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)

Nezamiyeh Hall panel entitled "Nowrooz Salaam" by Sani-ol-Molk, painted in 1855-58, commisioned by Prime Minister Mirza Agha Khan Nouri, depicting Nasser-ed-Din Shah on the Sun Throne (Peacock Throne), with five of his young sons, from right to left: Soltan Mass'oud Mirza "Yamin ed-Dowleh," Mozaffar-ed-Din Mirza (later shah), Soltan Mo'in ed-Din Mirza "Valiahd," Amir Ghassem Mirza "Amir Nezam," and Rokn ed-Din Mirza "Amir-e Toup Khaneh." Standing on the far right are: Mo'tamed Soltan Mirza Davoud Khan "Vazir Lashkar" (second son of Mirza Agha Khan Nouri, "Sadr-e Azam"), Abd os-Samad Mirza (third son of Mohammad Shah and brother of Nasser-ed-Din Shah) and Mohammad Taghi Mirza "Rokn ed-Dowleh"(fourth son of Mohammad Shah and brother of Nasser-ed-Din Shah), and on the far left the Prime Minister, Mirza Agha Khan [Nouri] "Sadr-e Azam" "Shakhs-e avval-e Dowlat-e eliyeh-e Iran" and farthest to left, his oldest son, Vice-Premier Mirza Kazem Khan "Nezam ol-Molk" "Shakhs-e dovvom-e Dowlat-e eliyeh-e Iran" (after whom the Nezamiyeh Hall is named in which this painting was located) . [Image scan courtesy of our cousin Antoine Hedayat-Pagenstecher]

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

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

2. Setareh Khanom (aghdi, later divorced)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Princess Sorour al-Saltaneh Qajar, (sigheh), daughter of Prince Emad ed-Dowleh, son of Mohammad Ali Mirza "Dowlatshah," 1st son of Fath Ali Shah.

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

13. Princess Shams ed-Dowleh Qajar, (aghdi) 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 al-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

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

18. Khazen ed-Dowleh, (sigheh)

19. Vajieh ed-Dowleh, (sigheh)

20. Marjan Khanom, (sigheh)

21. Touran al-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

22. Hormat al-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

23. Mahboub al-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

24. Vaghar al-Saltaneh, (sigheh)

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

.... Leila Khanom (sister of Sardar Amjad of Mazandaran) [This information provided to us by the descendants of Leila Khanom. See below]

.... Aishe Khanom (Sister of Sardar Amjad of Mazandaran) [This information provided to us by the descendants of Leila Khanom. See below]

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

1. (By Princess Galin Khanom "Fakhr el-Molk," daughter of Ahmad Ali Mirza, 19th son of Fath Ali Shah), Soltan Mahmoud Mirza, (b. 1847 -- d. 1849), proclaimed Crown Prince "Valiahd" of Persia, 1849. Died in infancy. No issue.

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

3. (By Effat al-Saltaneh, daughter of Mirza Qoli Beg, equerry of Bahman Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza), Soltan Mass'oud Mirza "Yamin ed-Dowleh" and later "Zell-e Soltan," (b. 1850 -- d. 1918). Not proclaimed Crown Prince of Persia by reason of non-Qajar origin of mother. Ancestor of the Mass'oud family. He had issue 13 sons and several daughters.

4. (By Jayran, Forouq al-Saltaneh), Amir Mohammad Qassem Mirza, "Amir Kabir", "Amir Nezam", (b. 1852 -- d. June 1858), proclaimed Crown Prince "Valiahd" of Persia, (1856 or 1857). Died in early childhood. No issue. Featured in famous Nezamiyeh Hall painting.

5. (By Effat al-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 al-Saltaneh, daughter of Shahzadeh Fathollah Mirza, Shoa' al-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, Forouq al-Saltaneh) Malek Shah. Died in infancy. No issue.

8. (By Jayran, Forouq al-Saltaneh) Rokn ed-Din Mirza "Amir-e Toupkhaneh," proclaimed so by Nasser ed-Din Shah in infancy in order for Jayran to be beneficiary of the pension resulting from the arsenal. Died at age 3 (b. 1855- d. 1858). No issue. Featured in famous Nezamiyeh Hall painting.

9. (By Jayran, Forouq al-Saltaneh), child. Died in infancy.

10. (By Monir al-Saltaneh), Kamran Mirza, (b. 1856 -- d. 1927), "Nayeb al-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. He had issue several sons and daughters.

11. (By Princess Zinat al-Saltananeh), Nosrat ed-Din Mirza "Salar al-Saltaneh," (b. 1882 -- d. Paris, 1333 solar/1955). He had issue, three sons: Soltan Hossein Mirza, Soltan Ali Mirza, and Abdollah Mirza.

12. (By Princess Badr al-Saltaneh), Mohammad Reza Mirza, "Rokn-e Saltaneh", (b. 1883 -- d. Paris, 1330 solar/1947). He had no issue.

