Prince Anoushiravan Mirza "Zia' od-Dowleh" "Amir Touman" (1833-1899) was a Persian prince of the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar dynasty (; fa, دودمان قاجار ', az, Qacarlar ) was an IranianAbbas Amanat, ''The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896'', I. B. Tauris, pp 2–3 royal dynasty of Turkic peoples ...

, politician, and governor. Anoushiravan Mirza Zia od-Dowleh

Life and career

Anoushiravan Mirza also written Anushirvan Mirza was born on 19 August 1833 at Ardabil, Iran, and died on 23 October 1899 in Tabriz after developing apoplexy and paralysis. He was at Shusha, Karabakh. He was the first-born and eldest son of Prince

Bahman Mirza Bahman Mirza ( fa, بهمن میرزا;‎ 11 October 1810 – 11 February 1884) was an Iranian prince from the Qajar dynasty. The son of Abbas Mirza and grandson of Fath Ali Shah, he was Vicergerent ( ''vali'') of Azerbaijan and Governor-G ...

, the governor-general ( vali) of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

in the time of

Mohammad Shah Qajar Mohammad Shah (; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar dynasty, Qajar ''shah'' of Qajar Iran, Iran from 1834 to 1848, having succeeded his grandfather Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, M ...

. His mother was Bahman Mirza's first chief wife Princess Malek Soltan Khanom, daughter of Prince Mohammad Taghi Mirza "Hessam os-Saltaneh". After Bahman Mirza fell out of favour at court in Tehran and exiled to Russia in 1848 his wives and children followed him to Russian occupied Caucasus province of Karabakh. But shortly after 1850 Anoushiravan Mirza moved back to Iran. And when his cousin

Nasser al-Din Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

pardoned Bahman Mirza in 1872, finally Anoushiravan Mirza was rewarded with several governmental offices. In 1873 he became governor of

Turshiz Turshiz ( fa, ترشیز ''Turshēz''), also known as Turaythith (), is a medieval district and city of the Quhistan region. It corresponds to the Kashmar area, located in the present-day Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. This region is divided int ...

, 1878 governor of Talesh, later 1881-1882 governor of

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

, 1884-1886 and 1898-1899 of Semnan,

Damghan Damghan ( fa, دامغان, translit=Dāmghān) is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevatio ...

and Shahrud, 1888-1889 governor of Borujerd and Lorestan. In 1891 he had the vizierate of the province of Kermanshah on behalf of the almighty governor and commander-in-chief of his time Hassan Ali Khan Garrousi "Amir Nezam". He also received the title of Zia' od-Dowleh (lit. ''Splendour of the State'') - which that he became well-known - and the military rank of Amir Touman (lit. ''Commander of Ten Thousand'', i.e. general) by

Malekeh-Afagh and Soltan Majid Mirza Bahman

Thomas Stevens 1887 told in his travel-diary ''Around the World on a Bicycle'':

Family and Offspring

Prince Anoushiravan Mirza married in 1850 as his first and chief wife (Persian: ''galin khanom'') his cousin Badie ol-Jamal Khanom, daughter of

Mohammad Hassan Khan Iravani Mohammad Hassan Khan Sardar Iravani, originally Mohammad Hassan Khan Qajar-Ziyadlu 'Sardar-e Iravan', was a Qajar notable and political figure in 19th century Iran during the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar. Life Born as ...

by Princess Mahrokhsar Khanom "Fakhr od-Dowleh" (full-sister of Bahman Mirza). Secondly he married the daughter of Prince Amir Teymur Mirza Hessami, son of Mohammad Taghi Mirza "Hessam os-Saltaneh". He issued two sons and two daughters: *1. Prince Soltan Ahmad Mirza, he had issued: **1.1. Princess Benazir Khanom. *2. Prince Soltan Majid Mirza "Dar ol-Molk". *3. Princess Malekzadeh Khanom, she married Prince Shazdeh Mirza Bahrami "Sana' od-Dowleh" and issued: **3.1. Princess Monavvareh Khanom, she had issued. **3.2. Princess Moniere Khanom, she had issued. *4. Princess Malekeh Afagh Khanom Bahman, (b. 1864 at Tabriz, d. 26 Oct 1917 at Tehran), married ca. 1880 1rstly: Mirza Hossein Behnam; married 1898 2ndly:

Amanollah Khan Zia' os-Soltan Amanollah Khan Zia' os-Soltan (also Amanollah Khan Donboli "Nazer ol-Ayaleh" "Zia' os-Soltan") was an Iranian aristocrat and politician at Qajar court during the time of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah, Mohammad Ali Shah and Ahmad Shah Qajar and hero of the P ...

(d. 1931 at Hamburg) from the Donboli Khans of the

Khoy Khanate The Khoy Khanate, also known as the Principality of Donboli, was a hereditary Kurdish khanate around Khoy and Salmas in Iran ruled by the Donboli tribe from 1210 until 1799. The khanate has been described as the most powerful khanate in the regi ...

. She had issued three sons and one daughter: **4.1. Shahzadeh

Ali Akbar Bahman Ali Akbar Bahman (also Mirza Ali Akbar Khan; 1883 – 1967) was an Iranian diplomat and politician during the Qajar Iran, Qajar and Pahlavi Iran, Pahlavi eras. Family Ali Akbar Bahman was a member of the famous Bahmani family, Bahmani-Qajar ...

(1880-1964), he had issued: ***4.1.1. Mehr-e Jahan Khanom Bahman. **4.2. Ali Asghar Bahman, he had issued: ***4.2.1. Cyrus Bahman. ***4.2.2. Talieh ol-Afagh Khanom Bahman. ***4.2.3. Badie ol-Jamal Khanom II Bahman, who married into the

Zarrinnaal Zarrinnaal or Zarrin Naal (Persian: زرين نعل) is the name of a dynasty of Kurdish tribal chiefs and state officials belonging to the Zarrin Kafsh tribe and originated from Sanandaj in Kurdistan Province of Iran. Their heads with the title of ...

family. **4.3. Nosrat ol-Molouk Khanom Bahman (1899-1972), who married into the

family and issued: ***4.3.1. Zarrin Rokh Zarrinkafsch-Bahman. ***4.3.2. Ali Zarrinpour Zarrinkafsch-Bahman. ***4.3.3. Abdol Hossein Amir Keywan Zarrinkafsch-Bahman. ***4.3.4. Abolreza Anoushiravan II (died 1939). **4.4. Abolghassem Bahman (1902-1956).

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