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Mehrmah Khanum Ismat Al-Saltaneh
Mehrmah Khanum Ismat al-Saltaneh (d. 1917; Persian: مهرماه خانم عصمتالسلطنه) was a Qajar princess and travel writer, the daughter of Farhad Mirza Mo'tamed al-Dowleh and Jahan-Ara Khanum, who was the daughter of Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah.Dianati, G. "حاجیه مهرماه خانم عصمت السلطنه دختر فرهاد میرزا". میقات. شماره 65. She was also the full sister of Emamqoli Mirza Emad al-Dowleh.''Ruznama-ye'' ''Khaterat, E'temad os-Saltaneh'', Amir Kabir, 1971, p.16. Biography During the final years of Mohammad Shah's reign, he held Farhad Mirza in high esteem. In an effort to secure a supporter within the royal family for his favored son, Abbas Mirza Molk-Ara, who was known as a rival to Naser al-Din Mirza for the throne—Mohammad Shah arranged the engagement of Mehrmah Khanum to Molk-Ara. However, with Mohammad Shah's death and the ascension of Naser al-Din Shah to the throne, Molk-Ara was exiled to the holy citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Ghani. ''Iran and the Rise of the Reza Shah: From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power'', I. B. Tauris, 2000, , p. 1William Bayne Fisher. ''Cambridge History of Iran'', Cambridge University Press, 1993, p. 344, Dr Parviz Kambin, ''A History of the Iranian Plateau: Rise and Fall of an Empire'', Universe, 2011, p.36online edition specifically from the Qajar (tribe), Qajar tribe, from 1789 to 1925. The Qajar family played a pivotal role in the Unification of Iran (1779–1796), deposing Lotf 'Ali Khan, the last Shah of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted Iranian sovereignty over large parts of the Caucasus. In 1796, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar seized Mashhad with ease, putting an end to the Afsharid dynasty. He was formally crowned as Shah after his Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Mohammad Qavam Al-Dawla
Mirza Mohammad Ashtiani (died 1873), also known as Qavam al-Dawla, was the governor of Greater Khorasan, Khorasan and Fars province, Fars and a member of the Mostowfian Ashtiani family. Qavam al-Dawla is best known for his defeat in the Merv war against Teke (tribe), Teke Turkmen tribe. He entered the government service during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, he achieved high ranks and was appointed governor of Khorasan. In 1862, Naser al-Din Shah ordered his uncle Hamzeh Mirza Heshmat od-Dowleh, along with Qavam al-Dawla, to seize the bases of the Turkmen insurgents, who from time to time attacked Khorasan, looting the people and creating insecurity. But Qavam al-Dawla and his forces were severely defeated and returned to Tehran. Naser al-Din Shah removed him and Hamzeh Mirza from their posts, imprisoned Qavam al-Dawla as the main culprit, and even tried to kill him. But Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani, brother-in-law of Qavam al-Dawla, pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Mousa Vazir Lashkar Ashtiani
Mirza Mousa Vazir-Lashkar Ashtiani ( Persian: میرزا موسی وزیرلشکر آشتیانی; d. April 29, 1881) was a prominent statesman during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. Biography Mirza Mousa followed the family tradition and entered the Divan-e Estifa' (دیوان استیفا; lit. Ministry of Finance) at a young age. In 1849, he was stationed in Qazvin, where he demonstrated competence in suppressing a local uprising that had led to the closure of the bazaar.Bamdad, Mehdi. ''Sharh-e Hal-e Rejal-e Iran dar Qarn-e 12, 13, va 14 Hijri (Biographies of Iranian Figures in the 12th, 13th, and 14th Centuries)''. Tehran, 1978. His performance earned him the attention of Amir Kabir, who subsequently appointed him as the financial administrator of Khorasan. At that time, Khorasan was governed by Morad Mirza Hessam al-Saltaneh. Rise to Power In 1850, Amir Kabir was dismissed from office, and Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri became Grand Vizier. During this period, Mirza Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abd Al-Wahhab Khan Asaf Al-Dowleh
Abd al-Wahhab Asaf al-Dowleh (; 1826–1887), previously known by the title Nasir al-Dowleh (), was a statesman and minister during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. Biography He was born in Shiraz and moved to Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ... in 1849. He began his career in the administration of Etezad os-Saltaneh, the Minister of Sciences, where his intelligence and strong memory gained attention, leading to his rapid advancement. In 1856, he was appointed as the Second Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Later, he held various positions, including the Agent for Foreign Affairs in Tabriz in 1860 and the Agent of Azerbaijan in 1865. In 1871, he was granted the title Nasir al-Dowleh, and in 1884, he received the title Asaf al-Dowleh. Among h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhad Mirza
