowlatshah (; 5 January 1789, in Nava – 22 November 1821, in Taq-e Gara) was a famous Iranian Prince of the Qajar dynasty. He is also the progenitor of the Dowlatshahi family of Persia. He was born at Nava, in Mazandaran, a Caspian province in the north of Iran. He was the first son of Fath-Ali Shah, the second Qajar king of Persia, and Ziba-Chehr Khanum, a Georgian girl of the Tsikarashvili (also spelled Tzicara Chwili) family. He was also the elder brother (by seven months) of Abbas Mirza. Dowlatshah was the governor of Fars at age 9, Qazvin and Gilan at age 11, Khuzestan and Lorestan at age 16, and Kermanshah at age 19. In the wars against Russia, he crushed the Russians in Yerevan and Tbilisi. Dowlatshah developed the city of Kermanshah and founded ''Dowlat-Abad'', which was later renamed Malayer. Dowlatshah had 10 sons. His descendants live in various countries around the world and carry the surname: in , which is rendered as ''Dowlatshahi'' in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryam Khanom
Maryam Khanom Bani Isra'il (; ) was the royal consort of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797) and then the thirty-ninth royal consort of Agha Mohammad's nephew and successor Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834). Life She was from Māzandarān and of Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ... origin, and is sometimes referred to as "Maryam Khanom ''Bani Isra'il''" ( "sons - or children - of Israel") to distinguish her from Maryam Khanom Gorji, another consort of Fath-Ali. She was reported to have "no rival in beauty". When she was widowed the first time, Hossein Khan Sardar, the brother of the new shah wished to marry her, but Fath-Ali instead married her himself, which caused a conflict between them. 1888 edition online at She had eleven children, among th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badralensa Khanum
Badralensa Khanum (Persian: بدرالنساء خانم) (19th-century) was a consort of shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar of Persia (r. 1797–1834).Amanat, Abbas (1997). Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845118280. She was a niece of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, the founder of the Qajar dynasty of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... She was one of the most influential women of the Qajar harem during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah. She was known for her conflict with Asieh Khanam Dolo. References {{Reflist * 19th-century births 19th-century deaths 19th-century Iranian women Qajar royal consorts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanbal Baji
Sanbal Baji (), or Fatima Khanum (), was one of the consorts of the Persian ruler Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, the second Shah of Qajar Iran The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic peoples, Turkic origin,Cyrus G ..., (r. 1797-1834).Amanat, Abbas (1997). Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845118280. She was very popular among the public because of her way of forwarding petitions from supplicants to him. References * بامداد، مهدی (۱۳۴۷)، شرح حال رجال ایران در قرن ۱۲ و ۱۳ و ۱۴ هجری (جلد ۶)، تهران: زوار Qajar royal consorts 19th-century Iranian women {{Iran-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taj Ol-Dowleh
Taj ol-Dowleh (, died 1881) was the forty-second wife of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and a poet. Her birth name was ''Tavus Khanum'' () and she was of Georgian descent. She was born in Isfahan. She married Fath-Ali Shah in 1845 when she was 15 years old. The shah changed the name of the Sun Throne to Tavus Throne on the occasion of this marriage. She was educated under the supervision of Neshat Isfahani. After a while the shah ordered the construction of a mansion for her because of his passionate love. Moreover, a part of the royal treasury, called the special treasury, was entrusted to her. Every Nowruz she invited the shah along with his wives and married daughters to her mansion for thirteen days. At the moment of the shah's death, she was beside him in Isfahan and after that she took refuge to Mohammad Bagher Shafti from the princes' clashes for the throne. After the enthronement of Mohammad Shah Qajar she donated all of her jewelry to him and went on a Hajj trip with her son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agha Baji
Asiye Khanum Ezzeddin Qajar (; 19th-century) was the mother of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (). She functioned as the administrator of the Qajar harem and the treasurer of her son, the Shah. When she died, her son married her trusted slave servant Khazen ol-Dowleh, who succeeded Asiye Khanum as harem administrator and treasurer. Biography Asiye Khanom, the daughter of Mohammad Khan Ezzeddinlou (Ozdadlou) Qajar from the Ashaqa-Bash tribe, was married to Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar, the brother of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar and the governor of Damghan, in 1182 AH. A year later, their first child, Fath-Ali, was born in Damghan. After the assassination of Hossein Qoli Khan by the order of Karim Khan Zand, Asiye Khanom and her two sons were returned to the Qajar tribe by Agha Mohammad Khan. After Agha Mohammad Khan escaped from Shiraz, Asiye Khanom joined him, and they married. Following the conquest of Tehran, Agha Mohammad Khan brought her and her sons to the city. Asiye, along with Mirza Moha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar
Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar () was the Qajar chieftain of the Qoyunlu branch from 1759 till his death in 1777 and brother of the founder of the Qajar dynasty of Iran Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. Biography Background He belonged to the Qoyunlu (also spelled Qawanlu) branch of the Qajar tribe. The tribe had several other branches, one of the most prominent ones being the Develu, which often fought against the Qoyunlu. Hossein Qoli Khan was one of the youngest sons of the chieftain of the Qoyunlu clan, Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar, and the grandson of Fath Ali Khan, a prominent aristocrat executed by the orders of shah Tahmasp II (possibly at the urging of Nader Qoli Beg, who would become known as Nader Shah after usurping the throne of Iran in 1736, marking the foundation of the Afsharid dynasty). Hossein Qoli Khan had several half-brothers and full-brothers: Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Morteza Qoli Khan, Mostafa Qoli Khan, Reza Qoli Khan, Jafar Qoli Khan, Mahdi Qoli Khan, Abbas Qoli Kha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qajar Dynasty
The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', convening as a constituent assembly on 12 December 1925, declared Reza Shah, a former brigadier-general of the Persian Cossack Brigade, as the new ''shah'' of what became known as Pahlavi Iran. 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 hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