13. (By Marjan Khanom) Hossein Ali Mirza "Yamin al-Saltaneh," (b. 1890 -- d. 1341 solar/1963). He had no issue.

14. (By Touran al-Saltaneh) Soltan Ahmad Mirza "Azod-e Saltaneh," (b. 1891 -- d. 1318 solar/1940). He had no issue.

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

1. (By ?) Princess Ma'ssumeh Khanom "Fakhr ol-Molk" (b. 1847 -- d. 1878) (m. Amir Mehdi Khan Qajar Davalou "Entezam ed-Dowleh.") She had three sons and a daughter.

2. (By ?) Princess Zia al-Saltaneh (b. 1855 -- d. ?) (m. Agha Sa'id Zeyn al-Abedin "Zahir al-Islam," Emam Jom'eh of Tehran.) She had two sons and three daughters.

3. (By Princess Khojasteh Khanom "Taj ed-Dowleh") Princess Fatemeh Khanom "Esmat ed-Dowleh" (b. 1856 -- d. 1905) (m. Amir Doust Mohammad Khan "Nezam ed-Dowleh" "Moayyer al-Mamalek," son of Mirza Doust Ali Khan "Nezam ed-Dowleh.") She had two sons and two daughters.

4. (By Effat al-Saltaneh, daughter of Mirza Qoli Beg, equerry of Bahman Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza) Princess Kasra'il 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. (Abol Fath Khan 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).

5. (By Leila Khanom, sister of Sardar Amjad of Mazandaran)) Princess Eftekhar al-Saltaneh (b. 1858 -- d. ?) m. 1st her paternal cousin Entezam-al-Saltaneh son of Sardar Amjad; m. 2nd Nezam-al-Dowleh Khajehnoori. For her descendants click here. [This information was provided to us by the Soheili family, descendants of Princess Eftekhar-al-Saltaneh.]

6. (By Princess Galin Khanom "Fakhr el-Molk," 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.)

7. (By ?) Princess Valizadeh Khanom (b. 1859 -- d. 1915) (m. 1st, Mohammad Hossein Khan "E'tezad al-Molk" son of Amir Mohammad Khan Qajar Davalou "Amir ol-Omara." m. 2nd Prince Abdol Ali Mirza Mo'tamed ed-Dowleh, son of Farhad Mirza Mo'tamed ed-Dowleh, son of Abbas Mirza Nayeb al-Saltaneh. She had issue.

8. (By Khazen ed-Dowleh) Princess Touran Agha "Fakhr ed-Dowleh" (I) (m. Mehdi Qoli Khan Qajar Qoyunlu, "Majd ed-Dowleh," (b. 1850; d. 1937), Ilkhan, fourth son of Mirza Issa Khan Vali Qajar Qoyunlu, "Ehtesham ed-Dowleh" and maternal cousin of Nasser ed-Din Shah Qajar. She was a poet and writer who penned the story of Amirarsalan Rumi, a story recited nightly for her father by her father's storyteller (naqal).

9. (By ?) Princess Forough al-Saltaneh (b. 1862 --d. ?) (m. Mehdi Qoli Khan Qajar Qovanlou "Majd ed-Dowleh")

10. (By Khazen ed-Dowleh) Princess Touman Agha "Forough ed-Dowleh" "Malekeh-ye Iran" (b. 1862 -- d. 1892) (m. Mirza Ali Khan Qajar Davalou "Zahir ed-Dowleh" "Safi Ali Shah," Grand-Master of Ceremonies of Nasser ed-Din Shah). They had three sons and four daughters, among them Forough al-Molk and Malek al-Molouk. Princess Forough ed-Dowleh and hewr twwo daughters Forough al-Molk and Malek al-Molouk were members of the Anjoman-e Okhovvat (Society of Brotherhood) and were followers of the Sufi tradition of Safi Ali Shah. Princess Forough ed-Dowleh and her daughter Forough al-Molk were also poets and writers and active in the Constitutional Revolution of 1907-09 on the side of the constitutionalists.

11. Princess Ehteram ed-Dowleh "Akhtar ed-Dowleh" (b. 1881 -- ) (m. Malijak "Aziz al-Soltan")

12. Princess Zahra Khanom "Taj al-Saltaneh" (b. 1884 -- d. 1936) (m. Amir Hassan Khan Shoja' al-Saltaneh) She had four children.

13. Princess Qodrat al-Saltaneh (b. 1891 -- d. ?) (m. Prince Joneyd Mirza "Mo'tamed ed-Dowleh" son of Prince Abol Ali Mirza "Mo'tamed ed-Dowleh") She had three sons.

14. Other daughters of Nasser-ed-Din Shah (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 Qoli Mirza Jahansouz Amir Noyan (right).

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Source:

Doostali Khan Moayyer ol Molk, Rejal-e asr-e Nasseri, Sons of Nasser ed-Din Shah. Click here.

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