Farhad Mirza (; 1818 – 1888) was a Qajar dynasty, Qajar prince, administrator, and writer in 19th-century Qajar Iran, Iran. He was the fifteenth son of the former crown prince Abbas Mirza (died 1833) and younger brother of the third Qajar shah (king) of Iran, Mohammad Shah Qajar (). Similar to his brother Bahman Mirza, Farhad Mirza was widely recognized for his passion for gathering Persian and Arabic manuscripts. He gathered one of the most valuable personal libraries in Iran throughout the years, but after his death, his belongings became progressively scattered. Children Farhad Mirza had several children, including: # Mehrmah Khanum Ismat al-Saltaneh – Initially married to Mirza Mohammad Qavam al-Dawla, Qavam al-Dowleh Ashtiani, then to Mirza Mousa Vazir Lashkar Ashtiani, followed by Abd al-Wahhab Khan Asaf al-Dowleh, and later to Hossein Khan Hessam al-Molk. # Sultan Oveis Mirza # Hormat al-Dowleh – Initially married to Ehtesham al-Dowleh and later to Mirza Mahmoud Va ... [...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] |
Travel Writer
The genre of travel literature or travelogue encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. History Early examples of travel literature include the '' Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'' (generally considered a 1st century CE work; authorship is debated), Pausanias' ''Description of Greece'' in the 2nd century CE, '' Safarnama'' (Book of Travels) by Nasir Khusraw (1003-1077), the '' Journey Through Wales'' (1191) and '' Description of Wales'' (1194) by Gerald of Wales, and the travel journals of Ibn Jubayr (1145–1214), Marco Polo (1254–1354), and Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), all of whom recorded their travels across the known world in detail. As early as the 2nd century CE, Lucian of Samosata discussed history and travel writers who added embellished, fantastic stories to their works. The travel genre was a fairly common genre in medieval Arabic literature. In China, 'travel record literature' () became popular during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Ali Mirza 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 Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad Os-Saltaneh
Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh (; 1843–1896) was an Iranian statesman, scholar, and author active during the reign of the Qajar shah (king) Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (; ; 17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. During his rule there was internal pressure from the people of Iran, as well as external ... (). He was the son of Ali Khan Maragha'i, a member of the Moqaddam tribe who served as the ''farrash-bashi'' (court minister) during the early reign of Naser al-Din Shah. His mother was from the Qajar dynasty. E'temad os-Saltaneh's secret notebook, entitled ''Ruz-nama-ye khaterat-e E'temad-al-Saltana'', which spans over 17 years of his career, is considered his most significant work and one of the most important sources for the history of the late Qajar period. E'temad os-Saltaneh, like many of the European-educated politicians of that era, supported a sort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Shah Qajar
Mohammad Shah (; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar ''shah'' of Iran from 1834 to 1848, inheriting the throne from his grandfather, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, Mohammad Mirza was under the tutelage of Haji Mirza Aqasi, a local dervish from Tabriz whose teachings influenced the young prince to become a Sufi-king later in his life. After his father Abbas Mirza died in 1833, Mohammad Mirza became the crown prince of Iran and was assigned with the governorship of Azarbaijan. After the death of Fath-Ali Shah in 1834, some of his sons including Hossein Ali Mirza and Ali Mirza Zel as-Soltan rose up as claimants to the throne. Mohammad Shah dismissed and executed his tactful premier, Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam, and appointed his favourite, Haji Mirza Aqasi, as the grand vizier. The new shah's main goal was to reestablish the rule of the Iranian government in the rebellious city of Herat. In 1837 he marched to Herat and laid a futile sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Mirza Molk-Ara
Abbas may refer to: People * Abbas (name), list of people with the name, including: **Abbas ibn Ali (645–680), popularly known as ''Hazrat-e-Abbas'', the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first imam in Shia Islam) **Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567–653), uncle of Muhammad ** Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887), an Andalusian polymath, mathematician, physician, astronomer, inventor, poet, and reported to have experimented with a form of flight ** Abbas the Great (1571–1629), Fifth Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1587–1629) ** Wazir Abbas (Died 1545), Grand Vizier of the Adal Sultanate ** Abbas II of Persia (1632–1666), Seventh Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1642–1666) ** Abbas I of Egypt (1812–1854), founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt and Sudan at the time (r. 1849–1854) ** Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (r. 1892–1914) ** Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), president of the Palestinian National Authority ** Abbas (actor) (born 1975), Indian actor ** Abbas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
