We are most grateful for the above information on Reza Gholi Mirza and his descendants given to us by our cousin Dr. Mohammad Reza Fardoom, son of Princess Maryam, daughter of Reza Gholi Mirza Rokni Qajar (see above). Dr. Fardoom also writes:
Alieh Khanom Gorji, the daughter of governor of Georgia, was from Gorjestan (Georgia) and the daughter of the Vali of Gorjestan. She was the wife of the uncle of Nasser ed din Shah and she trained and educated all the females of the haram as they were rather illiterate. Also her husband was discredited by enemies and took refuge in a shrine and died there. Alieh Khanom Gorji was destitute with two daughters and wrote to Nasser ed din Shah about it and he took them into his court and that is where Shaiesteh Khanoum (Sharafat-ed-doleh Qajar) was brought up. She was married first to a man in Kashan, and had one daughter very famous in Khorassan called Parvin Saltaneh who was married to one of the brothers of Mossadegh. Alieh Khanom Gorji must have been the daughter of King Irakli II son of King Telmuraz II (or Tlimuraz II) of Georgia. Irakli II reigned 1767-1798 and reunited kingdoms of Kartli and kingdoms of Kahetie, parts of Georgia. Qajar invaded Tebilisi in 1795.(ref: http://www.quidfrance.com/WEB/ETATS/GE/Q029610.HTM, http://www.universalis-edu.com/doc/atlas/articles/H981201_1.htm )
Mohammad Ali Khan Mossadeq-ed-Dowleh Ghaffari (husband of Shaiesteh Khanom or Sharafat-ed-Dowleh Qajar) at the time of Mozaffar-ed-Din shah was minister for "Ghana khooneh va Bana khooneh". He was in the court of Mozaffar-ed-Din shah first in Tabriz then in Tehran. His brothers were all ministers: e.g., Sharif-ed-Dowleh, Mohandes-el-Mamalek, etc. ... (I am told there is a book on the family of Qaffari or Ghafari but I do not have the reference for it.)
Shayesteh Khanom (Sharafat-ed-Dowleh Qajar) established the Sherafat school for girls in Tehran about 1325 hejri qamari (circa. 1905), which was the first school for girls in Iran. She did this specifically for her grand daughters, i.e., the elder sisters of my mother, namely: Shams Aghdas, Ghamar-el-Molouk and Ebtehaj-el-Molouk. Their house was in Mahaleh Araba near Cheragh Bargh Street in Tehran. This district was demolished by Reza Shah Pahlavi and made into a Park (today's Park-e-shahr).
Maryam Rokni Qajar was born in Mashhad 1910 ( last day of Zie-haj-jeh 1330 hejri qamari). She died in Tehran in 1993. Sharafat-el-Moluk was born in 1909. Shams Aghdass was older than all my uncles: Shahzdeh Bozorg, Mohammad Mirza, Ahmad Mirza and Majid Mirza and one uncle, Lotfi Mirza, died young. Lotfi Mirza's title was Saif-ed-Din. He studied in a military school and was an officer. He committed suicide when he was young. The brothers were all educated in Europe. Shahzdeh Bozorg was an MD in the Navy. Mohammad Mirza studied Mathematics at Ecole Normale, Superieure de Paris. Ahmad Mirza graduated as a Chemical Engineer from UK and he was with the NIOC. Majid Mirza,went to military school in Iran and he was a class mate of the Shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi). Shazdeh Bozorg's wife came from the Nayernouri family. Shams Aghdass (Shams Aqdas) was married to the Khan of the Turkeman, Sardar Moazzez, who was executed with his six brothers by Reza Shah. Ghamar-el-Molouk married Mr Ganji (head of the Ganji family). Ebtehaj-el-Molouk married another Khan. Sherafat-el-Molouk married the elder brother of the Eghbal. Ghamar-el-Molouk married Mohammad Amin Khan Ganji titled Shaji-el-Molk. Forough married twice. Her second husband was Mehmandoost. Fakhretouran (or aunt Fakhour) married Arteshbod Hejazi. Forouzandeh married her cousin Mohammad Mirza. Maryam (my mother) first married Majid Mahdavi and after his death married again Mohammad Ali Fardoom (formerly Akbarzadeh Ahghar, a lawyer with the Finance ministry). Farangiss married twice. Her first husband was Mr. Kaypour. Her second husband was Akhzarpour (a diplomat in the foreign ministry who served in Moscow and then in Vienna).
The first husband of Forouq Rokni Qajar was Mr. Ala-Mir. Ahmad Mirza's wife was his cousin Mehri Rokni Qajar. Mehri was the sister of Mohammad Mirza husband of Forouzandeh Rokni Qajar but from a different mother. I do not know which one of Mohammad Taqi Mirza (son of Mohammad Shah) sons was their father. Shayesteh Khanoum and her sister like their mother all three married three Ghaffari brothers: Mossadeghdoleh, Mohandessolmamalek and the elder brother, whose title I do not recall. Ebtehaj-el-Molouk's husband was very important and a small historical matter regarding them is that the great Iranian painter Kamal-el-Molk died in their house and was given an estate by Ebtehaj-el-Molouk's husband.
From all the sons and daughters of Reza Qoli Mirza there are only two who are still living: Forouzandeh and Farangiss.
The daughter of Farangiss Rokni is Mojgan Akhzarpour.
My brother and sisters are: Nahid, Soussane and Hormoz Mahdavi.
Some of the children of aunt Ghamar-el-Molouk and Mohammad Amin Khan Ganji (Shaji-el-Molk ) are: Hesaam, Malek-turan, Pouran-dokht, Amir Hassan, and Amir Hossein.
Photo dating from about 1960 of Sharafat-el-Molouk Rokni and Maryam Rokni (from left to right) in Tehran.
Maryam Rokni Qajar and my eldest sister Nahid Mahdavi (ca. 1940)
Asieh Khanoum (Touran Dokht) , late 19th century
Shayesteh Khanoum ( Sharafat-ed-Dowleh Qajar)
Ahvaz Norooz 1963, From left to right: Majid Mirza Rokni Qajar, Mohammad Mirza (cousin of Forouzandeh), Forouzandeh Rokni Qajar, wife of Majid Mirza, Mohammad Ali Fardoom, Maryam Rokni Qajar, Children from Right to left: Mohammad Reza Fardoom (me), Zolfaghar, Zoleikha, Shahryar, Yassamin , Khosrow. Yassamin is the daughter of Forouzandeh and Mohammad Mirza. The others are all some of the children of Majid Mirza.
This is a picture of Forouzandeh and Mohammad Mirza Rokni Qajar (husband and wife and also cousins).
This is a historic picture, taken in 1912, of Reza Qoli Mirza Rokni Qajar and representatives of Russia, England, the Ottoman Empire and Germany. Sitting is Shahbaz Qaffari, the brother of Turan-Dokht Qaffari, i.e. my grand mother's brother.
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The above information is still incomplete for the remaining members of the Rokni Qajar family. Information on this page also comes from Mr. Christopher Buyers' site on Qajar Genealogy.